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Is there a straightedge and compass construction of incommensurables in the hyperbolic plane?

In other words, given a segment in the hyperbolic plane is there straightedge and compass construction a segment incommensurable with it? In the Euclidean plane one can take the diagonal of the square ...
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Why does $\pi_t$ preserve pullbacks in this special case?

Let $X$ be a fibrant pointed cosimplicial space. Following Bousfield-Kan, let $\text{lim}^{\partial \Delta_{n+1}} X = M^{n}X$ be the nth matching object of $X$. Onecan then show that there is a ...
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A “good scale” that is not really a scale

I don't know much about singular cardinal combinatorics, so I apologize in advance if I write something that is wrong or looks funny. First let me recall some basic definitions. Let $\lambda$ be a ...
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Error on parity bits of Reed-Solomon error correction code [migrated]

I'm trying to figure this out but it seems never to be covered in articles explaining Reed-Solomon codes. If I have a string with 64 characters (bytes) and 4 parity bytes for error checking and ...
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Which criteria guarantee an orthogonal circuit in $\mathbb R^3$ to be rigid?

For $n\ge4$, define an orthogonal circuit or O-circuit as a closed circuit of $n$ unit segments in $\mathbb R^3$ such that any two neighboring segments form a right angle. (Physically this could be ...
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Use a graphic tablet to write in Latex or MathML [on hold]

I have a Graphic Tablet and I am looking for a software which have the following features: Math equation recognition I want to write and solve math equations in Graphic Tablet and auto recognized to ...
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Uniformly permutation and the length of a size biased cycle

The cycle containing $1$ of a uniform permutation has length which is uniformly distributed. I was wondering if the converse is true: Suppose $\sigma$ is a permutation on $\{1,\dots,n\}$ and let ...
Let $p,q,r$ be integers with $r\ge2$; let $f$ be a polynomial of the form $f(X) = g((X+1)^r)$, which is not a $q$-th power. Let $\omega$ be a $p$-th root of unity. Show that the polynomial ...