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Reference for the Gelfand duality theorem for commutative von Neumann algebras

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Can we recover a von Neumann algebra from its predual?

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What algebraic structure characterizes all natural operations between differential operators and differential forms?

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Bimodules in geometry

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1 answer
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Can the constant rank theorem for smooth manifolds be generalized to nonconstant rank?

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Noncommutative smooth manifolds

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1 answer
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Which complete Boolean algebras arise as the algebras of projections of commutative von Neumann algebras?

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Can we define spectral triples using the language of rigged Hilbert spaces?

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Is there an ∞-categorical interpretation of the Quillen S⁻¹S construction?

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Are dualizable topological vector spaces finite-dimensional?

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What are the smooth manifolds in the topos of sheaves on a smooth manifold?

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1 answer
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From relative categories to marked simplicial sets

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2 answers
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Is there a citeable reference for star-shaped open subsets of R^n being diffeomorphic to R^n?

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Is there an expository account of homology of simplicial sets that does not assume prior familiarity with any variant of homology?

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1 answer
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Are bundle gerbes bundles of algebras?

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Is the category of smooth manifolds equivalent to the opposite category of the category of commutative monoids of some additive symmetric monoidal category?

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1 answer
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Are Thom spectra MU, MSO and K-theory spectra KU, KO modules over some truncations of the sphere spectrum?

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Recovering a monoidal category from its category of monoids

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Reference for a proof of the fiberwise Stokes theorem

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When did the Joyal model structure on simplicial sets originate?

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Reference for free symmetric monoidal categories with duals on symmetric monoidal categories

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1 answer
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Does every smooth map of rank at most d factor through a d-manifold?

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1 answer
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Necessary conditions for cofibrancy in global projective model structure on simplicial presheaves

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1 answer
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Is there a practical criterion to determine whether the limit of a diagram of real chain complexes is also a homotopy limit?

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1 answer
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Reference for a generalization of Γ-spaces to monoidal model categories

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1 answer
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Can we characterize the spatial tensor product of von Neumann algebras categorically?

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1 answer
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De Rham homology

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Can any smooth triangulation of a smooth manifold be blurred?

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Reference for homotopy (co)limits of (co)chain complexes via totalization of double complexes

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Is there a citeable source for generators and relations of simplicial sets?