Questions tagged [applied-mathematics]
the branch of mathematics that deals with the mathematical aspects of problems from science and engineering: applied analysis, numerical mathematics, applied statistics etc. (For applications of mathematics in general, cf. also the [applications] tag.)
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Sheaf theory in TDA
I was wondering wether anyone had any examples as to why it more useful to consider a sheaf theory approach to TDA problems.
I am familiar with some of the benefits of using cellular cosheaves to ...
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Mach's principle, Newton's law and Hilbert sphere?
(This question has originally been posted on reddit, but I thought, that the question raised in the post above, might fit as well here on MO.)
I wanted to share with you something I stumbled upon ...
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Literature on Lyndon words and the Lie commutator
Since I lost my paper notes in a domestic conflagration in Japan some ten years ago, I've occasionally tried to recall one particular author who wrote in the 1900s about Lyndon words / strings, or ...
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Which real functions benefit from the Fundamental Theorem of Interval Analysis?
I'm reading Introduction to Interval Analysis, by Moore, Baker & Cloud and complementing it with Global Optimization using Interval Analysis, by Hansen & Walster.
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Understanding the boundary condition of spherical waves in the flat spacetime
I am trying to understand one of the two boundary conditions one has to impose to find the solutions of the wave equation in the flat space-time inside a collapsing null shell. For the spherical wave, ...
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Useful applications of applied category theory
Led by John Baez, applied category theory (e.g. [1]) seems to accumulate much popularity. As someone who has noticed the importance of category theory in pure mathematics (e.g. homotopy theory, tqfts, ...
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A metric geometry problem which calculates the limitation of human eyes
This is the update version of this question A functional inequality which calculates the limitation of human eyes
Let an Euclidean space $M$ (or a path connected metric space) be partitioned into ...
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What are the right mathematical tools / language to analyse complex networks over time?
In this article about human physiology as a complex network the authors say that:
"Lacking adequate analytic tools and a theoretical framework to probe
interactions within and among diverse ...
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A functional inequality which calculates the limitation of human eyes
Find all pair of function $f^-,f^+:[0,1]\rightarrow[0,1]$ such that:
(1)$f^-(x)\leq x\leq f^+(x)$.
(2)$f^-(x)+f^+(1-x)=1$.
(3)$f^-(x)f^-(y)\leq f^-(xy)\leq f^-(x)f^+(y)$.
(4)$f^+(x)f^-(y)\leq f^+(xy)\...
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Question on pure mathematics helping climate change research
While I am a pure mathematics tenured professor, still at a relatively young age, and fairly passionate about my area of research, I cannot help but feel that it may be more useful to humanity if I ...
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How to construct lattice points in bounded symmetric domain?
Consider the Hermitian bounded symmetric domain for $k \leq m$:
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C_{k, m} = \{ Z \in \mathbb{C}^{m\times k} \,|\, Z^*Z < I_k \}
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where $I_k$ is the $k\times k$ unit matrix. If I am not mistaken,...
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Mathematicians learning from applications to other fields
Once upon a time a speaker at the weekly Applied Mathematics Colloquium at MIT (one of two weekly colloquia in the math department (but the other one is not called "pure")) said researchers ...
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What are partial differential equations with fast reaction terms?
I know $u_t(t,x)=\Delta u^m(t,x),\;\; (t,x)\in (0,\infty)\times \mathbb{R}$ is the fast-diffusion equation when $m\in (0,1).$
But how are PDEs with fast reaction terms defined in general? I also wish ...
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Is it possible to obtain orthogonal (but not normalized) vectors after QR factorization?
After QR decomposition of a matrix, $M$, the columns of Q are orthonormal. Is it possible after obtaining Q, we recover unnormalized column vectors from $Q$? For example, the matrix M has the ...
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What tools should I use for this problem?
Suppose we have $d$ cylindrical metal bars, with radius $l$, attached orthogonal to a support in random places:
Now we have to attach bars with radius $k$ EVENLY SPACED, with distance $p$ between ...
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General strategy of error bound of matrix exponential
I want to ask General strategy of the error bound of the matrix exponential.
For example, suppose, $A, B$ are finite dimension $n \times n$ matrices with complex coefficients. Using Baker–Campbell–...
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Listing applications of the SVD
The SVD (singular value decomposition) is taught in many linear algebra courses. It's taken for granted that it's important. I have helped teach a linear algebra course before, and I feel like I need ...
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Importance of integral equations
Differential equations are at the heart of applied mathematics - they are used to great success in fields from physics to economics. Certainly, they are very useful in modelling a wide range of ...
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Reference request: probabilistic models on climate (change)
I am looking for probabilistic models to address climate change. Are they known in the existing literature?
I have found the post Math behind climate modeling. concerning PDE models.
Many thanks for ...
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Explain seemingly non-random figures which arise from random Poisson points with normalization
Context Working with some biological datasets it was puzzling to see the patterns like Figure 2 (right) below. The first feeling was, that it corresponds to some biological effects like correlations ...
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How to measure perceived note similarity in music / simplicity of ratios?
I have discovered a method to measure the similarity of two successive musical notes which I wanted to share with a question:
It is known in music theory that two successive pitches $a,b$ which sound “...
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A new method for processing music scores?
I have developed a method and python script:
https://github.com/githubuser1983/algorithmic_python_music
which allows the user to input a midi file and then chose a few numbers as parameters, and the ...
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Applied Topology/Topological Data Analysis conferences and journals
Can someone point out links to Applied Topology/Topological Data Analysis conferences and journals?
Thank you!
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What is known about discrete versions of the spatially homogenous Boltzmann equation with finitely many (but arbitrarily many) velocities?
Consider a discrete version of spatially homogenous Boltzmann equation with finitely many (but arbitrarily many) velocities $v_i \in \mathbb R^n$ with $i \in I$. Equivalently, consider a system of ...
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Ramp and Cliff Solutions to the Viscous Burgers Equation: Explicit Formula?
I read an article in which the authors describe an observed phenomenon as being related to the "classical ramp and cliff Burgers solutions''. Those are described as Burgers solutions that behave ...
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Linearized NLS/GP around a soliton and the spectrum of the evolution operator
I apologize if this has been asked before but so far I haven't found it anywhere.
Consider the Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a potential (i.e. Gross- Pitaevskii) in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$
$$i\Psi_{t} =...
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Another question from Villani's monograph "Hypocoercivity"
I think there is an (possible) error in Villani's monograph titled "Hypocoercivity". To be specific, in page 62 (the first snapshot), he defined a new inner product $((\cdot,\cdot))$ as in (...
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Recursive formula for integral of Chebyshev-type integral
Define
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I_{m,n}(x,y,r) = \int_a^b T_m(x + r \sin(\gamma)) T_n(y-r \cos(\gamma)) d\gamma
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where $T_m(x)$ are the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind, and $a$ and $b$ are constants. Assume that ...
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Is Steven J. Miller's "research" on election fraud sound? And was he paid for it? [closed]
I recently encountered the following piece regarding alleged massive voter fraud in Pennsylvania:
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2020-11/...
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What are efficient pooling designs for RT-PCR tests?
I realize this is long, but hopefully I think it may be worth the reading for people interested in combinatorics and it might prove important to Covid-19 testing. Slightly reduced in edit.
The ...
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Notions of "completeness" and "sufficiency" of a mathematical model
I'm modelling a real-world problem as having instances $i$ in a set $P$. As a very simple artificial example, consider the problem of choosing a meeting room given a certain number of people. Then $i =...
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Examples of applications of hyperbolic conservation laws
I am giving a talk in front of my applied PDE research group on hyperbolic conservation laws, the most basic form of which is the PDE $$ u_t + f(u)_x = 0 $$ where $u$ is the conserved quantity and $f$ ...
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Recent uses of applied mathematics in pure mathematics
In this answer Yves de Cornulier mentioned a talk about the possible uses of persistent homology in geometric topology and group theory. Persistent homology is a tool from the area of topological data ...
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SIR model constraint [closed]
During these past months, I've heard a lot about some pandemic modelling techniques, specially the so-called SIR model. Before I begin, I'd like to stress that my interest and question are just a ...
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Renormalization group strategies
Before introducing block spin transformations in chapter four of Random Walks, Critical Phenomena and Triviality in Quantum Field Theory, the authors state the following:
"In this chapter we sketch ...
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Gradient descent in $U(n)^r$
I have a function $f:U(n)^r\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which I would like to minimize. Here, $U(n)$ is the set of unitary matrices, and $r$ should be considered to be much bigger than $n$. For instance, $...
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Spins in classical statistical mechanics
I'm reading Kupiainen's notes on the renormalization group and also caught my attention. Actually, this is something that often causes my some confusion. On page 43, in the section about Ginzburg-...
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Multiexponential analysis of infection counts with errors
In the past, I have seen some decompositions of sums of exponential decays into components by the Padé-Laplace method: Apply the Laplace transform $${\frak L}(\sum_{i=1}^n a_i e^{k_i t}) = \sum_{i=1}^...
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How many persons pass your 1.5 meter neighbourhood during 1 week ? If the distribution is power law what is the exponent?
Consider a graph with vertices being people (in some region), and make an edge if one person pass another closer than say 1.5 meter during say one week.
(Such a graph might be thought a kind of ...
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Relevant mathematics to the recent coronavirus outbreak
I would like to ask about (old* and new) reliable mathematical literature relevant to various mathematical aspects of the recent coronavirus outbreak: In particular, standard statistical/mathematical ...
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Persistent homology stability results (query about Lipschitz functions)
One of the beneficial properties of persistent homology is its stability results (so called robustness to noise).
Usually the referenced paper is this paper
titled "Lipschitz functions have $L_p$-...
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Physical interpretation of the Manifold Hypothesis
Motivation:
Most dimensionality reduction algorithms assume that the input data are sampled from a manifold $\mathcal{M}$ whose intrinsic dimension $d$ is much smaller than the ambient dimension $D$. ...
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Help to understand a limit $\varepsilon\rightarrow 0$ computation on a fluid mechanic paper
In Córdoba and Gancedo - Contour dynamics of incompressible 3-D fluids in a porous medium with different densities (page 4) I read that if
$$ v (x_1,x_2,x_3,t)=-\frac{\rho_2-\rho_1}{4\pi} \...
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Physical applications based on mathematical model of non-instantaneous impulsive evolution equations
In this paperhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/269404928_Periodic_solutions_for_nonlinear_evolution_equations_with_non-instantaneous_impulses authors prove the existence and stability of the ...
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A question involving directional derivatives and differential inequalities
This is a follow-up question to A question about copulas and directional derivatives. Since no answer was given, I am going to precise the definition of copula. I am interested in proving (or ...
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Applications of mathematics in clinical setting
What are some examples of successful mathematical attempts in clinical setting, specifically at the patient-disease-drug level?
To clarify, by patient-disease-drug level, I mean the mathematical work ...
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The topological complexity of polytopes
Polytopes arise naturally when modelling fundamental structures in Biology such as RNA and proteins [1,2]. Recently, it occurred to me that a complexity measure on the topology of polytopes might be ...
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Fast Bourgain embedding (or similar embeddings)?
Currently I am working on applications of Bourgain Embedding (or similar embeddings of finite metric spaces to $l_2$) to automatic feature engineering for machine learning/data science ( http://www....
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Differential geometry applied to biology
This was originally a question posted here on MathSE. But I'll ask again here to see if I can get some different answers.
I'm looking for current areas of research which apply techniques from ...
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Probability distributions with irregular behaviour
Might there be a probability distribution $\mathcal{D}$ such that if we sample $a_i \sim \mathcal{D}([-N,N])$ where $[-N,N] \subset \mathbb{Z}$ then if we define the asymptotic estimate $f$:
\begin{...
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