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Undergrad Is a Helix One-Dimensional?

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Undergrad Proving Ceva's Theorem with Triangle PQR

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Graduate Topology generated by interior operator

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Graduate Intuition check-tiling a 3-sphere with 16 tetrahedra

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Graduate Proving no simplex has 2-fold symmetry

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Undergrad Proof without words: Geometric series

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Graduate Derivation of the geodesic equation from the Lagrangian

  • Euphemia
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Graduate What is a Conifold and How is it Related to Orbifold Singularities?

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Graduate Covariant exterior derivative vs regular exterior derivative

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Undergrad Ductwork surface area calculation problem

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Graduate Define a function z = f(x,y) by f(0,0) = 0 and otherwise?

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Graduate Does the embedding theorem for manifolds in higher-dimensional spaces exist?

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Graduate Is π(L) a Submanifold of the Torus?

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Graduate Trying to prove dual of there are at least tree points on every line

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Undergrad Translation using rotation matrix

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High School Plan Sprinkler System Layout: Minimize # Circles for Max Coverage

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Graduate How to compute the exponential map

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Graduate Anti-Symmetric Tensor: Solving for 'a' in W[ijWk]l=aW[ijWkl]

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Graduate Proving the Jacobi identity from invariance

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Undergrad Is a 1 degree rotation of a point possible?

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Graduate Riemannian Submersions: Understanding the Definitions and Well-Definedness

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Graduate Intuitive explanation of parallel transport and geodesics

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Undergrad Tetris-like combinatorial problem

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Graduate Perpendicular vector in 6th dimensional space

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Graduate Simple quesion about metric on extended real line

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Graduate Function that transforms (half) plane to annulus

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High School Whats difference between inner product and dot product?

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Graduate How to construct the two sheet cover of Klein Bottle?

  • Fangyang Tian
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Graduate Dense orbits of irrational n-tuples in n-Torus

  • claybaby
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Graduate Monomorphism cancellation property

  • tom.coyne
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Undergrad Spherical triangle area and interior angle sum relationship

  • Vorde
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Graduate What is the Tensor Analog of the Poincare Lemma?

  • Ancient_Nomad
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Graduate Smooth Homotopy: Problem with Definition?

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Undergrad Interesting problem I thought of

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Graduate Invariant vectors/eigenvectors of R(., v)v

  • Sajet
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Graduate Quick question about interpretation of contravariant and covariant components

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Graduate Regular Point Theorem of Manifolds with Boundaries

  • Fangyang Tian
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Graduate Vector field curvature in the complex plane

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Graduate Symmetric vector to tensor representation?

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Graduate How Einstein field equation becomes the Poisson equation?

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Graduate Relationship between cusps in algebraic curves and discrete groups

  • Fangyang Tian
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Graduate How to determine whether the preimage of a point is a imbedding submanifold?

  • Fangyang Tian
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Undergrad What's it called when a 3D shape can be made of 2D surfaces of all the same size

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Graduate Two approaches to lie algebras

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Graduate Isometric diffeomorphism on HPn/S^4n+3

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Graduate Covectors not identical with 1-forms?

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Undergrad Decompose rotations of a vector

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Graduate How does the covariant exterior derivative generalize to vector bundles?

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Graduate What is the Definition of a Manifold and How Does it Relate to Topology?

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Undergrad How many tangents can be drawn from a point to hyperbola?

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Undergrad What condition makes a map invertible?

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Graduate Lie Groups and Canonical Coordinates

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Graduate Vertical subspace in HPn (Riemannian submersions)

  • Sajet
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Graduate Velocity Vector has Coordinate-Independent Meaning

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Graduate Is the metric a property of the manifold or the coordinate system?

  • ShayanJ
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Undergrad Clarifying the flipping property of planes in Kiselev's Geometry

  • Mishiko
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Graduate Meaning of totally antisymmetric tensor

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Graduate On the properties of Homogeneous Spaces

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Graduate Residues and the fundamental group

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Graduate How many ways to compute Puiseux series?

  • jackmell
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Graduate Is the bracket of graded derivations a natural graded derivation?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Prove Finite Orthogonal Set is Linearly Independent

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Graduate Proving Every Line is Contained by Two Planes: Using Incidence Axioms

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Graduate Is the interior of an angle a convex set?

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Graduate Does the presence of torsion require a non-symmetric metric?

  • pellman
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Undergrad Number of vertices of an n-gon as n tends to infinity?

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Graduate Connection coefficients as derivatives of parallel propagator

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Graduate Circle becomes a pair of parallel lines

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Graduate Limit of critical points of algebraic functions

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Graduate Equivalence classes and Induced metric

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Undergrad Determine the length of the curve sin(x)

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate How Can Railroads Implement Design Alignment with Tangential Track Movements?

  • tomtomtom1
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Graduate What Are Frame Bundles on Manifolds and Why Are They Important?

  • Matterwave
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Graduate Product property of Maslov index: how to prove μ(ΨΛ) = μ(Λ) + 2μ(Ψ)?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Is Symmetry Limited in Geometry?

  • Islam Hassan
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Undergrad Find the length of this line associated with a circle

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Graduate Show me a book about hyper-sphere (n-sphere)

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Graduate What is the term for spaces with no distinguished points?

  • alexfloo
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Why Should You Share Your Own Solution Online After Solving a Problem?

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Graduate Interpretation of projective space

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Graduate Show that a bilinear form is an inner product

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Graduate Can an angle be considered to be a vector?

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Graduate What mathematics did Perelman use to prove Poicare's conjecture? Do

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Undergrad Infinite set of points on a line.

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Graduate An ambiguity in the definition of tensors

  • ShayanJ
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Graduate Why there cannot be a single chart for n-sphere?

  • ayan849
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Graduate Distance from a point on an ellipse to the axis

  • JimEd
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Graduate Can a differential manifold lack an affine connection entirely?

  • ayan849
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Graduate Why Can Some Line Bundles Have Nonzero Sections While Others Cannot?

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Graduate Determining Lat, Long using trigonometry

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Graduate Importance of Lie algebra in differential geometry

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Should I study metric spaces topology before general topology?

  • Fantini
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Graduate Proving the Symplectic Positive Definite Matrix Theorem

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Deriving equations for twisted ring motion in a Torbus geometry

  • Ray Fischer
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Graduate Can one define a function that sends lets say a line in r2 to a volume in r3?

  • Kidphysics
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Undergrad Smoothing a railway curve by moving points normal to tangent lines

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Graduate What is the concept of a natural coordinate in manifold geometry?

  • ShayanJ
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Graduate Coordinate-free notation for Riemann and Ricci curvature tensors

  • Matterwave
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Graduate Effective angular diameter of the sun for this experiment

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Graduate What does the two-torus T² look like visually?

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