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Graduate How to find a homotopy between two maps?

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Graduate F=R/2 Derivation for Parabolic Approximation near Vertex

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Graduate Relationship betwen homotopy groups?

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Graduate Graphs, embeddings and dimensions

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Graduate Problem With Explanation of Inner Product of Vector and Dyad

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Undergrad Determining Angle wrt to normal of a curved surface

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Graduate How to judge whether a space has the fixed-point property?

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Graduate Is it possible to express any planar transformation in terms of rotation?

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Graduate Projection of the co-derivative = co-derivative of the projection ?

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Graduate Why is the partial derivative of a relative scalar field not always zero?

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Graduate Definition of Curl. Can anyone derive the gradient operator?

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Graduate How Do You Convert Complex Tensor Notation to Vector Notation?

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Undergrad Why Is D So Large in My Plane Equation?

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Graduate Extending Trivializations and Structure Groups

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Graduate How Many Continuous and Open Mappings Exist Between Discrete Topological Spaces?

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Graduate How to construct a map from S^2 to RP^2 with covering time being unity?

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Graduate Countable Base and Subcover: A Topological Conundrum?

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Graduate Morse Theory: Understanding Theorem on Page 25

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Graduate Hilbert's theorem and the pseudosphere

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Graduate Is the Graph of a Continuous Function Closed if the Spaces are T2 and T1?

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Undergrad Mobius Strip? What's all the fuss about?

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Graduate Understanding Affine Geometry and Space: Origins, Definitions, and Applications

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Graduate Calculating the Volume Between Three Surfaces: Is My Approach Correct?

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Graduate What is the difference between the two definitions of a neighborhood?

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Graduate Diam A = diam Cl(A) in metric space

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Graduate Example of a differentiable structure on R

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Graduate Finding the Interior and Closure of Sets in a Topological Space

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Graduate Can Lie Algebraic Decomposition Simplify Matrix Exponentials in \mathfrak{U}(N)?

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Graduate Square with edges, cube with faces identified.

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Graduate How to Determine Ellipse Axes from Cone Geometry?

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Undergrad Align 3d object to vector by rotation

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High School Is Curve S One-Dimensional or Two-Dimensional?

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Graduate SO(3) as a quotient group of SU(2)?

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Undergrad The volume of a spherical cap by integrating and using Cartesian coordinates

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Graduate Fixed Point Theory: Functional Analysis, Random Operators & Measurable Functions

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Graduate Understanding the Tensor Rank of Pressure in Physics

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Graduate Number of irreducible components of a variety

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Graduate Construction of Reeb Graph for Critical Points on Contours

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High School Configuration centered at the origin

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Graduate Deriving Solid Angle Formulation from Definition

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Undergrad Obvious question on angles and solid-angles

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Graduate Question about elementary topology

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What Is the History of the Ortocrone Group?

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Graduate Jacobian and the dimension of a variety

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Graduate What Is the Difference Between Ricci-Named Objects in Kahler Geometry?

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High School How many faces share an edge with one face on a cube?

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Graduate What is the significance of the tautological line bundle in twistor theory?

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Graduate Difference between SO(3) and so(3)

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Undergrad Mathematical relationship to control camera heading

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Graduate What is the elegant proof of this 2006 Math Olympiad question?

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Graduate Smallest Set Containing All n-point Sets

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Graduate Would an energy diffraction ring in five space form a Minkowski space?

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Graduate Vector projection in non-orthogonal coordinates

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Graduate Are Electromagnetic Fields Considered Spinors in Geometric Algebra?

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Graduate Curvature and Tangential angle

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Undergrad How Do You Calculate Arc Points for Collision Detection in 3D Space?

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Graduate Why is r/2 used in the proof for one point set being closed?

  • radou
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Graduate Hausdorff condition in differential manifold definition

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High School Polyhedron Face Angles: Intuitive & Rigorous Explanation for Beginners

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Graduate Criteria for extension to cts fn between metric spaces?

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Undergrad Calculating Perspective Precedence in 3D Space

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Undergrad Latitude-longitude coordinate range given radius

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Undergrad Solve 3 Points on a Line: Point C 0.5 AC from A to B

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Graduate Tensor calculus for general relativity

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Graduate Defining the Topology of C^n: Isometry and Bijective Maps

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Graduate Bending of manifold and coordinate change

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Graduate Lie derivative and vector field notion.

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Undergrad Why isn't the volume of a pyramid Bh/2?

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Graduate Complete C[a,b] Function Space - Kreyszig

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Graduate Compact sets in Hausdorff space are closed

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Graduate Proving the Open Sets Theorem for Metric Spaces

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Undergrad Rotation matrix for azimuth and zenith angles

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Graduate Tesseract with Time as Fourth Dimension

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Graduate The homotopy group of the projected space DP1

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Graduate How Is the Center of SU(2) Related to the Fundamental Group of SO(3)?

  • Jim Kata
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Graduate Classifying Bundles; Fixed Base and Fiber

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Graduate Why the basis of the tangent space of a manifold is some partials?

  • wdlang
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Graduate Coordinate transformations question

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Graduate Question about relationship between metrics

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Graduate How Do Orientations Affect Total Flow into a Tetrahedron?

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High School Finding the Local Maxima of a Constant Function

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Graduate Do Vectors Remain Invariant and What Defines Tensor Rank?

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Graduate Naive question about differential forms

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Graduate Can Two Spaces Be Homeomorphic If No Continuous Surjective Function Exists?

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Graduate Ywhere \phi^X_t is the flow of X.

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Graduate Diagrammatic Tensor Notation from the Beginning

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Graduate Efficient Computation of Complex Polygon Areas?

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Graduate Torsion, affine development and Levi-Civita connection

  • mma
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Graduate Converting Frenet TNB Coordinates to Cylindrical Coordinates

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High School Understanding Surface Dimensions for Beginners

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High School Cross sectional area (NOT A QUESTION)

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High School What Is the Formula for Connecting Dots in a Circle?

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Graduate What Are the Functions and Applications of the Lie Derivative?

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Graduate Coordinate independence of Lie derivative

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Graduate Show that every map(maybe continuous)

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Graduate What would this open set in R look like?

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Graduate How to Prove Inequality for Equivalent Distances?

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Graduate What Are the Properties of Norms Satisfying the Reverse Triangle Inequality?

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Graduate A paradox about Maupertuis' principle (symplectic viewpoint)

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Graduate Proving Hopf Invariant and Degree of g for f⋅g

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