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What is the name of this measure of matrix “degenerateness”

Given a spanning set, consider the minimum number of vectors that you must remove in order to make it no longer span. What is this number called? If the vectors are columns in a …
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Equivariant versus retractive spaces: a reference request

Let $T$ be the category of compactly generated weak Hausdorff spaces with model structure given by Serre fibrations, Serre cofibrations and weak homotopy equivalences. Let $G = |G. …
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Why every complex of injectives is homotopically injective (provided that, the injective dimension is finite)?

Let $\scr A$ be an abelian category with exact products and a cogenerator (e.g. $\scr A$ is a category of modules). Let ${\mathbf K}(\scr A)$ be the homotopy category of cochain c …
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Duality between K-theory and K-homology in the non-compact, spin$^c$ case

Let $M$ be a compact spin$^c$ manifold, so that it has a fundamental class $[M] \in K_n(M)$. It is well-known that the cap product with $[M]$ induces Poincare duality isomorphisms …
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How fast is discrete-time diffusion on a continuous set?

This question is inspired by Joseph O'Rourke's beautiful answer to my previous question. Let $\mathbb{S}^{d\times n}$ denote the set of real $d\times n$ matrices whose columns hav …
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Chern Character Isomorphism for non-finite CW complexes, resp. for non-CW complexes

This is a question I asked at Math.SE but got no answers: http://math.stackexchange.com/q/397164/7110/ Atiyah and Hirzebruch showed in their paper "Vector bundles and homogeneous …
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How to simplify this Kampé de Fériet function?

I was dealing with a convolution type integral $$ \int^z_0 t^m {}_0F_1(;1;-t) \: {}_2F_3\Big( 1,1;2,m,m+1 ; -a t\Big) \:\mathrm{d}t $$ By applying one of the identities in Exton's …
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Question about tetrahedron decomposition

Are there tetrahedra which can be subdivided into three parts similar to the original? I believe this would require splitting one face into three parts. I know some types of tetrah …
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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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Borel constructions, equivariant cohomology, and homotopy quotients of monoid actions.

Let $M$ be a (discrete) monoid acting on a space $X.$ We may take the quotient of $X,$ by this action, $X/M$ that is the coequalizer of the action map $M \times X \to X$ against th …
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A duality on partial permutations

A partial permutation matrix $\pi$ is one with at most one 1 in any row and column (the rest 0s). Given one, we can cross out to the East and South (but not Southeast) of each 1. S …
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Free resolution for Lie algebras (reference)

What is a reference for the subject of "free resolutions for Lie algebras"? Does the term "standard resolutions" means "free resolutions"? What is a "bar resolution"? Is there o …
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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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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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Reference request: affine transforms + circle inversion?

This problem cropped up in the context of scale-insensitive methods for generating random variables. Let $X=R^n \cup \{\infty\}$. Suppose we consider a set of transforms $\cal{T} …

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