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Logic which depends on the perspective? (Semantic space of logic / perspectivism)

I am not sure if this question is appropriate for MO, since I have only a basic understanding of Boolean logic, and am maybe not qualified to ask questions beyond that, but still I will try to write ...
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Understanding quadrature rule of a function multiplied by another $C^{\infty}$ function

Define a function $f \in C^m[-1,1],m \in \mathbb{N}$ and $g\in C^{\infty}[-1,1]$. Also define a quadrature rule $Q$ for approximating the integral $\int_{-1}^1 h(x)dx$ for some function integrable ...
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Which paper is the "Taubes trick" from?

In symplectic geometry, the "Taubes trick" is an argument used to show that a moduli space $\mathcal{M}(J)$, depending on a parameter $J \in \mathcal{J}$, is cut out transversely for generic ...
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Transfer model structures, reflective subcategories and Bousfield localizations

The topic of Bousfield localizations has a lot of literature which has on most of the occasion some tameness assumption on the presentability of the model category. Recently I have been trying to ...
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Tuple rearrangement: a combinatoric problem emerging from the Hurwitz action on Coxeter groups

I am working on Artin Groups, so called Dual Artin groups and the conjecture that they are isomorphic. Tuples of $n$ group elements can be acted on by the braid group $B_n$ in a particular way called ...
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Weakly metrizable sets in normed spaces

A similar question was asked on MSE without getting an answer. In the proof of lemma 1.2 of Asplund operators and holomorphic maps the author (my attempt to contact him failed because the only e-mail ...
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Gaussian mixtures are dense in total variation?

Let $M_{TV}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ denote the set of probability measures on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with finite total variation norm which are absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure. By a Gaussian ...
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Characterization of Fréchet-Urysohn spaces using sequential continuity at a point

A map $f \colon X \to Y$ is called sequentially continuous at the point $a$ if for every sequence $(x_n)$ such that $x_n\to a$, we also have $f(x_n)\to f(a)$. $$x_n\to a \qquad \Rightarrow \qquad f(...
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Does a matrix ring over a ring satisfy the Koethe conjecture if the coefficient ring itself satisfies the Koethe conjecture?

I just want to know whether the following statement is true or false. If $R$ is a ring satisfying the Koethe conjecture, then the matrix ring over $R$ also satisfies the Koethe conjecture. Or is it ...
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Dual space of $\ell^\infty$

Why can the elements of the dual space of $\ell^\infty(\mathbb N)$ be represented as sums of elements of $\ell^1(\mathbb N)$ and Null$(c_0)$? <hr: EDIT: As confirmed in the comments, the OP ...
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G-equivariant homotopy between G-spaces

I apologize for asking too many questions in a single post. I am not very conversant with equivariant homotopy theory. While discussing with some faculty I was told that certain fact is true. All ...
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Moduli space of complex and anti-complex tori?

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$By Will Sawin's answer to Moduli Spaces of Higher Dimensional Complex Tori the moduli space of complex $d$-tori is $X ...
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Errata for "Foliations and Geometric Structures" by Aurel Bejancu and Hani Reda Farran

I'm reading "Foliations and Geometric Structures" (2006) by Aurel Bejancu and Hani Reda Farran and have been looking for an errata sheet. Unfortunately Prof. Bejancu has passed away. I ...
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Commutative Banach $\mathbb{R}$-algebras without complex structure, but with path-connected group of units

For a finite-dimensional commutative (associative, unital) $\mathbb{R}$-algebra $A$, the condition $\pi_0(A^\times) = 1$ (i.e. the group of units of $A$ being path-connected) is equivalent to $A$ ...
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Conormal distributions and the wave front set

Let $X$ be a smooth closed manifold and $Y$ a regular submanifold. For all conormal distributions at $Y$ on $X$, their wave front set is contained in the conormal bundle of $Y$. Is the reciprocal true?...
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About the normal subgroups of Burnside groups

I was reading "On periodic groups of odd period $n\ge 1003$" of V. S. Atabekyan. He found that the Burnside group $B_n$ with $n\ge 1003$ has uncountably many normal subgroups. However, I was ...
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Dihedral extensions and the Ankeny–Artin–Chowla conjecture

Jensen and Yui (Polynomials with $D_p$ as Galois group J. Number Theory 15, 347–375 (1982)) proved that if $p = 4n+1$ is a regular prime, then there is no normal extension of the rationals with Galois ...
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Reference needed: estimate of the second order derivatives

In $\mathbb{R}^d$ there is estimate (see 1.3, Chapter III of E.M.Stein' book Singular Integrals and Differentiability Properties of Functions) $$\left\|\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_i \partial x_j} \...
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Resource on how the definitions of subobjects for various categories can vary

I am looking for a reference on the different possible definitions of subobjects. According to a particular friend of mine, subobjects should be at least monomorphisms (up to slice isomorphism) and at ...
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True or false? Every left or right cancellative, duo semigroup is cancellative

A semigroup $S$ is duo if $aS = Sa$ for all $a \in S$, where $aS := \{ax: x \in S\}$ and similarly for $Sa$; for instance, every commutative semigroup is duo, and so is every group. On the other hand, ...
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Taking trace of a tensor product of matrix-valued smooth functions on the thin diagonal

Let $V$ be a finite dimensional real / complex vector space and consider the space $L(V,V)$ of linear operators on $V$. Fix $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and let $\mathcal{M}$ be the real / complex vector space ...
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Integral formula of quantum dilogarithm

In the paper"Level N Teichmüller TQFT and Complex Chern-Simons Theory" arXiv:1612.06986, the authors study the quantum dilogarithm function: \begin{equation} \mathrm{D}_{\rm b}(x,n)=\prod_{...
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Analytic functions and Hyperfunction as TVS

I have several related questions on Analytic functions and Hyperfunction as topological vector spaces (I am mainly interested in questions 4,6,10): For an open set $U\subset \mathbb C^n$ we can ...
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Reference for PDEs from system of SDEs

I'm working with a system of SDEs \begin{align*} dX_t &= b(X_t, t) + \sigma dB_t\\ dY_t &= c(X_t, Y_t, t) + \sigma dB_t. \end{align*} Here, the Brownian motion is the same. I know that ...
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The unproved formulas of Ramanujan

Are there any formulas due to Ramanujan that have still not been proved—or disproved? If so, what are they? I believe this conjecture is due to Ramanujan and still open: if $x$ is a real number and $2^...
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Generalizing the property of linear independent set in infinite dimensional TVS

Given a infinite dimensional Hilbert space $H$, and a countable set of vectors $\{v_{i}\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$. I want to study the following property of $\{v_{i}\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$: There exists sequences $...
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Mapping between Notations

$\DeclareMathOperator{\address}{address}$ As in my other question, it is assumed that the (total) function describing a given notation is denoted as $\address:p \rightarrow \Bbb{N}$ and assumed to be ...
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Reference request: a cousin to the log semiring

Let $f$ be strictly increasing on $\mathbb{R}$. Then $x \oplus y := f^{-1}(f(x)+f(y))$ gives rise to a strict symmetric monoidal ($\Rightarrow$ commutative monoid) structure on $(\mathbb{R},\ge)$ with ...
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Finitely generated projective modules over Noetherian endomorphism ring

Let $\mathcal A$ be a locally Noetherian Grothendieck abelian category and $M\in \mathcal A$ be a Noetherian object. Set $B:=\text{End}_{\mathcal A}(M)$. Let $B$-mod be the category of finitely ...
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Stability of ODEs with polynomial nonlinearity

Consider the following ODE system: $$ x′=f(x)\iff \begin{pmatrix} x_1^\prime \\ \vdots\\ x_k^\prime\\ \vdots\\ x_n ^\prime \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} f_1(x) \\ \vdots\\ f_k(x)\\ \vdots\\ f_n(x) \...
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Reference request on computational schemes for $\inf_{x\in\Omega^n}\sup_{y\in\mathbb R^n}F(x,y)$

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d$ be compact, $\rho$ be a density function on $\Omega$ and $p_1,\ldots, p_n\in (0,1)$ be weights satisfying $\int_{\Omega}\rho(z)dz=1=\sum_{k=1}^n p_k$. We consider the ...
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Koebe–Andreev–Thurston theorem - where can I find a proof?

Koebe–Andreev–Thurston theorem (known also as the circle packing theorem) says that any planar graph can be realized by a set of (interior-) disjoint disks corresponding to vertices, such that two ...
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Cohomology for quantum groups

I'm interested in quantum groups for two perspectives: Compact quantum groups in the sense of Woronowicz. Deformation of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra in the sense of Drinfeld &...
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Moore-Penrose partial isometries and hermitian elements

Let $A$ be a unital Banach algebra. An element $a \in A$ is hermitian if $\|\mathrm{exp}(ita)\|=1$ for every $t \in \mathbb{R}$. An element $a \in A$ is Moore-Penrose invertible if there exists $b \in ...
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Merging single-sorted and multi-sorted theories

The general theory of single-sorted (say, algebraic) theories is very similar to the general theory of multi-sorted (algebraic) theories. Each variable gets a sort, but apart from that nothing really ...
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Is Brascamp-Lieb inequality on the sphere applicable for these functions for some $1\leq p<2$

My question is on Brascamp-Lieb-inequality on the Euclidean sphere (which can be viewed as an analogue of Young's inequality on the sphere) obtained in [1]. (See also this question: Brascamp-Lieb ...
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Is Nelson-Symanzik positivity compatible with fermionic statistics?

Let $\{ S_n \}_{n =0}^\infty$ be a sequence of tempered distributions where $S_n \in \mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^{nd})$ where $d \in \{2,3,4\}$ is fixed. Moreover, we put three additional conditions: $...
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Integral involving Bessel function and Laguerre polynomial for a Hankel transform

I'm attempting to solve the Hankel transform \begin{align} \int_0^\infty x^\alpha e^{-x^2/2} L_n^\nu(x^2) J_\nu(x p) \sqrt{x p} \, dx \end{align} or the unmodified version (redefining $\alpha$) \begin{...
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Availability of a copy the first volume of Segre's "Forme differenziali e loro integrali"

I am precisely referring to the following, first volume of the textbook/lecture notes/monograph written by Beniamino Segre in the fifties of the twentieth century (I own a copy of the second volume) ...
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Conditional Expectation in Diffusion Process

Consider a $d$-dimensional diffusion process $\mathbf{X}=(\mathbf{X}_t)_{t\in [0,T]}=([X^1_t,...,X^d_t])_{t\in [0,T]}$ that is the unique strong solution of the following SDE: $$\left\{\begin{matrix} ...
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Stability of nonsmooth, Lipschitz continuous, autonomous system of differential equations

Consider the following autonomous system of differential equations: $$\frac{\mathrm d\mathbf x}{\mathrm dt} = \mathbf v(\mathbf x)$$ where $\mathbf x, \mathbf v \in \mathbb R^n$. Assume that $\...
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Regular nilpotents and minimal parabolic subalgebras in real semisimple Lie algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a real semisimple Lie algebra. A subalgebra $\mathfrak{p}$ of $\mathfrak{g}$ is parabolic if its complexification is parabolic in $\mathfrak{g}_\mathbb{C}$, meaning it contains a ...
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Non-positive definite solution for differential Riccati equation

Consider the matrix-valued differential Riccati equation (DRE): $$ \dot P_t +PA+A^\top P+Q-(B^\top P+S)^\top (B^\top P+S)=0, \quad t\in [0,T];\quad P(T)=G, $$ where all coefficients are continuous. ...
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Double-periodic functions with (possible) poles

Consider the set of double-periodic function $f:\mathbb C/(\mathbb Z+i \mathbb Z) \setminus \{z_0\} \to \mathbb C$, where $z_0$ is a fixed point inside $\mathbb C/(\mathbb Z+i \mathbb Z),$ that have a ...
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About Carleson measures on the Hardy space on the bidisc

I have been reading the paper "Carleson Measures in Hardy and Weighted Bergman Spaces of Polydiscs" by F. Jafari and there are a few things that going on that I am not entirely convinced of. ...
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Choice of the eigenbasis for the Dirac operator on $S^d$

This question is a simplified version of my previous one. I think that adding a gauge potential complicates the problem too much. Let us consider the Dirac operator $D$ on the $d$-sphere $S^d$ with ...
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Is every operator range a Baire space in the relative topology?

Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $U\subseteq X$ be a (not necessarily closed) linear subspace. One says that $U$ is an operator range if there is another Banach space $E$, and a bounded linear map $...
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Sufficient conditions for an asymptotic compactness

This question relates a theory of Mosco convergence. Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and $\mu$ a Borel measure on $X$. A symmetric bilinear form $(\mathcal{E},\text{Dom}(\mathcal{E}))$ on $L^2(X,\...
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Independent stationary increment process but with finite propagation speed

Intuitively, standard Brownian motion has infinite propagation speed, as it has a non-zero probability of reaching any point in any arbitrarily short time. This is due to the fact that the probability ...
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Is finding the CDF from the Laplace transform well-posed?

In my study of Dynamic Light Scattering, I came across the following inverse problem. Let $F(s):[0,T]\rightarrow[0,T]$ be the Laplace transform of a probability distribution $f(t)$ on the real line ...

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