Questions tagged [examples]
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Is there a field $F$ which is isomorphic to $F(X,Y)$ but not to $F(X)$?
Is there a field $F$ such that $F \cong F(X,Y)$ as fields, but $F \not \cong F(X)$ as fields?
I know only an example of a field $F$ such that $F$ isomorphic to $F(x,y)$ : this is something like $F=k(...
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Infinitely generated non-free group with all proper subgroups free
Is there any example of group $G$ satisfying the following properties?
$G$ is non-abelian, infinitely generated (i.e. it is not finitely generated) and not a free group.
$H< G$ implies that $H$ is ...
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Is Hironaka's example the only known deformation of Kähler manifolds with non-Kähler central fibre?
A well-known example in the deformation theory of compact complex manifolds is the one given by Hironaka in his 1962 paper An Example of a Non-Kählerian Complex-Analytic Deformation of Kählerian ...
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Examples and counterexamples to Lack's coherence observation
In Lack's A 2-categories companion, he states
There are general results asserting that any bicategory is biequivalent to
a 2-category, but in fact naturally occurring bicategories tend to be ...
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Pencils with many completely decomposable fibers
Let $F= \frac{G}{H} : \mathbb P^n \to \mathbb P^1$ be a non-constant rational function ($G$ and $H$ homogenous polynomials of the same degree
in $\mathbb C^{n+1})$.
The fiber over $(\lambda:\mu) \in ...
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Natural cotransformations and "dual" co/limits
$\DeclareMathOperator{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\DeclareMathOperator{\Hom}{\mathrm{Hom}}\DeclareMathOperator{\UnCoNat}{\mathrm{UnCoNat}}\DeclareMathOperator{\UnNat}{\mathrm{UnNat}}\DeclareMathOperator{\CoNat}{\...
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Examples of automorphic representations to keep in mind
I have recently started studying the automorphic science and find it somewhat hard to form intuition. Can we have a list of examples of automorphic representations that you usually use to test a new ...
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Krull rings and determinantal invariants
During another attempt to come to grips with Hillman's excellent book Algebraic Invariants of Links, I am having difficulty figuring out why Krull rings are the setting for Chapter 3- the natural ...
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"A theory of generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariants" by Joyce & Song
Is anyone else working through this paper: A theory of generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariants, by Dominic Joyce, Yinan Song? I am trying to verifying example 6.2 (m=2 for simplicity) using only the ...
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Is $L^2(I,\mathbb Z)$ homeomorphic to the Hilbert space?
I am somehow puzzled by the subset $G:=L^2(I,\mathbb Z)$ of $H:=L^2(I,\mathbb R)$ of all integer valued functions on $I=[0,1]$ (in fact I mentioned as an example in this old MO question).
Some simple ...
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A "concrete" example of a one-sided Hopf algebra
I came to know from the paper Left Hopf Algebras by Green, Nichols and Taft that one may consider a Hopf algebra whose antipode satisfies only the left (resp. right) antipode condition.
To be more ...
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Explicit computations with crystalline cohomology
I am currently studying crystalline cohomology and while all the talk about crystalline topoi is nice, I would like to see some explicit computations. What are some references on this subject which ...
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Twisting cochain intuition
I'm currently reading through Ed Brown's paper "Twisted tensor products, I", (MR105687, Zbl 0199.58201) and I couldn't find any simple examples of twisting cochains. I understand all ...
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Is there a list of examples of orthogonal spectra?
Schwede's symmetric spectra book project provides point-set models of many important spectra as symmetric spectra, including (in §I.1) the sphere spectrum, Eilenberg-Mac Lane spectra, several Thom ...
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Linear vs smooth actions of finite groups on spheres, euclidean spaces and closed disks
I would like to know examples (with references, if possible) of the following:
(1) a finite group $G$ acting effectively and smoothly on a sphere $S^n$ (any $n$) but admitting no effective linear ...
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Principal $G$-bundles as fully extended TQFTs, and $n$-representations
This is a follow up to this MO question: Fully dualizable objects in classical field theories
Assuming the notation there (which in turn come from Topological Quantum Field Theories from Compact Lie ...
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Real-world example of a Banach *-algebra with a nonzero *-radical
Is there a real-world example of a Banach *-algebra with a nonzero *-radical (intersection of kernels of all *-representations)? Textbooks give examples of finite-dimensional algebras with degenerate ...
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Example of a torsionfree group satisfying a cohomological condition
Let us call a finitely generated group $G$ cohomologically rich if for each $k \geq 0$, we can find a subgroup $G'$ and a prime $p$ such that $H^k(G';\mathbb F_p) \neq 0$. Examples which come to mind ...
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An example of a simple infinite 2-group
I've asked this question before on Mathematics, and they suggested me to ask here (Link).
Is there an example of a simple infinite $2$-group?
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If a $2$-group is Artinian I know that it ...
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Homeomorphisms of product spaces: an example
In the first of these lectures (http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/4436) given by M. Freedman he says that there exists (compact metric) spaces $X$ and $Y$ such that $X\times S^{1}$ is homeomorphic to $...
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In search for examples concerning pushforward of nef divisors and lc-trivial fibrations
My question is motivated by ideas around the moduli b-divisor of an lc-trivial fibration (see for instance the following paper by Ambro https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0308143.pdf).
In such a setup, one ...
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Examples of a topological semidirect product
Let $G$ be a compact topological group, and $\operatorname{Aut}(G)$ the group of autohomeomorphisms of $G$. I have proved some (topological) results about the holomorph $G\leftthreetimes \operatorname{...
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Is a successor to a successor to the trivial group topology on an Abelian group, totally bounded?
Is there an example of an Abelian group $G$ and group topologies $\cal S$ and $\cal T$ on it such that $\cal S$ is an immediate successor to the trivial topology on $G$ (i.e there is no other group ...
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Closed 4-manifolds with uncountably many differentiable structures
I know that $\mathbb{R}^4$ admits uncountably many differentiable structures. So, I wonder what happens if we consider closed 4-manifolds. Are there any closed 4-manifolds with uncountably many ...
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Is the field of invariants $k(V)^G$ purely transcendental over $k$?
Reference: http://www.math.u-psud.fr/~colliot/mumbai04.pdf
Proposition 4.3. on page 18 in the above reference reads as follows:
Assume $k = \overline{k}$. If $V$ is a finite dimensional vector space ...
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Novel examples, proofs or results in mathematics from arithmetic billiards
The goal of the post is get a repository of mathematical results, proofs or examples by users of the site, arising from arithmetic billiards in number theory, analysis, geometry,….
Wikipedia has an ...
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What are some interesting examples of cooperative games that can be naturally generalised to a stochastic version of it?
In classical, deterministic cooperative game theory, there are $N$ players that can form $2^{N}$ coalitions. Each of these coalitions is assigned a value by means of the characteristic function $v ( \...
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Looking for a Collection of Examples and Counter Examples for Assumptions about the Properties of Planar Euclidean TSP Instances?
Where can I find example and counter examples to seemingly plausible assumption about the properties of optimal solutions of planar euclidean TSP instances?
The reason for asking is that the ...
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Examples of unproven but likely true existential sentence (in the sense of incompleteness)
Some examples of universal statements that are unproven but likely true include the Riemann hypothesis (all non-trivial zeros of the zeta function have real part 1/2) and the Goldbach conjecture (all ...
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Interesting commensurated subgroups of countable groups
Let $G$ be a group and let $K$ be a subgroup. Say $K$ is commensurated in $G$ if $gKg^{-1} \cap K$ has finite index in $K$ for all $g \in G$. Commensurated subgroups are an inherent feature of ...
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Example of a Grothendieck pretopology satisfying a weak saturation condition
Recall that a singleton Grothendieck pretopology (henceforth 'singleton pretopology') on a category $C$ is a collection of maps $J$ containing the isomorphisms, closed under composition and stable ...
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Is the Schwartz space a tame Frechet space?
I ran into the following definition of tame Frechet spaces and Nash-Moser therem.
It says that the space of smooth functions on a compact manifold is tame Frechet.
However, I wonder if
The Schwartz ...
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Bounded derived categories of which smooth projectives possess bounded t-structures whose hearts are categories of modules?
I am interested in $P$ that is smooth and proper over a field and such that the derived category of coherent sheaves $D^b(P)$ possesses a $t$-structure whose heart is the category of finitely ...
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Are there any interesting examples of geometric triangulated categories with the Jordan-Holder property?
In this paper, Kuznetsov mentions that the following triangulated categories have the Jordan-Holder property
$\mathbf{D}(\Bbb P^1)$ and $\mathbf{D}(\Bbb P^1/\Gamma)$
connected Calabi-Yau categories
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Applications of the Weak and Weak$^*$ topologies to PDEs?
Chapter $3$ of Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations by Haim Brezis constructs and explains the Weak and Weak$^*$ topologies over a Banach Space $E$.
The most ...
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Groups with probability measures
Are there algebraic structures that integrate groups with probability measures? For instance, can the closure operation on a group be assigned a probability that says "how much" a member belongs to ...
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Seek "typical examples" for the structure of spaces with two-sided Ricci bounds
By a 1990 paper of Michael Anderson, the following is true:
Theorem. Let the metric space $(X,d,p)$ be a pointed Gromov-Hausdorff limit of a sequence of complete pointed Riemannian manifolds $(M_i,...
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Elementary functions such that $\sum_{n=2}^{\infty} f(n) \left( \zeta(n)-1 \right)$ can be evaluated, but $\sum_{n=2}^{\infty} f(n)$ can't
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The general context for this question is the topic of rational zeta series. What I've found so far, is that it usually the case that sums of the form $$\zeta_{f} := \sum_{n=2}^{\infty} f(n) ...
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Real analytic periodic function whose critical points are fully denegerated
I have asked this question on MathStackExchange. My question: is there any non-constant real analytic function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that, $$\nabla f(x_0)=0 \Rightarrow \nabla^2 f(...
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Examples of multiplier Hopf algebras
A multiplier Hopf-algebra (introduced by Van Daele) is a pair $(A, \Delta)$ where $A$ is a non-degenerate algebra $A$ together with a non-degenerate algebra morphism $\Delta: A \to M(A \otimes A)$ ...
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description of very ample bundle of Hirzebruch surface
I learned some basic properties of Hirzebruch surface mainly from Vakil's notes "the rising sea", section 20.2.9. the Hirzebruch surface is defined as $\mathbb{F}_n:=\operatorname{Proj} (\...
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Trivial fine Selmer group in the cyclotomic extension
In explicit examples that I have seen worked out, it appears that when the fine Selmer group is finite in the cyclotomic extension it is in fact trivial.
Is there any reason to expect that this ...
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An example of a finite group with some specific permutable subgroups
The following question is about finite groups.
Let $G$ be a finite group and let $H, K \leqslant G$. We say that $H$ permutes with $K$ if $HK = KH$ and in this case $HK \leqslant G$.
The Symbol $\pi ...
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Right adjoint completions
Forgive me if this question is not well thought out. I don't know how else to ask it.
The nlab page on completion gives some examples of completions which are left adjoints. These completions are "...
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Actions on spaces with measured walls
In geometric group theory, the question of whether or not a group acts nicely on a CAT(0) cube complex, or equivalently on a median graph, is of interest. The same question for actions on spaces with ...
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Is there a smooth rationally connected, proper variety $M$ over $\mathbb{C}$ such that c_1(L)([A]) = 1 which is not projective space?
Is there a smooth, rationally connected, projective variety $M$, which is not a projective space and is equipped with an ample line bundle $L$, such that the homology class of the curves $[A]$ which ...
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Example of smooth, proper but non-projective curve over an affine, connected base?
Would someone please give an example of a smooth, proper but non-projective curve $C/S$, where $S$ is affine and connected? I believe that whatever your example, $C/S$ must have genus $1$, admit no ...
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Forgetting extra structure inducing Symmetries
This is a major edit of the original post after receiving helpful comments.
It is often the case when one adds additional structure to make a problem more tractable. When one attempts to forget this ...
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Proving that there are no solutions other than a few known ones
My question is mostly out of curiosity, with probably no other use, but here it is. I will need to provide a bit of background.
I heard from someone who works with elliptic curves that often proving ...
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Nice, concrete example of pl-flipping contraction
In a course I'm giving on the MMP, I am discussing the importance of Shokurov's notion of a pl-flipping contraction for showing that flips exist for arbitrary flipping contractions. Does someone have ...
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