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Minimize Energy for Charge Distributions
I am considering [positive] charge distributions $\rho:M\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_+$ (nonnegative reals) with unit charge $\int_M\rho=1$ for convenience. Here $M$ is a nice-enough region, say a ...
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Is the topological dimension of spacetime fixed for causally isomorphic spacetimes?
Suppose time-oriented spacetimes $(M_1 , g_1)$ and $(M_2, g_2)$ are not homeomorphic under their manifold topologies $\mathcal{M}_1$ and $\mathcal{M}_2$ respectively.
The Lorentzian metrics $g_1$ and $...
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Cardinal Invariants and Physics
There are many applications of topology to physics, but I wonder if there is a known application of cardinal invariants to physics.