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Graduate Covariant derivative and vector functions

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Graduate How do Clifford algebras, spinors and Hopf fibration relate to twistors?

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Graduate Differing definitions of an inner product

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Graduate Tychonoff's theorem and convergent subsequence

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Graduate Is Jurdjevic's Definition of Differential Forms an Alternative Approach?

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Graduate Interpreting Intersection Form in H_1(K)

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Graduate Vector field as smooth embedding

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Graduate Hausdorff dimension of the Cantor Set

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Graduate Why Do We Minimize the Squared Length in Surface Distance Calculations?

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Graduate Finding point on a line with perpendicular to another skew line in 3D

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Graduate Finding the Metric in Stereographic Projection

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Graduate What Is the Geometric Difference in Intersection Forms Q(a,b) vs Q(b,a)?

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Graduate Zero curvature => straight line proof

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Graduate Nonvanishing section for direct sum of Mobius band

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Graduate How to show that a transverse intersection is clean, but not conversely?

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Graduate Are Metric Space Infimums Equal for Non-Empty Subsets?

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Undergrad Working with different coordinate systems

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Graduate Example of Codimension-1 Manifolds that are not Isotopic.?

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Graduate What is the fundamental group of X?

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Graduate The Codimension of a singularity

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Graduate About the coherent topology wiki page

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Graduate Is the One-Form d \theta Well-Defined at the North and South Pole on a 2-Sphere?

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Graduate What does it mean for a change of variables to be UNITARY?

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Graduate Is the exponential map of the additive Lie group R³ linear?

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Graduate Can Odd Degree Maps from S^3 to RP^3 Be Constructed Smoothly?

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Graduate Is the Closed Unit Square Homeomorphic to the Closed Unit Disc?

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Graduate What is the surface parametrization for rotating y=Cosh(x) about the x-axis?

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Graduate Integration in Sean Carroll's parallel propagator derivation

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Graduate Finsler Geometry: What is the Quadratic Restriction?

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Graduate What is the meaning of constant on each others fibres in differential geometry?

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Graduate If I want to learn about tensor mathematics - where do I need to start

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Graduate Point Set Topology: Non-Trivial Facts Beyond Uryshon's Lemma

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Graduate Can We Define the Tangent Bundle of a Vector Space V?

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Graduate Definition of a sub-elliptic differential operator

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Graduate How Accurate Is the Spherical Law of Cosines for Calculating Distances?

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Graduate Is every one-dimensional manifold orientable?

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Graduate Covariant derivate same as normal derivative?

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Graduate How to show 2-tori is diffeomorphic to S^3

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Graduate Trouble with Algebraic Geometry in General

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Undergrad How does a matrix indicate a point?

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Graduate Covariant derivative of the metric

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Graduate Proving F is an Isometry for C^1 Functions in Elementary Geometry

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Graduate Orientation preserving reparameterization

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Graduate Let M be a manifold and g a metric over M

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Graduate What is the Unknown Theorem Used in the Proof of Theorem 4.5?

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Graduate Combining 3D Angles: A Quaternions Solution?

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Undergrad Is There a Map Projection Where Distances Remain Constant at All Latitudes?

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Graduate How Does Compactness Affect Function Behavior in Metric Spaces?

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Undergrad Object and a 3d direction vector

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Undergrad What are the Functions of Riemann Invariants?

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Graduate Converting between geodetic and cartesian coordinates on an ellipsoid

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Graduate Can tensor densities be defined without linearity?

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Graduate Is this identity with Stokes' theorem and vector contraction correct?

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Graduate 4d Cartesian to Polar Transform

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Graduate What is d in the covariant derivative formula?

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Graduate 3D object inverted w.r.t. a sphere

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Undergrad Finding normal vector on circles

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Graduate Topology and Euler Classes of Oriented 2-Plane Bundles in R^4

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Undergrad How do I calculate straight line distance on a sphere?

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Graduate How Can I Determine Sphere Orientation During Rotation?

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Graduate Simple identity for antisymmetric tensor

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Graduate How to Prove the Cartan Tensor in SM?

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Graduate Can a connected space have a countable disjoint cover of closed subsets?

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Graduate Is f' continuous when removing elements from X and Y?

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Graduate Intersection of complex sphere and cone

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Graduate Number of Nondegenerate Zeros of Vector Field Bounded

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Graduate Can a Center of a Sphere be conceived at infinity

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Undergrad Identifying tri-conic and bi-conic nosecone shapes

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Graduate Proving a product of compact spaces is compact

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Graduate Octonians (new paper by Louis Kauffman and Jon Hackett)

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Undergrad Hyperbola conjugate,a>b questions

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Graduate How to prove that a given set is a torus

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Graduate Smooth covering map and smooth embedding

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Undergrad How can understanding metric space help with real-world problems?

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Undergrad How can I find multiple right inverses?

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Graduate What is the Gaussian Curvature of a Cone at its Vertex?

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Graduate A path connected product of path connected spaces

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Undergrad How this equation represent the equation of line?

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Undergrad Metric scaling with different units on x and y axes

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Graduate Defining manifolds without reference to the reals

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Graduate Definition of 2D Biquadratic Surface - 65 Characters

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Graduate Is the Euclidean Metric on RxR and C a Valid Metric?

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Graduate Is EndE Linear with Respect to c ^ ∞ (B)?

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Undergrad Positioning B at the distance dz from A

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Graduate Hamiltonian flow vs. Hamiltonian vector field in phase space

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Graduate Is the pushforward map on tangent spaces to a product manifold an isomorphism?

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Graduate Why Is the Heine-Borel Theorem Unique to ℝ?

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Graduate Smooth manifold and constant map

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Graduate What Are the Key Concepts in Alexei Kovalev's Article on Vector Subspaces?

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Graduate Vector fields in cylindrical and spherical coordinates

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Graduate How does defining topology through convergence determine open sets?

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Graduate How to Find Conveniently Spaced Unit Vectors in N-Dimensions?

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Undergrad Calculate coordinate in 3D triangle.

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Graduate Vertical and horizontal subspace

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Graduate Vertical and horizontal subspace of a vector space T_pP.

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Graduate Bundle morphisms and automorphism

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Graduate Probability measure on smooth functions

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Graduate What would a 3D ball look like (in 3D) if it were partially in 4D space?

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Graduate Simple Applications of Noncommutative Geometry?

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