# All Questions

64 views

### Restriction of motivic nearby cycles

Let $h:Y\to \mathbb C$ be a regular map and let $f:X\to \mathbb C$ be the restriction of $h$ to a closed subvariety $X\subset Y$. Both $X$ and $Y$ are assumed to be smooth. The maps $h,f$ induce ...
76 views

### Connected, maximal compact, but not $T_2$

Is there a connected topological space that is maximal compact, but not $T_2$? (A space $(X,\tau)$ is said to be maximal compact if for any topology $\tau'$ on $X$ with $\tau'\supseteq \tau$ and ...
46 views
+100

### Reduction of self-intersections without reducing the geometric intersection

Let $F$ be a hyperbolic surface. Given a closed curve $a$, let $\bar{a}$ denotes the free homotopy class of $a$. Let $i(\bar{a},\bar{b})$ denotes the geometric intersection number and $i(\bar{a})$ ...
64 views

### Equicontinuity of $\{f_{2n}\circ f_{2n-1}\}$

Let $(X,D)$ be a compact metric space and $\{f_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of homeomorphisms of $(X,d)$. It is easy to see that if $\{f_n\}$ is uniformly convergent then $\{g_n\}$ defined by ...
88 views

### TQFT characterization of braiding statistics

In the TQFT language, quasiparticles correspond to Wilson loop operators. It is well-known that quasiparticles can have non-trivial braiding statistics. Take $2+1$ dimensional Abelian Chern-Simons ...
26 views

173 views

### Spectrum of the Laplacian on p-forms on the sphere

In this paper the authors give an explicit description of the eigenforms and spectrum of the Laplacian acting on $p$-forms on the round sphere $S^n$, apparently citing an unpublished computation of ...
68 views

### Geometric interpretation of the Desnanot-Jacobi Identity

Given a square $n\times n$ matrix $M$, let $M_i^j$ denote the $(n-1)\times(n-1)$ matrix obtained from M by omitting the i-th row and j-th column of $M$. The Desnanot-Jacobi Identity states ...
42 views

### Is the Quot scheme of finite length quotients with prescribed composition factors projective?

Assume we have a scheme $X$ over a field, say $\mathbb{C}$, and a "nice" sheaf of ring $R$ on it. $E$ denotes a left $R$-module. We denote by $Q:=Quot_R(E,n)$ the scheme classifying quotients ...
42 views

### What kind of matrix is similar to an irreducible matrix? [on hold]

For example, we know that the set of positive definite matrix is similar to an irreducible matrix. Therefore, the set of such matrices should include the positive definite matrix cone. What kind of ...
46 views

### How many edges guarantee an expander?

Complete graphs are good expanders. Deleting few edges from a complete graph leaves a good expander. What's the proportion of edges that one needs to remove to make the graph a bad expander? Or, is ...
38 views

### Densely-defined operator with closed range: conditions for operator closed

Suppose we have Banach spaces (or Hilbert spaces) $X$ and $Y$, and a densely-defined linear operator $A : \operatorname{dom}(A) \subset X \rightarrow Y$ that is densely-defined and with closed range. ...
40 views

### Is there a stochastic process with zero mean but nonzero value in each time instant? [on hold]

Background: In a signal processing application, we want to randomized a signal by 'whiten' it, that is to say we want the 'whitened' signal with zero mean. However, there is a constraint on the signal ...
138 views

70 views

### Generators of the colored braid group (two colors), reference

I consider the group $B_{n,n}$, the braids, colored in two colors, say all odd strings are black and all even strings are white. It is easy to find a set of generators for $B_{n,n}$:  \begin{cases} ...
93 views

### Reference to parabola lemma

I am looking for a previous reference to the following very simple geometric lemma, which I use in my paper [arXiv:1503.03462]: Let $P$ be the parabola $y=x^2$. Let $a,b,c,d$ be four points on $P$ ...
168 views
+50

### Radius of the largest enclosed ball in the convex hull of an algebraic variety

Let $\mathcal{V}\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a real compact algebraic variety. Let $\mathcal{V}^c$ be the convex hull of $\mathcal{V}$ and let us assume that $\mathcal{V}^c$ has nonzero n-dimensional ...
140 views

### Does hyperconnected imply path-connected

If a space is hyperconnected (that is, the every non-empty open sets intersect), is it also path-connected?
60 views

### Non Satisfiability of disjuction [closed]

Problem: If $S_1$ and $S_2$ are (possibly infinite) sets of propositional formulas where their union, $S_1\cup S_2$, is not satisfiable, prove that there exists an $\psi$ such that $S_1\models \psi$ ...
58 views

### vector bundle and characteristic classes [closed]

why every orient able line bundle is trivial? I give an orientation s(x) to each fib re such that s(x).s(x)=1 using the euclidean metric but I can not understand why this section becomes continuous
37 views

### projective representation of supergroup

In fact, I am not very clear about what I am asking, but I am looking for a concrete example of supergroup which has non-trivial projective representation(some supergroup similar to usual Lie group ...
59 views

### Alexandrov spaces of constant curvature

Let $X$ be locally compact Alexandrov space whose curvature satisfies both inequalities $\geq K$ and $\leq K$. What can be said about such a space? Is it locally isometric to the standard Riemannian ...
65 views

### Strongly minimal set with DMP

Recall that a strongly minimal theory $T$ has the Definable Multiplicity Property (DMP) if for all natural $k$, $m$ and $\varphi(\bar{x},\bar{b})$ of rank $k$, multiplicity $m$, there exists a formula ...
197 views

### Fair cake-cutting between groups

The cake-cutting game is usually played between individuals. What if we try to play it between groups? A certain land has to be divided between two states. ‎There are $n$ citizens in each state. ...
131 views

### Using $\mathcal{U(H)}$ as a model for $EG$ and working with the Fredholm Operators

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a unitary universe for some group $G$. As $\mathcal{H}$ is a faithful representation the representation map is an injection $G \to \mathcal{U(H)}$, so there's a free $G$ action on ...
150 views

### Decomposition of a cross-polytope into simplices

Consider the standard embedded $n$-cross polytope $P_n$ with vertices $\pm e_i \in \mathbb R^n$. Let us consider decompositions of this polytope into $2^{n-1}$ simplices, such that these simplices ...
23 views

### What does it mean for a prime ideal to divide a natural number m? [migrated]

In Cassels and Frohlich (Algebraic Number Theory) Exercise 1, one is asked to derive some properties of the power residue symbol. It begins by stating the following: Let $m$ be a fixed natural ...
435 views

### Rate of convergence in the Law of Large Numbers

I'm working on a problem where I need information on the size of $E_n=|S_n-n\mu|$, where $S_n=X_1+\ldots+X_n$ is a sum of i.i.d. random variables and $\mu=\mathbb EX_1$. For this to make sense, the ...
259 views

### Moser estimates?

Consider $u$, an $L^2$ solution to the uniformly elliptic equation $(\partial_t^2 + L)u = 0$ on a ball $B_1$ of radius 1 centered at $(t_0, x_0)$, say, where $t$ can be treated as a "time" variable. I ...

15 30 50 per page