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What does “Vertex Solution” mean?
Hello!
I come across the word "vertex solution" in the context
" We can also assume that x and y are vertex solutions,so that the sequence {x,y} remains in a finite set."
Could a …
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1st-flat cohomology group for elliptic curves
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p$. Is there any nice computation for the group $H^1(E,\alpha_p)$ and $H^1(E,\mathbb{G}_a)$? …
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Why not evaluate integrals using ODE-solvers?
Hello!
I have a question about the relationship between numerical integration and the solution of ordinary differential equations (ODE). Suppose I want to evaluate the integral
$I …
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1answer
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Lawvere’s fixed point theorem and the Recursion Theorem
Building off of Qiaochu's comment on my answer to a previous mathoverflow question, I would like to know: can the Recursion Theorem, $$\forall e\exists k[\Phi_e\text{ is total }\im …
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Probability that one RV will exceed many others
Assume the $1 \times N$ vector
$\mathbf X = [X_1, X_2, \ldots , X_N]$
contains i.i.d. normal samples such that $\mathbf X$ has a multivariate normal distribution. Now assume anot …
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What is barycentric simplicial subdivision?
In A Generalization of Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem by Shizuo Kakutani, he defined $S^{(n)}$ be the $n$-th barycentric simplicial subdivision of $S$. In which $S$ is an $r$-dimens …
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Philosophy behind Yitang Zhang’s work on the Twin Primes Conjecture
Yitang Zhang recently published a new attack on the Twin Primes Conjecture. Quoting Andre Granville:
“The big experts in the field had
already tried to make this approach
w …
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Special coordinates for periodic metrics
This question is a follow-up to that one.
Given a $\mathbb{Z}^n$-periodic metric $g$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ (with $n>2$), is it possible to find a periodic diffeomorphism $\varphi$ suc …
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regularity of eigenfunctions of Schrödinger Operator
Hello,
I consider a compact and connected (smooth) Riemannian manofold $(M,g)$. I'm interested in the eigenfunctions of the Schrödinger Operator $L=-\Delta+ V$ acting on (smooth) …
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Proving a lower bound for the maximal eigen-value of a non-negative, irreducible, integer matrix
$A$ is a non-negative, integer, irreducible, $m$ by $m$ matrix. It is well known (Perron-Frobenius) that $A$ has a positive eigen value (denote it by $\lambda$) with a positive eig …
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How to combine correlated signals !? [closed]
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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Existence of dominating measure for weak*-compact set of measures
I have posted the following question also here a longer time ago, but due to no answers I thought it might fit better to MO.
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal F)$ be a measurable space and $\ …
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Why is Set, and not Rel, so ubiquitous in mathematics?
The concept of relation in the history of mathematics, either consciously or not, has always been important: think of order relations or equivalence relations.
Why was there the n …
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Hyperbolic sets
I recently started reading about hyperbolic dynamics in the notes of L. Wen,
http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/rcms/publications/ln5.pdf
and in this (page 8) there is the following s …
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Analogues of the Weierstrass p function for higher genus compact Riemann surfaces
There was a previous post on the correspondence between Riemann surfaces and algebraic geometry. I want to ask a related but more detailed question.
BACKGROUND:
Engelbrekt gave a …

