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CAT(k) spaces and law of cosines
Let $M^n_{\kappa}$ be a model space with curvature $\kappa>0$. The sides are $a,b,c$, and the angle at the vertex opposite to the side of $c$ is $\gamma$. $c$ is known.
Consider the corresponding ...
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Naturality of Lie bracket - alternate proof
Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth manifolds, and let $F: M \to N$ be a smooth map. Let $X$ and $Y$ be vector fields on $M$, and let $\tilde{X}$ and $\tilde{Y}$ be vector fields on $N$. We say that $X$ and $\...
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Criteria for when Gauss-Manin sheaves are vector bundles
Let $(X,D_X)$ and $(S, D_S)$ be smooth normal crossings pairs over $\mathbb C$; i.e. smooth schemes of finite type over $\mathbb C$ with a normal crossings divisor. If $f:X \to S$ is a proper, flat ...
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The local global principle for differential equations
Are there any good reference to tackle the problem below?
Or, are there any know result?
Problem
Let $f_1...f_n\in \mathbb{Z}[x_1,..,x_n]$ and $V:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ be a vector ...
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On unitary manifold [closed]
For integer $d$, we can define unitary matrices $\mathbb{U}:=\{U\mid U^*U=UU^*=I_d\}$. This forms a manifold of dimension $d^2$.
Suppose we are given a submanifold of $\mathbb{U}$, denoted as $\mathbb{...
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Comparing Kummer maps to étale homotopy at finite level
$\DeclareMathOperator\Mor{Mor}\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}\newcommand{\et}{\mathrm{et}}\newcommand{\top}{\mathrm{top}}$In Voevodsky's paper "Étale topologies of schemes over fields of finite ...
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Can a Tangent Space always be expressed with “more structure” than just a vector space (e.g. a choice of basis for Stiefel manifold)
I'm currently trying to read about the Stiefel manifold, or set of all $p$ orthonormal $n$-dimensional vectors embedded in $\mathbb{R}^{n\times p}$.
$$\mathcal{V}_p(\mathbb{R}^n) = \{U \in \mathbb{R}^{...
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Expressing the union of principal orbits as a disjoint union of global slices for proper group actions
Setup:
I was reading about slices and principal orbit theorems (Theorem 3.4.6) from these notes.
Let the Lie group $G$ act on a complete Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ isometrically on $M$, i.e. $\phi^{*}...
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Approximation of triply periodic minimal surfaces with trigonometric level sets
Some triply periodic minimal surfaces are known to be approximated by trigonometric level sets very accurately.
To see this, let's sample a gyroid scaled to the bounding box $[0, 1]^3$ exactly through ...
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Compactification of a Cartan-Hadamard manifold
Let $X$ be a simply connected manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature. It is standard that $X$ is uniquely geodesic, i.e., for any distinct points $p$ and $q$, there is a unique geodesic ...
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Extension of MMP from the central fiber to some neighborhood
I was reading Professor Kollár's paper deformation of varieties of general type (here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.10986 )
There is a theorem about the extension of MMP step when the central fiber has ...
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Does the permutohedron satisfy any minimal distortion property for graph metric vs Euclidean distance?
We can look on the permutohedron as a kind of "embedding" of the Cayley graph of $S_n$ to the Euclidean space. (That Cayley graph is constructed by the standard generators, i.e. ...
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Prove the orthogonality of vector spherical harmonics
We define
$S_a^{lm} = \Big( - \frac{1}{\sin \theta} Y^{lm}_{,\varphi}, \sin \theta\ Y^{lm}_{,\theta} \Big)$
$Y_a^{lm} = \Big( Y^{lm}_{,\theta}, Y^{lm}_{,\varphi} \Big)$
to be the axial vector ...
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Finding the point within a convex n-gon that maximizes the least angle subtended there by an edge of the n-gon
For any point P in the interior of a convex polygon, the sum of the angles subtended by the edges of the polygon is obviously 2π.
Given a convex polygon, how does one algorithmically find the point (...
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What Cayley graphs arise as nodes+edges from "nice" polytopes and when are these polytopes convex?
The Permutohedron is a remarkable convex polytope in $R^n$, such that its nodes are indexed by permutations and edges correspond to the Cayley graph of $S_n$ with respect to the standard generators, i....
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Concentration of measure on spheres with respect to a unitary of trace approximately zero
Cross-posted from MSE, where it hasn’t received any answer yet:
This question arose out of my attempt to understand how a unitary of trace approximately zero acts on the unit sphere of a $n$-...
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Maybe a folklore natural map between reflexive pullbacks
In the introduction of [HK04], it is proposed that for a morphism between varieties $f:X'\to X$, and a coherent sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ on $X$, there is a natural map $\alpha:f^*(\mathcal{F}^{\vee\vee})\...
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A relative Abel-Jacobi map on cycle classes
I have a question about relativizing a classical cohomological construction that I think should be easy for someone well versed in such manipulations.
Background:
Suppose $X$ is a smooth projective ...
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Why $k((x,t))$ can not be a local field?
If $k$ is a finite field, then $k((x))$ is a local field, and we can define a discrete valuation on $k((x))$ with respect to which it is complete. It is sometimes called a 1-dimensional local field.
I ...
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Coarse embeddings and Gromov products in (Gromov) hyperbolic spaces
I am new into geometric group theory and I have recently started reading the book "Sur les Groupes Hyperboliques d’après Mikhael Gromov" by Ghys and de la Harpe. The following inequality ...
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Theories of manifolds w/ extra structure and singularities
Many different objects in mathematics can be described as manifolds with extra structure. Among the most famous examples of these are smooth manifolds, Riemannian manifolds, complex manifolds, and ...
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Proving that $H^1(X,\mathcal{Hom}(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{E})) \cong \text{Ext}^1(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{E})$ holds for locally free sheaves
The following passage is from a thesis I'm reading:
Suppose we have a short exact sequence of vector bundles $$0 \to \mathcal{E} \to \mathcal{F}\to \mathcal{G} \to 0.$$ Since these sheaves are ...
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Systems of (hyperbolic) 2nd order PDEs with lower order constraints
Certain surfaces in mechanics are endowed with the fundamental forms
\begin{align}
\text{I} &= \mathrm{d}u^2+\mathrm{d}v^2+2\cos\gamma\: \mathrm{d}u\: \mathrm{d}v \\
\text{II} &= \alpha\left(\...
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Regular value theorem for Banach manifolds without surjectivity
It is well-known (e.g. Lang, Fundamentals of differential geometry, Prop. 2.3 in Chapter II) that the following extension of the regular value theorem holds for Banach manifolds:
Let $\phi : M\...
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Parabolic subgroups of reductive group as stabilizers of flags
$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $G$ be a linear algebraic group (probably reductive will be needed). Consider a faithful representation $G \to \GL(V)$. Given a parabolic subgroup $P < G$, we can ...
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Projective subvarieties are closed?
I want to show that projective subvarieties of a quasi-projective variety are closed. One possible solution should be the following:
Let $W \subseteq \mathbb{P}^n$ be a quasi-projective variety and $V ...
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Vector bundles over a homotopy-equivalent fibration
I think this question is related to what is known as "obstruction theory", but I'm not very familiar with this field of mathematics, so I am asking here.
Let $\pi:N\rightarrow M$ be a smooth ...
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Any "motive"(-like) theory which can catch that cusp $y^2=x^3$ (and similar) are non-trivial?
Consider cusp $y^2=x^3$ which can also be described as $k[z]~without~z$ , taking $x=z^3,y=z^2$.
Algebraically its $Spec$ is quite different from $k$. For example:
it has plenty non-trivial "line-...
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What d.o. $\sum_i f_i(z)\partial_z^i$ correspond to subalgebras $M$ in polynoms $C[x_i]$ being Langlands dual to motive of $Spec(M) \to X$?
Briefly: The question is about presenting explicit examples of the construction discussed in the recent MO question "Relation between motives and geometric Langlands" and Will Sawin's asnwer ...
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Existence of extensions of a flat projective morphism
Suppose that $S$ is a noetherian integral scheme and $U\subset S$ is an open subscheme. Let $f:X\to U$ be a flat projective morphism. I would like to know whether (or when) $f$ can be extended to a ...
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Convergence of metric implies convergence of eigenvalues?
Consider the metric $g_\varepsilon=d\theta^2 + \varepsilon^2 \sin(\theta)^2 \, d\varphi^2$ on the hemisphere $S^2_+.$ I had two naive questions:
Does $g_\varepsilon$ converge to the flat metric on ...
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Noetherian local ring with non-lci formal fibers
I am looking for an example of a noetherian local ring $A$ such that its formal fibers are not complete intersection rings in the sense of https://stacks.math.columbia.edu/tag/09PY (i.e., there is a ...
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Equivariant projective embeddings with optimal dimension
Let $X$ be a complex projective manifold, and $f\in Aut(X)$ an automorphism, which is linearizable, that is, can be extended to an ambient projective space ${\mathbb P}^m$. I am interested to find ...
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Why can I take the quotient of a relative elliptic curve by a finite locally free subgroup?
I am currently reading Katz and Mazur’s Arithmetic moduli of elliptic curves and I am puzzled by a statement in the discussion of the $[\Gamma_0(N)]$ moduli problem in Chapter 3.
The authors define a $...
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$K_0$ of arithmetic surfaces
In his paper "Algebraic K-Theory and classfield theory of arithmetic surfaces", Annals of Mathematics 114 (1981), Spencer Bloch proved the following result: if $A$ is a finitely generated ...
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Limiting distribution of separated points in a unit square
Let $n$ and $r$ be fixed, and consider the following process, with $S=\emptyset$ to start:
For $i\in\{1,\dots,n\}$:
Sample a random point $X$ in the unit square.
If $X$ is a distance at least $r$ ...
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Simple convergence of convex compact set implies Hausdorff convergence
I am wondering about the following :
In $\mathbb{R}^n$, suppose you are given compact convex bodies $\left\{ C_k : k \geq 1 \right\}$ and $C$, such that for every $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$ $$ \mathbb{1}_{...
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Examples when quantum $q$ equals to arithmetic $q$
First, as a disclaimer, I should say that this post is not about any specific propositions, but is more of some philosophical flavor.
In the world of quantum mathematics, the letter $q$ is a standard ...
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When is a del Pezzo surface a conic bundle?
I am considering over a field $k$ which is not algebraically closed, characteristic 0, and perhaps contains all the complex roots of unity that may appear. Feel free to realize it as some function ...
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Classifying stack for finite flat group scheme
Let $G$ be a finite flat non-smooth group scheme over an algebraically closed field $k$, for example, $G$ can be $\operatorname{Spec}(\overline{\mathbb{F}}_p[t]/(t^p))$. Then the classifying stack $\...
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Densities, pseudoforms, absolute differential forms and measures, differential forms, etc
Apologies if this question is too basic, but I figured I first heard of most of these concepts on MO, so perhaps I can ask here.
Gelfand’s definition, copied from AlvarezPaiva [My edit, could be ...
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Clausen–Scholze's Theorem 9.1 of Analytic.pdf, in view of light condensed sets, AKA is the Liquid Tensor Experiment easier now?
In the recent lecture series run jointly from IHÉS and Bonn, Clausen and Scholze have reworked—again—their foundations of geometry to focus attention on not arbitrary condensed sets and solid modules ...
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Does the absolute Frobenius induce the identity on étale topoi?
Let $X$ be a scheme defined over $\mathbb{F}_p$ and denote by $X_{et}$ its étale topos . Associated to $X,$ we can consider the absolute Frobenius map $F_X: X \rightarrow X$ which gives an associated ...
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Etale cohomology of relative elliptic curve
Let $E_a: y^2 = x(x-1)(x-a)$ be a smooth proper relative elliptic curve over $\text{Spec}(A)$, with $a\in A$, and assume $\text{Spec}(A)$ is a $\text{Spec}(\mathbb{Q}_p)$-scheme.
Let $R^1f_*\mathbb{Q}...
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“Geometric” vs Homotopical completion
There are two notions of completions of slightly different nature, and I am wondering if there is a precise statement relating them.
The first one is the “homotopical” (or maybe it should be called ...
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Proving the inequality involving Hausdorff distance and Wasserstein infinity distance
Prove the inequality
$$d_{H}(\mathrm{spt}(\mu),\mathrm{spt}(\nu))\leq W_{\infty}(\mu,\nu)$$
where $d_H$ denotes the Hausdorff distance between the supports of the measures $\mu$ and $\nu$, and $W_\...
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Dolbeault class of the curvature of the Chern connection equaling the Atiyah class
The following is a proposition from Complex Geometry by Huybrechts.
Proposition $4.3.10$. For the curvature $F_\nabla$ of the Chern connection on an hermitian holomorphic vector bundle $(E,h)$ one ...
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Surface terms in the calculus of variations on jet bundles
Let $\pi:N\rightarrow M$ be a fibered manifold with $m=\dim M$ and $m+n=\dim N$. The variational bicomplex on the infinite jet space $J^\infty(\pi)$ is denoted $(\Omega^{k,l}(\pi),\delta,\mathbf d)$ ...
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Is there a variety which is not locally set theoretic complete intersection?
A variety $X$ is a locally set theoretic complete intersection in a nonsingular variety $Y \supseteq X$ if each point in $X$ has a neighborhood $U$ in $Y$ such that $X \cap U$ is set theoretically the ...
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Does a Riemannian submersion map horizontal geodesics to geodesics, and a relevant question?
I asked this question on MSE, but I didn't receive a response yet, so I'm asking here. Apologies if the question is not exactly a research level question, but I'm having some trouble in figuring them ...