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Is the vector field associated with an element of the boundary at infinity on a Hadamard manifold smooth?

A Hadamard manifold $M$ (complete, simply connected, non-positive sectional curvature) has a so-called boundary at infinity $\partial M$ whose elements are equivalence classes of unit-speed geodesic ...
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A difficult integral for the Chern number

Cross post from Maths stack exchange The integral $$ I(m)=\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\mathrm{d}x\int_{-\pi}^\pi\mathrm{d}y\phantom{,} \frac{m\cos(x)\cos(y)-\cos x-\cos y}{\left( \sin^2x+\sin^2y +...
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Helmholtz decomposition vs Laplacian vector fields on $\mathbb{T}^3$?

I am quite confused between Helmholtz decomposition and Laplacian vector fields in the periodic case. Let $\mathbb{T}^3$ be the $3$-dimensional torus. Then, I thought any divergence-free smooth vector ...
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Are square configurations the only critical points of the energy on the circle?

$\newcommand{\S}{\mathbb{S}^1}$ $\newcommand{\la}{\lambda}$Let$$M=\{(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) \in (\S)^4\,\, |\,\, \text{ all the } x_i \, \text{ are distinct}\} $$ Define $E:M \to \mathbb{R}$ by $$E(x_1,x_2,...
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Question about the implicit function theorem. an example of a homogeneous form for which its implicit function satisfies certain conditions

Let $F$ be a homogeneous form with coefficients in $\mathbb{R}$. Suppose it defines a smooth projective variety, in other words at every point other than the origin at least one of the first partial ...
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A Curved/Warped Version of Fubini's Theorem

I will think of $ \mathbb{R}^{n+m}$ as $\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^m$. Let $ V \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+m}$ be open and $g:V \to U \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+m} $ be a $C^1$ diffeomorphism. For a fixed ...
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