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Monotone embedding of complete binary tree in hypercube
Embedding different graphs, especially binary trees, in the hypercube has a huge literature. However, I could not find anything if we restrict the embedding to be monotone. So I would like to ...
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Is every simplicial $d$-sphere linearly embeddable in $\Bbb R^{d+1}$?
A simplicial $d$-sphere is a simplicial complex homeomorphic to the $d$-sphere. It is known that not every such complex can be embedded into $\Bbb R^{d+1}$ as the boundary complex of a convex ...
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A conjecture about homotopy $S^1\times B^3$'s
$\textbf{Conjecture}:$
Let $X^4$ be a homotopy $S^1\times B^3$ with the following properties:
Attaching a four dimensional 2-handle gives a standard $B^4$.
The $k$-fold cyclic cover is diffeomorphic ...
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Is there a quaternionic analogue of Kodaira's embedding theorem?
Let $M$ be a $4m$-dimensional Quaternion-Kähler manifold of positive scalar curvature. Does there exist an $n$ large enough, so that $M$ can be embedded inside $\mathbb{H}P^n$ via a quaternionic ...
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Noncompactness of the Sobolev embedding in the critical exponent case
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ be a bounded domain with a Lipschitz boundary and $n > p \ge 1$.
It is well known that up to the critical exponent $p^* = pn/(n − p)$, i.e. $q < p^*$, the ...
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Metric spaces containing a topological disc
It is well-known that every connected, locally connected compact metrizable space $X$ contains an arc, that is, a subspace homeomorphic to $[0,1]$. Are there topological properties we can add to these ...
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What is the minimum $n$ for which $\Bbb H^3$ can be isometrically embedded in $\Bbb R^n$ as a bounded set?
Consider the hyperbolic $3$-space $\Bbb H^3$ (i.e., the unique, simply-connected, $3$-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold with a constant negative sectional curvature equal to $-1$). The Nash ...
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Embeddings between weighted Besov spaces
Consider the Besov spaces $B_{p,q}^s(\mathbb{R}^d)$ for parameters $0<p,q\leq \infty$ and $s\in \mathbb{R}$. The weighted Besov space $B_{p,q}^s(\mathbb{R}^d;\mu)$ is defined for $\mu \in \mathbb{R}...
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Metric under Ricci flow on a 2-sphere can be realized by embedding
I am sorry if this is a silly question, but I am new to Ricci flows.
Let $\Sigma \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ be a smoothly embedded sphere, and denote its metric (induced by $\mathbb{R}^3$) by $g$. Suppose ...
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Correspondence between Riemannian metrics and Euclidean embeddings
Given a sufficiently smooth manifold M,
a Riemannian metric on M induces an isometric embedding into Euclidean space by Nash's theorem, (non-canonically, non-uniquely)
an embedding of M into ...
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subanalytic realization of smooth abstract stratification
Consider an $C^\infty$ abstract stratification $A$ (in the Thom-Mather sense, see Mather's note).
Can we embed $A$ in some $\mathbb{R}^n$ (or in an analytic manifold) as a subanalytic set?
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Theoretical justification of time-series forecasting using Takens' embedding
This is a cross-posting
where I couldn't get an answer. In the meantime I have tried to improve the original logic:
As in Takens original paper about his embedding theorem, consider a compact $m$-...
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Equivariant isometric embedding of manifolds in a Hilbert space under a noncompact group action
Given a Riemannian manifold $M$ and a group of isometries $G$ of $M$, I am interested in when there exists a isometric embedding $\iota : M \to H$, where $H$ is a Hilbert space and a representation $\...
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stating large cardinal axioms in ZF
Can I ask whether there is a good reference for how to state the standard large cardinal axioms in the context of $ZF$? My concern is that it seems that the usual proof that embeddings defined from ...
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Which cellular embeddings of Eulerian graphs have bipartite duals?
It is well-known that a plane graph $G$ is Eulerian if and only if its (geometric) dual $G^*$ is bipartite.
I am interested in generalisations of this result to cellular embeddings of Eulerian graphs ...
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Applications of Strong Whitney Embedding
I am looking for applications of the strong Whitney's embedding theorem that have an advantage over weak theorems. That is, applications where it's important that the dimension of the Euclidian space ...
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Does this "join-like complex" of $K_5$ and $K_3$ embed in $\Bbb R^4$?
Consider the following 2-dimensional CW-complex: its 1-skeleton is $K_8$, which we write as an edge-disjoint union $K_5\cup K_{5,3}\cup K_3$.
Then for any two edges $ab\in E(K_5)$ and $cd\in E(K_3)$ ...
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Can we have full choice prior to Reinhardt cardinals?
Working in $\sf ZF + Reinhardt \ cardinal$, can we have full choice over all stages $V_{\alpha < \kappa}$ where $\kappa$ is the Reinhardt cardinal, i.e., the critical point of the elementary ...
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Mostow-Palais equivariant embedding for manifolds with corners
Let $M$ be a compact smooth manifold and let $G$ be a connected compact Lie group acting on $M$. According to an old theorem of Mostow and Palais, there exists a $G$-equivariant embedding of $M$ into ...
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Explicit formula for embedding of real projective spaces into Euclidean spaces
I am interested in representing vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ in a sign-invariant and efficient manner. That is, I am looking for a function
$$f:\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^d$$
such that for $v\...
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In how far does the Whitney trick work in the piecewise linear setting in $\Bbb R^4$?
I usually read about the Whitney trick in the context of smooth manifolds, but I wonder in how far it works in the piecewise linear (PL) category as well. I have a specific setting in mind that I will ...
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To what extent is the Nash embedding not unique?
Consider a smooth Nash embedding, $f$, of a Riemannian manifold $Σ$ into Euclidean space $\mathbb R^n$. To what extent is this embedding not unique?
It is clear that the set of all such embeddings ...
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Reference Aubin T.- Espaces de Sobolev sur les varietes Riemanniennes. Bull. Sc. Math. 100, (1976) 149-173
I have been searching without success for the reference:
Aubin T.- Espaces de Sobolev sur les varietes Riemanniennes. Bull. Sc. Math. 100, (1976) 149-173
It is cited in many related works. In ...
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Specify the embedding of special unitary group in a Spin group via their representation map
How do we specify the embedding of a Lie group $G_1$ as a subgroup into a larger Lie group $G_2$, with $G_1 \subset G_2$ that agree with a constraint on the mapping between their representations?
By ...
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Whitney-like embedding theorem for posets?
The Whitney embedding theorem says that any finite-dimensional smooth manifold can be embedded into $\mathbb{R}^n$ for some $n$. Is anything like this true for posets?
I'm looking for conditions on a ...
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Amalagamation of a sequence of closed immersions of schemes
Let $(X_n)_{n \geq 0}$ be a family of schemes. Let $$X_0 \to X_1 \to X_2 \to \dotsc$$ be a sequence of closed immersions (which therefore gives rise to an ind-scheme). Under which (necessarly and/or ...
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Obstructions to symplectically embedding compact manifolds of dimension $4$ or higher
It is known in Li's paper (http://arxiv.org/pdf/0812.4929v1.pdf) that in compact symplectic manifolds $(X^{2n},\omega)$ of dimension at least $2n\geq 4$, an immersed symplectic surface represents a $2$...
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Is it consistent to have an infinite antitone sequence of elementary embeddings such that the involved models include iterated sharps?
$\DeclareMathOperator\crit{crit}$Background essays (the material I've tried to understand in leading up to this question):
Daghighi, et. al. [2014], "The foundation axiom and elementary self-...
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Is every weakly $1$-dimensional space embeddable in the plane?
A $1$-dimensional (separable metric) space $X$ is weakly $1$-dimensional if $$\Lambda(X)=\{x\in X:X\text{ is 1-dimensional at }x\}$$
is zero-dimensional (i.e. the space $\Lambda(X)$ has a basis of ...
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Volume of sub-manifold of $\mathbf R^n$
Let $M$ be an $n-m$ dimensional sub-manifold of $\mathbf R^n$ defined by the following set of polynomial equations:
\begin{equation}
P_1(\vec x)=0, \\
\vdots \\
P_m(\vec x)=0,
\end{equation}
(where $\...
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Constant in Naor and Neiman's Assouad Theorem
In Naor and Neiman's Assouad embedding theorem - "Assouad’s theorem with dimension independent of the snowflaking" Revisita Mathematica, the authors derive quantitative estimates on the ...
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Is the thickening of a PL 2-disc in $\Bbb R^4$ a 4-ball?
Let $D\subset\Bbb R^4$ be a PL-embedded 2-dimensional disc. Let $N=D+K$ be a thickening of the disc, where $K$ is some sufficiently small 4-dimensional PL-ball and "$+$" means Minkowski ...
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Isometric embeddings of $c_0$ into metric spaces
Are there any nice and useful criteria or theorems which assert when a given metric space $M$ contains an isometric (not necessarily linear) copy of the Banach space $c_0$ or its unit ball $B_{c_0}$? (...
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Approximating maps by embedding
A continuous map $f$ between two metric spaces is said to be a $r$-map if preimage of each point under $f$ has diameter atmost $r$. Suppose $D^n=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^n\mid ||x||\leq 1\}\subset \mathbb{R}^...
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Which metric spaces embed isometrically in $\ell_p$?
It is known that each metric space $X$ embeds isometrically in the Banach space
$\ell_\infty(X)$ of bounded (not necessarily continuous) functions $X \to \mathbb R$. Since $\ell_\infty(X)$ does not ...
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Embedding abelian categories into abelian sheaves
The Yoneda functor from an abelian category into sheaves of abelian groups is shown to be exact in The Stacks Project, Lemma 19.9.2. I like this proof because it is constructive and it doesn't use ...
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Embedding a continuous-time martingale in Brownian motion
Using the Skorohod embedding, we can embed any square-integrable discrete time martingale $(M_n)$ into a Brownian motion, obtaining times $(T_n)$ such that $(B(T_n))_{n\ge 0}$ is a version of $(M_n)$. ...
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Compact embedding of ${\rm L}^1_{loc}$ space
I was reading one preprint and stumbled upon a part in the proof where one particular embedding was used. Namely:
Let $\Omega\subset{\bf R}^2$ be open and bounded and let $p\in\langle
1,2\rangle$. ...
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Different definitions of linkless graphs
Robertson, Seymour and Thomas defined linkless embeddings of graphs as follows:
An embedding of $G$ is linkless if every pair of disjoint circuits of $G$ have zero linking number (see here). However ...
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"separators" for nonplanar graphs embedded in the plane
Given a nonplanar graph $G$ drawn in the plane with crossings.
Does there exist a small subset $S$ of edges of $G$ such that after the removal of all edges that intersect or share an endpoint of an ...
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How to express Kunen's inconsistency, Reinhardt and Wholeness axioms, by single sentences?
Working in $\sf NBG, $ can we express the property of a class being set theoretically definable, by a single sentence? Like for example, the following way:
$$\operatorname {std}(X) \iff \exists x_1 \...
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Finite approximations to the Kuratowski/Fréchet embedding
Let $(X,d)$ be a compact doubling metric space with doubling constant $C>0$. Let $\{\mathbb{X}_n\}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ be a sequences of finite subsets of $X$ with
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\left\{B\left(x_k,\frac1{n}\right)...
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Almost Lipschitz embedding of compact metric measure spaces into Euclidean spaces
Let $(X,d)$ be a compact metric space, $m$ be a metric outer-measure on $X$. Are there 'mild conditions' on $X$ ensuring the existence of a positive integer $N\geq 3$ such that there exist $x_1,\dots,...
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Interpolation inequality involving negative Sobolev space
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Let $u\in \dot{H}^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ for $n\geq 3$ where $\dot{H}^{1}$ denotes the homogeneous Sobolev space that is ...
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Compact embedding of the Sobolev space $H^m(\Omega)$ and $L^2(\Omega)$ from Rellich-Kondrachov theorem
From the Rellich-Kondrachov theorem we know that $H^m(\Omega)\hookrightarrow_c L^2(\Omega)$ when $\Omega$ is bounded of class $C^1$ and $m\geq 1$ is an integer. Also this is not true if $\Omega:=\...
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Embeddings of Hirzebruch surfaces $\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}\oplus\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(n))$
Let $X_n=\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}\oplus\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(n))$ be the $n-$th Hirzebruch surface. We know that for $d>0$ and higher $k>>0$ the linear system $$\mathcal{L}_{...
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Dense embeddings into Euclidean space
The question is a follow-up on this old post. Fix a positive integer $d$ and consider $\mathbb{R}^d$ with its usual Euclidean topology. Given a metric space $(X,\delta_X)$, what conditions are ...
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Open embedding of non-separable infinite dimensional manifolds
It is well-known (see here) that separable infinite-dimensional topological Hilbert manifolds can be embedded as open sets of the modeling separable Hilbert space. Using that separable Fréchet (in ...
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Embedding a binary subspace to $l_2$ in a much lower dimension
I'm trying to find a way to embed a binary linear subspace of dimension $n$ (a linear code) to the Euclidian space while reducing the dimension significantly.
The subspace (or code) contains points ...
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obstructions to embeddings of manifolds into Grassmannians
Let $G_k(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the Grassmannian consisting of $k$-dimensional subspaces in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $AG_k(\mathbb{R}^n)$ the "affine Grassmannian" consisting of $k$-dimensional planes in $\...
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