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Questions about mathematics which don't fall into the other arXiv categories. If you have a general question about mathematics but it is not research level, it's off-topic but it might be welcomed on Mathematics Stack Exchange.
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Is data science mathematically interesting?
I will stay away from the academic politics of hiring "professors of data science", but if I interpret the question more specifically as "does data science offer problems of mathematical interest", I …
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Fascinating moments: equivalent mathematical discoveries
Not particularly profound, but with far-reaching practical consequences, is this equivalence between results from 19th century astronomy and 20th century digital data processing: The efficient method …
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What are possible applications of deep learning to research mathematics?
In the context of algebraic geometry, neural networks have become useful tools in the study of Calabi-Yau manifolds. The computation of their topological invariants, metrics and volumes is of particul …
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History of right hand rule
John Ambrose Fleming is credited with the invention of the right-hand-rule in the context of electromagnetism.
The figure below, illustrating $X=Y\times Z$ in a right-handed coordinate system, is from …
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How to deal with an advisor that offers you nearly no advising at all?
In the German tradition a PhD advisor is called a "Doktorvater/Doktormutter" --- a thesis parent. It might help to think about your relationship with your advisor along those lines. Many parents like …
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Unexpected occurrences of the Sierpinski triangle
The moves leading to the solution of the Towers of Hanoi puzzle form a Sierpiński triangle, as nicely described in this blog:
It is worth pausing a moment to think about this. The Tower of …
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Solution to $(A+x^2)e^x=B$ with Lambert W function
You seek a solution in $x$ of the transcendental equation
$$e^x(x-t_1)(x-t_2)=a.$$
(The coefficients $t_1,t_2$ are real for $A<0$, complex otherwise.) The solution $W(t_1,t_2;a)$ is referred to as the …
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Where can square roots come from when they are not distances?
The square root of SWAP (which is the only two-qubit operation needed to realize a universal quantum computation) has no "distance" interpretation I can think of.
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Geometric meaning of unimodular matrix
If the matrix has integer elements, then the geometric meaning is that a unimodular transformation maps the integer lattice onto itself:
Consider a basis $B$ of an $m$-dimensional lattice
$L(B)= …
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When are the chirp signals orthogonal?
just for the record, the distance function has a complicated expression in terms of the imaginary error function erfi:
$$d(x,y)=2T+\operatorname{Re}\,\left\{(\alpha+\alpha')^{-1/2}(-1)^{3/4} \left[\t …
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Examples of improved notation that impacted research?
May I offer the four-vector notation as an example from physics? Quoting Feynman:
The notation for four-vectors is different than it is for three-
vectors. [...] We write $p_\mu$ for the four-ve …
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Surprising applications of the theory of games?
For applications of game theory to elections, this is a classic reference:
A game-theoretic model of party affiliation of candidates and office holders
We develop a formal model of ambition theory, e …
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Limit of recursion relation
Mathematica can actually solve the recursion relation in closed form,
$$F_n(n)=-\tfrac{1}{2}(n^2-1)^{-1}\left(\frac{n-1}{n}\right)^n\left[n \left(\frac{n}{n-1}\right)^n \Phi \left(\frac{n}{n-1},1,n+1\ …
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Permanent archival of errata/corrigenda for published papers
There are two issues here, one is ensuring that the erratum is still online somewhere many decades from now, the other is ensuring that it can still be found. The first issue is actually simpler to re …
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Why are discreteness and smoothness in physics inversed with respect to geometry?
The "manifold picture" can be applied to physics in the context of the Brillouin zone, see for example On Brillouin Zones. The reason that discreteness and smoothness appear inverted, is that the Bril …
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