# All Questions

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### Subgroups generated by opposite root groups

Suppose $\mathbf{G}$ is a connected reductive (possibly non-split!) group over a field $F$, $\mathbf{S} \leq \mathbf{G}$ a maximal split subtorus and $\mathbf{Z} \leq \mathbf{G}$ its centralizer. For ...
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### orbit space of $\mathbb{Z}_p$ action over complex projective space by permuting the homogeneous coordinates

$Z_p$:=cyclic group of order $p$. I want to understnd $H_\ast(\mathbb{C} P^{n}/Z_{n+1};Z)$ with $(n+1)$ being a prime number,and the action is given by permuting the homogeneous coordinates. For ...
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### In set theory, is there a name for a function which maps the empty set to zero and all the others to one? [on hold]

I would like to avoid inventing something which might be standard. Thus, I'am asking if there is a name for a function which is defined as $f$: Let $S$ be any set, then $f(S)=0$ if $S$ is empty and ...
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I want to ask about references to papers, that probably exist, which explain the articles of Bernard Dwork starting from "The rationality of the zeta function of an algebraic variety" to "On the ...
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### A problem with pointwise stabilizer subgroups of fixed-point subspaces II

Definitions: Let $W$ be a representation of a group $G$, $K$ a subgroup of $G$, and $X$ a subspace of $W$. Let the fixed-point subspace $W^{K}:=\{w \in W \ \vert \ kw=w \ , \forall k \in K \}$. Let ...
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### Applications of set theory in physics

In the introduction of the paper "Links between physics and set theory", the following quote of Eris Chric is stated: ...
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### Simply connected Lie groups homeomorphic to R^n are solvable

I have found the following claim in many proofs "Simply connected Lie groups homeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^n$ are solvable". But the universal covering of $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ satisfies the hypothesis of ...
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### Poincare-Lefschetz duality, universal coefficients, and middle cohomology [migrated]

Sorry if the question is too simple, algebraic topology is not my strong suit. Let $(M,\partial M)$ be a $2n$-dimensional manifold with boundary, with one-dimensional middle cohomology. By ...
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### Is there a universal straightedge and compass construction of a segment incommensurable to a given one in the hyperbolic plane?

"Universal" means that the construction steps are independent of the length of the given segment. In the Euclidean plane one can take the diagonal of a square built on it. Without the "universal" the ...
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### Injecting premises into two implicational premises connected by a tensor (multiplicative conjunction) in linear logic

I have another question regarding linear logic: I want to get to the proof E, using the premises in (1-4). Is this at all possible? 1: $A$ 2: $C$ 3: $(A\multimap B)\otimes(C\multimap D)$ 4: ...
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### Schoenflies and symplectic topology

The final report from a workshop on Morse theory in low-dimensional and symplectic topology includes the following question, posed by Michael Hutchings: Can we apply symplectic geometry to solve the ...
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### Proving that (e^x+1)^(1/3) has no elementary antiderivative [migrated]

How should one prove that $\int (e^x + 1)^\frac{1}{3}dx$ is non-elementary? (In case that is really is)
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### Non-embeddable varieties

Suppose that $k$ is a perfect field of characteristic $p>0$, $\mathcal{V}$ is a complete discrete valuation ring with residue field $k$ and quotient field $K$, of characteristic $0$. Then when ...
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### probability distribution of balls in an urn [closed]

So I have the following question in "probability": An urn contains three balls: white, blue and red. At each stage a ball is picked up randomly and, if it is not red, it is returned to the urn. The ...
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### A relative version of Urysohn's Lemma?

Let $f:Y\to X$ be a continuous surjective map between locally compact Hausdorff spaces. Assume there is a continuous section $s:X\to Y$ which has closed image and is a homeomorphism to the image. I ...
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### How far is it to extend the results of SGA III Exp. VIB from group schemes to group spaces?

How far is it to extend the results of SGA III Exp. VIB from group schemes to group spaces? In particular, does Corollary 4.4 from SGA III Exp. VIB hold for G/S being merely a group space? Here the ...
I think it is interesting, if we have the formula $$\frac{n (n + 1) (2 n + 1)}{6} = 1^2 + 2^2 + \cdots + n^2 .$$ If the difference between the closest numbers is smaller (let's call is a) we ...