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Prerequisites/Preparation for understanding a research paper - global solutions to Einstein field in Bondi Coordinates
I would like to read this paper:
João L. Costa, Filipe C. Mena, Global solutions to the spherically symmetric Einstein-scalar field system with a positive cosmological constant in Bondi ...
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Inverse problem of Chern Classes
For my graduate (master) thesis I am studying the theory of Chern Classes. As a possible personal development the only sensible idea I have so far, and which I frankly think is impossible, is to work ...
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Is there any book explaining in detail the book "Basic Number Theory" by André Weil as Dirichlet did to "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae" by Gauss?
Is there any book explaining in detail the book "Basic Number Theory" by Andre Weil as Dirichlet did to "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae"?
This is because I have read the two books mentioned above and I ...
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How do I approach Optimal Control?
Other than learning basic calculus, I don't really have an advanced background. I was curious to learn about Optimal Control (the theory that involves, bang-bang, Potryagin's Maximum Principle etc.) ...
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A reading list for topological quantum field theory?
Can you suggest a reading list, or at least a few papers that you think would be useful, for a beginner in topological quantum field theory? I know what the curvature of a connection is, know basic ...