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The ten most fundamental topics in geometric group theory
What are the ten most fundamental topics in geometric group theory?
This is a pedagogical question prompted by the fact that I am teaching geometric group theory to undergraduates. They are expected ...
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Can the Pythagorean theorem be proved using imaginary numbers?
Can the Pythagorean theorem be proved using imaginary numbers? The proof must avoid circular reasoning, of course.
I asked essentially the same question at MSE, but did not receive a definitive answer,...
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when does $h$ exist?
Let $\zeta(s)$ denote the Reimann zeta function in the critical strip. It is easy to see that $$ \zeta(s) = 0 \Longleftrightarrow \Re(\zeta(s))+\Im(\zeta(s)) = 0 ~~~~ \text{and} ~~~~~~ \Re(\zeta(s)) \...
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When could a diligent calculus student compute all Picard iterates algebraically?
As is well known, in the typical proof of the Picard–Lindelöf theorem, one shows the existence of a solution of the initial value problem $y'(t) = f(t,y(t))$, $y(t_0) = y_0$ by considering the Picard ...
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Every smooth function contains a bijection [closed]
Let $f:\mathbb{D}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous non-constant over $\mathbb{D}$. Is there always a subset $\mathbb{A}\subseteq \mathbb{D}$ such that $f:\mathbb{A}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a ...
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Is the real and imaginary part of the Dirichlet eta function closest to its partial sums when trigonometric function changes signs? [closed]
To grasp the question we are concerned with three Theorems 1,2, and 3 in bold font below. First let us consider the Dirichlet eta function $\eta: \mathbb{C}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$
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\eta(s) = \sum_{n=...
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Closed form of $\frac{1}{{\pi}^n}\sum_{k\in \mathbb{Z}^n}\prod_{j=1}^n\frac{1}{1+(m_{j}^{T}k)^2}$
Given vectors $m_{j}\in\mathbb{Z}^{n},M=(m_{1} \ldots m_{n}),\det(M)\not =0$. Is it possible to find a closed form of:
$$S=\frac{1}{{\pi}^n}\sum_{k\in \mathbb{Z}^n}\prod_{j=1}^n\frac{1}{1+(m_{j}^{T}k)^...
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Convergence of finite-difference method for Cauchy-Riemann equations
Let $I\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ an open interval. Let $f:I\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ real analytic. Suppose we want to numerically compute an analytic extension of $f$.
We will assume the following: we are ...
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