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Which high-degree derivatives play an essential role?
Q. Which high-degree derivatives play an essential role
in applications, or in theorems?
Of course the 1st derivative of distance w.r.t. time (velocity), the 2nd derivative (acceleration),
and the ...
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Is there an explicit formula for the hessian of "Determinant"?
Let $f: G= \mbox{GL}(n,\mathbb{R}) \to \mathbb{R}$ be the determinant function.
Then $\mbox{Hess} (f)$ is a two linear map on $M_{n}(\mathbb{R})\simeq T_{e}(G)$ where $e$ is the neutral element of $G$,...
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Is there a convenient differential calculus for cojets?
I understand the basics of exterior differential geometry and how to do calculus with exterior differential forms. I know how to use this to justify the notation dy/dx as a literal ratio of the ...
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I want to find a smooth section of the map from the Stiefel manifold to the Grassmanian manifold
The following question is related to research I am doing on reinforcement learning on manifolds.
I have a set of basis vectors $\boldsymbol{B} = \{\boldsymbol{b}_1,\dots,\boldsymbol{b}_k\}$ that span ...
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Differential Calculus and the De Rham Homotopy Operator
Suppose $M$ is a smooth manifold, $\Omega^k(M)$ the vector space (or $C^\infty(M)$-module in case this is better suited) of $k$-differentialforms on $M$ and
$$I: \Omega^k(M\times \mathbb{R}) \to \...
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Co-filtered and pro-finite manifolds, filtered algebras, and differential calculus on them
I've come across a lot of questions (and nice answers) on MO, concerning infinite-dimensional manifolds and differential calculus over them, but nothing suiting the simpler and special case I have in ...
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An inequality inspired by the isoperimetric inequality
Let us consider the simplest isoperimetric inequality. Consider a smooth simple closed curve given by $r=\rho(\theta)$ in polar coordinates, where $\rho(\theta)>0$ can be regarded as a smooth ...
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Signed distance function and level set
For $\phi\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^N)$ with $$\omega_{\phi}=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^N\ |\ \phi(x)>0\}$$ being a bounded set with $\nabla\phi (x)\neq 0,\ \forall\ x\in\phi^{-1}(0)=\partial\omega_{\phi}\neq \...
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Boundary of an open, bounded and convex set in $\mathbb{R} ^n$
Let $U$ be an open, bounded and convex set in $\mathbb{R} ^n$. Since $\partial U$ is a rectifiable set it follows that up to a set of $H^{n-1}$-measure zero $\partial U$ is contained in a countable ...
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Laplace-Beltrami of the mean curvature
For a surface $S$ defined in 3D space, denote its mean curvature as $H$, and the Laplace-Beltrami operator as $\Delta_S$. I know that there is a result for the Laplace-Beltrami of coordinate functions:...
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Properness of real analytic maps?
Fix a polynomial mapping $\mathbb R^n\overset{f}{\to} \mathbb R$. This answer shows that if the top degree homogeneous component of $f$ is zero only at the origin, then $f$ is proper. Intuitively, ...
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Intrinsic definition of arc length [closed]
Is there an intrinsic way of defining the arc length of a curve in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$, that is without resorting to a parametrization of the curve?
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Curl as a divergence... Is it possible? [closed]
I want to know if it is possible to express the operation
$$
\nabla \phi \times (\nabla \times \mathbf A)
$$
as the divergence of second order tensor field $T$. Here $ \phi$ is a scalar field and $\...
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An answer to this system of PDE's
Planning of the question:
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and $TM$ be its tangent bundle
The isotropic almost complex structures $J_{\delta , \sigma}$ were introduced by Aguilar on the ...
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Example of homeomorphism that lifts to real blow up but not C^1?
Given smooth manifold $M$, let $Bl_\Delta(M\times M)$ be the (say oriented; you can ask this question for the unoriented case too) real blow up of $M\times M$ along the diagonal and let $\pi:Bl_\Delta(...
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Extension of normal vector field to a domain
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3$ be a bounded regular simply connected domain contained in a ball $S$. Assume also that $\Omega$ is simply connected by surfaces (i.e. every regular closed surface ...
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Commuting of exterior derivative and contraction (vector-valued forms)
$\newcommand{\sig}{\sigma}$
$\newcommand{\tr}{\operatorname{tr}_{\eta}}$
$\newcommand{\al}{\alpha}$
$\newcommand{\be}{\beta}$
$\newcommand{\til}{\tilde}$
Let $E$ be a smooth vector bundle over a ...
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Validity of formula $u(x)=\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_G \nabla_y \frac{1}{\lvert x-y \rvert} \times \omega(y) \, d^3y +A(x)$ for periodic boundary case
I think it is better to provide context in which the previous question Any formula or estimates the Green function for the Laplacian in $3D$ periodic box? has been raised.
The motivation is the ...
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Universal chord theorem for curves
Let $\mathrm{\gamma} : [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}^2$ be a piecewise smooth, simple plane curve.
Assume $\gamma(0) = (0,0)$, $\gamma(1) = (1,0)$ and that the slope of the tangent is not $0$ wherever it's ...
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Slice a compact C1 surface in R3 by a moving transverse plane. Does the length of the slice depend C1 on the plane?
To be more precise I am interested in questions similar to the one below
(I asked the question below on math.stackexchange last week but got not answer.)
I have a $C^1$ function $f:[0,1]^2 \to \...
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Question about extending a solution to Monge-Ampere solution
I am interested in solutions to the Monge-Ampere equation for a smooth function
$h(x,y)$ of two variables(though I suppose I could try to make do with $C^2$ solutions). The equation is:
$$\det[\...
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Uniqueness of tangent space given local injectivity of orthogonal projection onto it
Definition. Let $X\subset \mathbb R^n$ be a locally Euclidean subset. Say it has a tangent space at $p\in X$ if there exists a linear subspace $V\leq \mathbb R^n$ satisfying the following conditions.
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Solutions of this system of PDE's
This question is related to the existence of Einstein metrics on tangent bundles where the metric is induced by the isotropic almost complex structures on the tangent bundle. I'm trying this on the ...
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exactness of a 1-form [closed]
This may be a trivial question. If so, apologies in advance.
Let a $1$-form $\omega$ be given. Suppose that for any line segments $C_1=[i,j]$, $C_2=[j,k]$, $C_3=[i,k]$, we have that
$\int_{C_1} \...
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Conditions for surface area of surface of revolution to be product of arclengths
Given a circle $C$ in the xz-plane which does not intersect the $z$-axis, we can build a smooth 2-torus with surface area $(2\pi a)(2\pi b)$ where $a$ is the radius of the circle $C$ and $b$ is the ...
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The derivation of thin plate spline interpolation energy function？ [closed]
I am trying to derive the "thin plate energy functional". Given a thin plate $z = z(x,y)$, how does one derive easily the energy functional
$$\iint_{\mathbb{R}^2} \,\left[\left(\frac{\...
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