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Gradient estimates for subsolutions of elliptic equations

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold. Assume $u \in C^\infty(M)$ such that $u>0$ and $\Delta u + \lambda u = 0,$ where $\lambda \geq 0$. There is a poinwise estimate for $|\nabla u|$ …
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Differential form on a compact manifold whose exterior derivative is nowhere zero?

This may be a stupid question, but I understand the proof of the theorem that states that for any differentiable $(n-1)$ form $\omega$ on a compact $n$ dimensional manifold in $R^{ …
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Is there an “accepted” jamming limit for hard spheres placed in the unit cube by random sequential adsorption?

I have a unit cube, and operating in the continuum limit (i.e. not on a lattice), I sequentially place spheres of some radius $r$ inside the cube until a filled volume "jamming lim …
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Source of a formula for tensor product multiplicities?

This is a follow-up to a recent question by Allen Knutson here, involving a special type of tensor product multiplicity for a simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ over $\mathbb{C}$ (o …
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Vector field pull back from embedding

Let $M$ and $N$ be finite dimensional smooth manifolds. A smooth map $f: M \to N$ is an embedding if and only if there is an open neighborhood $U$ of $f(M)$ in $N$ and a smooth ma …
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What is the exact mathematical formulation of a claim

The motivation to this question can be found in http://mathoverflow.net/questions/103846/why-are-galois-representations-so-important-in-number-theory My question is concerned wi …
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Is a Cauchy principal value invariant under a “change of variables”?

Let $f \in C^{\gamma}_c(\mathbb{R}) $. Let $K:\mathbb{R}^n \backslash {\vec{0}} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ be a singular integral kernel with the following properties: 1) K smooth …
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Reference request: construction of Steenrod operations for an odd p

Where in literature can one find a construction of Steenrod reduced powers (for an odd $p$) that (1) works for the singular cohomology of arbitrary topological spaces (or, more …
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Why are affine Lie algebras called affine?

Hi. I was wondering if someone could explain why we call affine Lie algebras affine. Thanks! Oliver
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How to combine correlated signals !?

Hi everybody There are 11 signals: S_main : The original signal S1 ~ S10 : 10 signals that are correlated to S_main with different correlation coefficients (coeff1 ~ coeff10) …
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Homological characterization of smooth maps

Let $A \to B$ be a finitely generated homomorphism between two commutative noetherian rings. As far as I understand, in various generalizations of this situation, such a map is ca …
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Characterizing a certain subset of isotropic vectors

Dear all, I stumbled on this question due to an application in physics, but I find it hard to find useful references for it. I looked into literature on projective geometry and po …
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Bounds for the median of a set of value bound numbers, given their mean. [closed]

Consider a set of real numbers in $[a,b]$. I was wondering given their mean (no distribution), can we determine bounds on the median of these numbers? A wild guess would be the f …
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shortest path in undirected graph in LogSpace

Given an undirected graph G (can be cyclic) with the promise that all its faces have 3 sides is it possible to find the minimum distace between a source and any other vertices in L …
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Derivation of Bessel functions

I am writing a summary on a work on Fluid Dynamics that develops irrotational flow states that appear to interact amongst each other according to the equations of Electromagnetism …

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