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Goldbach for certain classes of $n$

Asked on MSE without response here. $\#$ of ways even $n$ can be represented by prime additions is heareafter denoted $G(n)$. The Wiki article on the Goldbach conjecture states that In 1975, ...
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The number of submodules of $\mathbb{Z}_q^n$

Observe $\mathbb{Z}_q^n = \mathbb{Z}_q \times \cdots \times\mathbb{Z}_q$ as a module over $\mathbb{Z}_q\equiv\mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$, for general $q$. I am interested in the following questions: How ...
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I'm teaching myself Malliavin calculus and Skorohod integrals and with this kind of math I find myself following the logic through but lacking solid intuition about what is going on. In particular ...
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On the number of divisors in a given range

Given $\alpha\in\Bbb N$, can there be more than $(\log N)^4$ divisors (composites allowed) of $N$ in $\big[\frac\alpha2,\alpha\big]$ when $\sqrt N\in\big[\frac\alpha2,\alpha\big]$? What is the ...
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On a theorem by Mooney and Khavin on the weak sequential completeness of the predual of $H^\infty(\mathbb{D})$

There is a theorem by Mooney http://msp.org/pjm/1972/43-2/pjm-v43-n2-p.pdf#page=185 and independently proved by Havin which says that the predual of $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D}),$ $L^{1}/H^{1}_{0}$ is ...
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Did Bishop, Heyting or Brouwer take partial functions seriously?

The partial μ-recursive functions which may or may not be provably total seem to have some direct relation to the initial motivations for intuitionistic mathematics. (Following Kronecker, one ...
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The normalizer problem for group rings

I recently studied about The Normalizer problem (NP) which states that given an integral group ring $\Bbb{Z}G$, $N_{\cal{U}}(G)=G\frak{z}$ where $\frak{z}$ denotes centre of $\cal{U}$ = ...
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A PDE problem on the Heat-Like differential equations

I came across the following questions in part of my work: Consider the Heat-Like equation of the form $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=\hat{H}u + f(x,t)u + g(x,t)$ where $\hat{H}$ is a Sturm-Liouville ...
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Is there a function with a fixed point but does not satisfy the Banach contraction principle? [on hold]

This is my question Is there a function which does not satisfy the Banach contraction principle, but has a fixed point? thank
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Square root of a measure preserving action

Let $G \curvearrowright (X,\nu)$ be probability measure preserving action of a countable discrete group. When does there exist a probability measure preserving action $G \curvearrowright (Y,\mu)$ such ...
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Determining conjugacy class of a subgroup from the sizes of its intersections with the conjugacy classes

Let $C_1,C_2,\ldots,C_n$ be the conjugacy classes of a finite group $G$. It is possible that there are two non-conjugate subgroups $K \leq G$ and $H \leq G$ such that $|H \cap C_i|=|K \cap C_i|$ for ...
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Homological stability for orthogonal groups

In Vogtmann's paper "Spherical posets and homological stability for $O_{n,n}$" it is shown that for all fields different than the field $F_2$ with two elements the homology groups of the orthogonal ...
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a question on warped product

This question is on J.Cheeger and Tobias H.Colding's paper "lower bound on Ricci curvature and the almost rigidity of warped products". For a warped product $M=(a,b)\times_f N^{n-1}$ with metric $g$. ...
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A Graph-Theory Related Question

Let $n$ be a positive integer and partition a grid of $4n$ by $4n$ unit squares into $4n^2$ squares of sidelength $2$. (The squares with sidelength $2$ have all of their sides on the gridlines of the ...
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Test correlation between 3 variables by hand [on hold]

Do the three areas (courtside, lower deck, upper deck) differ in soda sales per hour? Courtside Lower Deck Upper Deck 38 35 11 42 37 25 40 ...
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General approaches to extension theorems as Caratheodory

I would like to know if there are some general studies about extension-like theorem, in the sense which i'm going to describe. This paragraph is not rigorous; I just would like the idea to be clear. I ...
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Is there a shelling of a (threshold)shifted complex, such that any partial shelling is still (threshold)shifted?

first the relevant definitions: A complex $\Delta \subset 2^{[n]}$ is a family of subsets of $[n]$ that is closed downwards, i.e. if $A \subset B$ and $B \in \Delta$, then $A \in \Delta$. A complex ...
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Cubic, divisor of rational function $x/z$? [on hold]

Let $k$ be a field, and let $a \neq 0$, $1 \in k$. Let $C = V(y^2z - x(x-z)(x - az))$. What is the divisor of the rational function $\psi([x, y, z]) = x/z \in k(C)$?
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$C = V(x^3 - xz^2 - y^2z)$, linear equivalence [on hold]

Let $C = V(x^3 - xz^2 - y^2z) \subset \mathbb{P}^2(\mathbb{C})$. Let $p_0 = [0, 1, 0]$, $p_1 = [0, 0, 1]$, $p_2 = [1, 0, 1]$, $p_3 = [-1, 0, 1]$. I have two questions. Is $2p_0$ linearly equivalent ...
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Quaternions: ellipse effect

I would be interested in an explanation of the "six ellipse effect" produced by the pseudocode below (I also wonder how close are these to being actual ellipses). Note the code is somewhat similar to ...
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“Natural” action of a semidirect product of groups

Suppose we have a group $N$ acting on a set $X$, and a group $Q$ acting on $Y$. Moreover, we are given $\phi: Q \to \mathrm{Aut}(N)$. My question is, is there a "natural" action on a set that can be ...
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$k[x_1, \dots, x_n]$ is free iff $\mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots, x_n]^G \otimes \text{Harm}(\mathbb{R}^n, G) \to k[x_1, \dots, x_n]$ isomorphism?

For any subgroup $G \subset \text{GL}_n(\mathbb{R})$ the set $\mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots, x_n]^G$, of $G$-invariant polynomials, is a graded subalgebra of $\mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots, x_n]$, resp. the set ...
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Closed form for Stirling numbers of second kind [on hold]

so yeah, a friend and I have been trying to find a closed form for the Stirling numbers of second kind with little success. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_numbers_of_the_second_kind The ...
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Extraction of Coefficients in the Exponential Function of a Series

Question: Let $f(x) \in x\mathbb{C}[[x]]$. What is the (asymptotically) fastest algorithm for calculating the coefficient of $x^n$ in $e^{f(x)}$? Naive Solution 1: Using fast polynomial ...
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Unit in cyclotomic field

Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $\zeta$ be a primitive $n$-th root of unity. I want to know for which $n$ the element $1+2(\zeta+\zeta^{-1})$ is a unit in the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}[\zeta]$. Can ...
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What does it mean for a differential equation “to be integrable”? [duplicate]

What does it mean for a differential equation "to be integrable"? Are "integrable" and "solvable" synonyms? The first thing that comes to my mind is to say: it's integrable if we can find the ...
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Cartan integral formula for a p-adic group?

Let $G$ denote a reductive group over a local field $F$. Suppose that $G$ is split over $F$ and fix a maximal (split) torus $A$. Let $A^+$ denote a Weyl chamber in $A$ and let $K$ be a suitable ...
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Theorem 16 , Chapter 5 of Northcott 's, Finite Free Resolutions: p.grade

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity. D.G. Northcott's, Finite Free Resolutions, has: and in Theorem 16 of Chapter 5 proves that: $p.grade(I,M) = p.grade(P,M)$ for some prime ideal $P$ ...
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Theories introduced by a class of forcing notions

The following notion is introduced by Mohammad Golshani. Let $V$ be a model of set theory and let $\mathcal{P}$ be a class consisting of non-trivial forcing notions in $V$. Let Th(V, ...
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A path optimisation problem

Consider a graph of $n$ nodes randomly located in $[0,1]^2$. Each node moves following a path randomly chosen from the set of all possible paths. Regard nodes as attackers. A policeman seeks an ...

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