# All Questions

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### Can an acyclic continuum be metrically homogenous? (I'd say: no way! :-)

I asked recently on MO about algebraic structures admitted by topologically homogenous continua like the Hilbert cube $\ I^{\mathbb N}\$ or the Knaster pseudo-arc. There is a relation between the ...
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### Inn characteristic in Aut [migrated]

If $G$ is a centerless group then is $\mathrm{Inn}(G)$ necessarily characteristic in $\mathrm{Aut}(G)$? The condition of being centerless is necessary as $D_8$ provides a counterexample otherwise.
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### Trace of Inverse matrix from Cholesky

This question was somewhat answered here: Fast trace of inverse of a square matrix. However, I feel like there was no complete answer wrt the Cholesky case. I have the matrix $\Sigma=LL^T$. Is there ...
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### Variety of commutative semi group [on hold]

V is a variety of commutative semi group satisfying the identity $x^2 = x^3$. I need to prove that: $|F_V(\{x_1\dots,x_n\})|$ = $3^n -1$. Any hints on this ? $F_V$ is V-free algebra.
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### How to define the square root of $1-\Delta$?

If $M$ is a Riemannian manifold with $\Delta$ its Laplacian, how can we define $(1-\Delta)^{1/2}$? The book I am reading says that $(1-\Delta)^{1/2}$ is an invertible first-order pseudo-differential ...
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### SHPS and SPHS inequality using monounary algebra

Let $A_n = \{(1,\ldots,n) , f \}$ where $f(i) = (i+1)$ if $i \neq n$ otherwise $f(n) = 1$. This describes a mono unary algebra. The proof for $HPS \neq SPHS$ I know uses metabelian groups and was ...
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### Is every sufficiently dense well mixed set an additive basis?

Let $B \subset \mathbb{N}$ be a set of natural numbers such that $|B \cap [1,N]| \sim N^\gamma$, for some $\gamma > 0$ with the following property: For any pair of positive integers $k,n$ we ...
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### A question about small sets of reals

In ZFC, does there exist an uncountable set of reals $A$ such that for every closed measure zero set of reals $B$, $A + B = \{a+b : a \in A, b \in B\} \neq \mathbb{R}$? This question is motivated ...
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### “Almost” prime k-tuples in intervals

In this paper, Heath-Brown proves that there are $\gg x(\log{x})^{-k}$ integers $n \leq x$ such that $$\prod_{i=1}^{k} (a_{i}x + b_{i})$$ is squarefree and that each term has a "small" number of ...
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### Why Cech cohomology does not compute sheaf cohomology on an open annulus

Let $A=\{z\in\mathbf{C}:1/2<|z|<1\}$ be an open annulus. Let us cover $A$ by 3 open sets: $U_0,U_1$ and $U_2$ which we assume to be all homeomorphic to a 2 dimensional open disc. Moreover, we ...
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### Normal coordinates near the boundary

Let $M$ be an Riemannian manifold with boundary $\partial M$ and $e_n$ be a unit normal vector on $\partial M$. With respect to $e_n$, around a point $p$ on boundary, we have the usual normal ...
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### Equivalent of Stirling-like numbers

let $b_{n,k}$ be the numbers defined formally by $$X^n=\sum_{k=0}^n b_{n,k}\binom{X}{k}$$ where $\binom{X}{n}=\frac{1}{n!}\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}(X-k)$. I am looking for an equivalent of $b_{n,k}$ when $k$ ...
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### Is an even-dimensional real projective space (RP^2 or RP^4) a spin(or spin^C) manifold or not? [on hold]

I have a dumb question. Let us consider an even-dimensional real projective space (for instance, RP^2 or RP^4). I wonder if those spaces allow spin structure. In other words, is the real projective ...
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### Pseudofunctors of 2-variables and Gray tensor product of bicategories

Let $\mathcal{A}, \mathcal{B}, \mathcal{C}$ be bicategories. We say a 'pseudofunctors of 2-variables' consists of two families of pseufunctors Fix $A\in obj\mathcal{A}$, we have a pseudofunctor ...
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### abstract simplicity results for anisotropic quasi-simple algebraic groups defined over a non-archimedean local field

I was wondering if anyone has some references I can look at that deal with results that identify some abstractly quasi-simple normal subgroup of the group of rational points of an anistropic ...