# All Questions

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### How do mathematicians find the underlying idea? [on hold]

While reading through the lecture notes here (http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/resource/general/131ah.1.03w/week2.pdf , page 22, last paragraph), I came across the following " Thus there must be some ...
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### Trivial zeroes of the Riemann Zeta function are simple

The trivial zeroes of the Riemann Zeta function are located on $-2\mathbb N^*$ and they are simple. It is not difficult to see that, but the proof I have in mind is using the fact that ...
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### Number of linearly bisected subsets in finite vector space $F_2^n$

We consider the $n$-dimenstional finite vector space $\mathbb{F}_2^{n}$ over the finite field of two elements. For a subset $A\subseteq \mathbb{F}_2^{n}$ of even size $|A|=2m$ and a linear form ...
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### Bounding Expected Value of a piecewise function [on hold]

Let X and Y to be two independent random variables with known pdfs. Get a bound for the expected value of the following expression in terms of $E[X]$, $E[Y]$, VAR[X] and VAR[Y]: ...
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### Changing the sign in the definition of the cocommutator of a coboundary Lie bialgebra

A Lie bialgebra is a Lie algebra additionally equipped with a 1-cocycle $\delta: {\mathfrak g}\to \Lambda^2 {\mathfrak g}$ that satisfies the co-Jacobi identity. Non-trivial Lie bialgebras can be ...
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### What are the restrictions in the ramification behavior of a Galois extension of number fields imposed by the Galois group of the extension?

Studying class field theory, I have come across the following Proposition: Proposition. Let $K/E$ be an extension of number fields so that there is no nontrivial unramified subextension $F/E$ with ...
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### A compact Alexandrov space with curvature bounded below has curvature bouneded above?

For a compact Riemannian manifold, Since the curvature tensor is continuous, we know that the sectional curvature is bounded, i.e. bounded above and below. Now let $M$ be a compact Alexandrov space ...
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### Understanding Segal's definition of conformal field theory

I have a fundamental problem in understanding Segal's definition of a conformal field theory: On the one hand his monoidal CFT-functor is a formalization of the fact that, physically, the integrand ...
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### $Ext$-algebra generated by $Hom$ and $Ext^1$ as $A_\infty$-algebra?

In [Keller: A-infinity algebras in representation theory, Proposition 1(b)], Keller states that for an associative algebra the $Ext$-algebra of the simples is generated by $Ext^1(S,S)$ as an ...
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### MLE of Gamma when only given observations [on hold]

i've been given 10 observations of X, where X is a random variable. the observations are 141 16 46 40 351 259 317 1511 107 567 and now given they are gamma distributed, how do you find the MLE using ...
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### Elementary question of Group cohomology [on hold]

Let $G$ be a finite group. Assume $G$ acts on finite abelian module $M$ such that $(|G|,|M|)=1$. Question: Why $H^i(G,M) = 0$ for $i > 0$? Pierre MATSUMI
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### Relationship of ${\cal P}(\omega)/fin$ and ${\cal L}$

Define ${\cal L}$ as in this question: the set of functions $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ such that $f(n)\leq f(n+1)\leq f(n)+1$, where two functions are considered equal if they differ at at ...
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### Flower Arrangements [on hold]

We have a $n\times m$ grid with $k$ flowers (not necessarily distinct). The grid is assumed to have horizontal and vertical symmetry. What is the value of $A(n,m,k)$, where $A(n,m,k)$ is the number of ...
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### Brouwer's theorem for the Cauchy reals

Brouwer famously proved, using principles motivated by intuitionistic choice sequences, that every function $\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ is continuous. In Sheaves in geometry and logic (section VI.9), ...