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Example of a ring with infinitely many zero divisors and finitely many invertible elements [on hold]

I am preparing to my abstract algebra exam and I try to find an example of such ring. Does it even exist? Thank you in advance.
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What is the reverse mathematical strength of the fundamental theorem of algebra?

Reverse mathemtics (RM) is that area that tries to pin down exactly which axioms are necessary to prove theorems, given some weak base theory. Harvey Friedman has pointed out several times (on the fom ...
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Solve complex exponencial equation [on hold]

I need to solve an expression of this kind(solve for x): e^(pi*i*x) -e^(-pi*i*x) = y*2i Both x and y are real numbers, y is given. I have no clue on how to solve it analytically. All I know is that ...
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Functor of order $n$ in Mumford's abelian variety

Let $T$ be a contravariant functor on the category of complete varieties into the Category $\underline{\mathrm{Ab}}$ of abelian groups. Let $X_0,\ldots,X_n$ be any system of complete varieties, ...
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Isbell duality in Joyal and Street's Introduction to Tannaka Duality

In Sec. 3 of Joyal and Street's Introduction to Tannaka Duality and Quantum Groups, the authors give a commutative triangle of isomorphisms of compact topological groups (Corollary 8). This diagram ...
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Find the expectation of function of binomial random variable [on hold]

$\mathbb{E}\left[x^{\frac{1}{n}}\right]=?$ where $n\sim Bi(N,p)$ Thanks in advance
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Is it possible to evaluate Connect 4 positions with Combinatorial Game Theory?

The surreal numbers in Combinatorial Game Theory only work for certain classes of games (e.g. they must satisfy normal play convention). This rules out even reasonable games with fairly ...
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Morse theory in zero dimensions? [on hold]

Are there any known results for Morse theory of a compact 0-dimenionsal manifold (i.e. set of points)? In particular, can one define the analogue of a gradient flow for a finite set of points and ...
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Convergence of Fixed-Point Iteration of a dependent map

Suppose that we have two mappings $T_1(\cdot): Y \mapsto Y$ and $T_2(\cdot,\cdot) : X \times Y \mapsto X$ where both $X$ and $Y$ are compact and convex subsets of the same Euclidean space. Furthermore ...
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Lie group cohomology with coefficients in Lie algebra

I'm looking for a reference, and basic results, about Lie algebra as modules over a Lie group (with the adjoint representation), from the point of view of cohomology. Links with the Lie algebra ...
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Linear sections of $\mathbb{G}(1,4)$

Let $G = \mathbb{G}(1,4)\subset\mathbb{P}^9$ be the Grassmannian of lines in $\mathbb{P}^4$. Let us take two general hyperplanes $H_1,H_2$ in $\mathbb{P}^9$, and let $X = H_1\cap H_2\cap G$. Now, let ...
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When is a sequence the sum of two Beatty sequences?

In other words, given a sequence $(s_n)$, how can we tell if there exist irrationals $u>1$ and $v>1$ such that $$s_n = \lfloor un\rfloor + \lfloor vn\rfloor$$ for every positive integer $n$? ...
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How to solve a special linear system with noise?

Sorry the title may be confusing. I'm not so sure how to categorize this problem. Anyway, We have a real-valued vector $\overrightarrow a=(a_0,a_1,...,a_{2^n-1})$. Each $a_i$ comes from the inner ...
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On cyclic decomposition of element in $S_n$? [on hold]

Let $S_n$ be symmetric group and $x\in S_n$ be a permutation of $n$ numbers. Let $|x|=p$, where $n/2<p<n$ is prime. Consider $1^{t_1}2^{t_2}\ldots l^{t_l}$ to be the cyclic decomposition of $x$. ...
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Time averages and differentiability

Let $\varphi_t : M \rightarrow M$ be a smooth flow on a smooth manifold $M$. We may assume (although I'm not sure if this is important) that the flow preserves a smooth volume form on $M$. Given a ...
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Spectral densities of stationary Feller processes with no diffusion, constant positive drift and negative jumps

For a (real valued, finite variance, centered) stationary process $X_t$ on $\mathbb R$, the auto-correlation function $k(\tau) = \mathbb E(X_{t+\tau}-X_t)^2$ and its inverse Fourier transform $\rho$, ...
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Identify a curve from bunch of numerical data [on hold]

I am trying to identify/compare a similar curve with the data I have. Data format: X, Y: (1, 0.01), (2, 0.02), (3, 0.03), (2, 0.04), (n, k), Lets say I have a plot or values which will generate a ...
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Singularity Confinement For Differential-Difference Systems

This is a follow-up question to an old question on this site (link) which has a solution that describes the singularity confinement property for discrete systems. Are there any papers or books that ...
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Shared maximum eigenvector

Let us consider two arbitrary Hermitian square matrices $\mathbf{A,B}$ with the same dimension. Given $\mathbf{v}$ the eigenvector associated to the maximum eigenvalue of $\mathbf{A}$: Are there ...
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One-to-one correspondance between zeta zeros and the prime powers?

This question is highly speculative, but I would really appreciate some insight into the problem. Previously asked on MSE without answer here. I have noticed an interesting property related to the ...
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Counting matrices of special types

How many symmetric and non-symmetric $n\times n$ matrices with $0/1$ entries are there such that every row is distinct and every column is distinct? (I am looking for a proof as well). If only every ...
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Relation between angle of rotation and change in coordinates in 2D plane [on hold]

I have 2 lines of different parallel to each other on the 2D plane. Now I want to convert it into coordinates of the 3D system where the lines are on the same plane and are of the same length. (When ...
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reference help on regular singular points of differential equations

I'm looking for books on systems of holomorphic partial differential equations with regular singular points. I know the book 'Équations différentielles à points singuliers réguliers' by Deligne, but I ...
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How to find positive-definite matrices $Q$ and $W$ satisfying $x^T Q x \leq \xi^T W \xi<1$? [on hold]

Recently, I encounter a problem, that is, how to find positive-definite matrices $Q\in R^{n\times n}$ and $W\in R^{n\times n}$ satisfying $x^T Q x \leq \xi^T W \xi<1$? where $x\in R^{n\times 1}$ ...
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solve nonlinear congruence modulus prime [on hold]

I would like to solve the following congruence equation in positive integers $a$ and $b$. I would be grateful if anyone can give some hints and references. $$4\equiv (a+b)/(ab) (\mod p)$$ where ...
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Basic result in semi-infinite linear programming

Consider a standard linear program of the form $$\textrm{minimize}_x~~~~ c^Tx~~~~ s.t. \\ Ax = b \\ x \geq 0$$ with $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $A \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$. It is well known that, if ...
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Fermat's Last Theorem in $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$

Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. We define a relation $R\subseteq \mathbb{N}^3$ by  R = \{(x,y,z) \in \mathbb{N}^3: \exists n\in \mathbb{N}: 1< n \leq \max\{x,y,z\} \land ...
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Definition of Ito Integral

In Karatzas and Shreve, the integral for Bounded Progressively measurable processes is defined first. Then, for Bounded measurable and adapted processes ($f(t,\omega)$), the authors say that there ...
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Writing eigen functions of one Stochastic Process in terms of the eigen functions of another

Let us consider a centred square integrable stochastic process $\{X_t:t\in [0,2]\}$. Also let the eigen values and the eigen function of the kernel of the covariance operator of $X_t$ are ...
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When is the discrete logarithmic energy not approximable by its ostensibly more general counterparts?

In my answer at Maximum of the Vandermonde determinant / minimum of the logarithmic energy it is shown that that for each large enough natural $n$ there is some $a=(a_0,\dots,a_{n-1})$ with ...