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Grothendieck schemes and the Sheffer differential op calculus (Rota, Roman, et al. finite operator calculus)

In "Left differential operators on non-commutative algebras" on p. 4, Michiel Hazewinkel displays "precisely the right definition of differential operator" as $$D\; X^n = F(\tfrac{...
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Problems concerning subspaces of $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $

Let $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $ denote the $n$ times $n$ matrices over the rational number field. $N$ be a subspace of $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $.Then if all the non-zero matrices in $N$ are invertible, what is ...
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Hurwitz–Radon problem for $ \mathbb{Q} ^{n} $

What is the maximal number of orthogonal operators $ A _{1} , \dotsc, A _ {m} $ in $ \mathbb{Q}^{ n } $ satisfying the relations $ A_{i}^{2} = - I $ and $ A_{i}A_{j} + A_{j}A_{i} = 0 $ for $ i \neq ...
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Categorification of determinant

The notion of trace of a matrix can be generalized to trace of an endomorphism of a dualizable objects in a symmetric monoidal category. (See Ponto & Shulman for a nice description.) Is there a ...
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How do Schubert classes form a basis for $H^{*}(Gr(k, n))$?

I've gone through many texts in algebraic geometry, specifically, Schubert calculus. They all claim that the Schubert classes $[\Omega_{\lambda}]$ form a basis for the cohomology ring of the complex ...
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Lattice-isotopic essentialization of arrangements

I'm working on a problem related to $\textbf{Randell's isotopy theorem}$ for complex hyperplane arrangements. I have a question which seems quite obvious. However, I haven't found a rigorous proof ...
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The twisted kiss of the curvaceous cubic and the staid tetrahedron (references)

(Migrated from MSE) While investigating some operators, I came across some relations between the twisted cubic curve and the tetrahedron that link together some notions in differential geometry, ...
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Real Pfaffian representations of real cubic surfaces

Consider the following classical construction (which is called Pfaffian representation as Sasha indicates): Let $ V^4\subset \Lambda^2 \mathbb R^6$ be a four-dimensional subspace of the space of ...
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