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Why do I need densities in order to integrate on a non-orientable manifold?
Integration on an orientable differentiable n-manifold is defined using a partition of unity and a global nowhere vanishing n-form called volume form. If the manifold is not orientable, no such form ...
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The perturbation of non-Hamiltonian algebraic vector fields
In this question, we are interested in the number of limit cycles which appears in the following perturbational system:
\begin{equation}\cases{
x'=y -x^{2}+\epsilon P(x,y) \\
y'=-x+\epsilon Q(x,y) }
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Fubini's theorem on arbitrary foliations
In what follows $ \mathbb{R}^{n+m} = \{(x,y): x \in \mathbb{R}^n, \ y \in \mathbb{R}^m \} \ .$
Suppose $G: U \to V $ is a $C^1$-diffeomorphism from an open subset of a manifold to an open subset of $...
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Densities, pseudoforms, absolute differential forms and measures, differential forms, etc
Apologies if this question is too basic, but I figured I first heard of most of these concepts on MO, so perhaps I can ask here.
Gelfand’s definition, copied from AlvarezPaiva [My edit, could be ...
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Spherical average of $\frac{1}{x}$
Let $X_1,...,X_n$ be points on $\mathbb S^1.$
We then define the expectation value $E(X)=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n X_i.$
Let $\frac{dS(X_1)}{2\pi}$ be the normalized surface measure of $\mathbb S^1,$ i....
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An Stokes type theorem for some operations other than integral
Let $M$ be a compact $m$ dimensional manifold with boundary $\partial M$.
Assume that $I_{1}, I_{2}$ are two linear functionals on $\Omega^{m}(M), \Omega^{m-1}(\partial M)$, respectively.
Assume ...
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Stokes theorem for manifolds with boundary as disjoint union of submanifolds
Looking at the generalizations of Stokes theorem, I did find a version for manifold with corners, but I was surprised this generalization doesn't contain a simple example such as the cone. So my ...
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Closed Poincaré dual, why $\int_M \omega \wedge \eta_S$ and not $\int_M \eta_S \wedge \omega $?
My book is Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology by Loring W. Tu and Raoul Bott of which An Introduction to Manifolds by Loring W. Tu is a prequel.
The characterization of the closed Poincaré dual ...
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A Curved/Warped Version of Fubini's Theorem
I will think of $ \mathbb{R}^{n+m}$ as $\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^m$.
Let $ V \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+m}$ be open and $g:V \to U \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+m} $ be a $C^1$ diffeomorphism. For a fixed ...
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