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Graduate Algebraic Geometry (2nd question)

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Graduate Trying to get my head around tangent bundles

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Graduate Properties of a volume in 3D Euclidean space

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High School Solid Geometry: Why it's No Longer Taught & Resources to Learn It

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Graduate Is There a Unique Torsion-Free Affine Connection on a Lie Group?

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Undergrad Geometry Area Proof (quadrilateral)

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Graduate Evaluating T(A,A) and Components of T(A,__) in Minkowski Spacetime

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Graduate Differentiable manifold not riemannian

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Graduate Question whether 2 spaces are diffeomorphic

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Graduate Computating the components of a tensor

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Graduate Alexander Duality & Cup Product: Commuting?

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High School Is a Cone Considered a Solid or a Surface?

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Graduate Calculating Moment Maps: Worked Examples Needed

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Graduate Proving Compatibility of Charts in a Union of Atlases

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Graduate Fundamental Group of the projective plane after we remove n points?

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Undergrad Parallax, angle to observer etc.

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Undergrad Compass and straightedge angle construction

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Graduate Differential geometry and hamiltonian dynamics

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Graduate Euclidian topology ang cofinite topology

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Graduate Visualizing Immersions vs. Submersions

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High School Geometry Proof Help: I Need Assistance Now!

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Graduate How to compute the metric without an embedding

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Graduate Relating inverse metric to densitized triads

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Graduate Lie derivative of vector field = commutator

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Graduate SO(n) actions on vector bundles

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Graduate Can someone explain this proof to me?

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Undergrad Rotating frames of Motion in Vector Notation

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Graduate Tensor components of a Hodge dual

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Graduate Comparing Tensor Double Dot Scalar Product Definitions

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Graduate How to compute the cohomology of the Klein bottle

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Undergrad How to find 3D point on the 3D line with given distance and from given 3D point

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Graduate Proving that the cartesian metric is rotation invariant

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Graduate Local Invariants: Definition, Examples & Curvature

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Graduate How to prove there is no Lebesgue number for open cover (1/n,1)?

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Graduate Physics Major's Questions on Geodesics

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Graduate Divergence Theorem: Show 0 Integral on Closed Surface

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Graduate Nonsqueezing theorem - a proof with the action

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Graduate Construct 2-Fold Cover of M Using H^1(M;Z2)

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Graduate Two topological spaces are homeomorphic

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Undergrad What Is the Poincaré Disc and How Do Its Edges Represent Infinity?

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Undergrad Triangle Square: How Does the Largest Equilateral Triangle Fit Inside a Square?

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Graduate Curvature and locally flat spaces

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Graduate Curvilinear coordinates question

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Graduate Verifying Manifold from RP2 to R4 Embedding

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Graduate Is DxD -> R by e(z,w)=|(z-w)/(1-w'z)| a Metric Space?

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Undergrad Dot product of vector function?

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Graduate Is There a Smooth Map from S^n to the Equator E of S^n for n ≥ 2?

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Undergrad Compute Penalty Function for Distance from Two Boundaries

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Graduate Integral curves and one-parameter groups of diffeomorphisms

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Graduate Understand Isotropic Tensors for Physics

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Graduate Computing tangent spaces of implicitly defined manifolds

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Graduate Lie Algebra Structure of 3-Sphere: Left Invariant Vector Fields

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Graduate 16 different spherical coordinate systems

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Graduate Need the parametric equation of a circle perpendicular to a vector.

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Graduate Is There a Limit to the Possible Metrics on a Riemannian Manifold?

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Graduate Scaling and Translation Invariance

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Graduate How can we represent tensors in conformal model?

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Graduate Geometrical meaning of spectrum in algebraic geometry

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Graduate Reading Analysis on Manifolds by Munkres

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Graduate What are the names of surfaces that are tangent to a vector field?

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Graduate The kelin bottle and the projective plane

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Graduate Finite Metric Space Imbedding in Manifolds

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Graduate Why is |dt| Equal to dφ in the Frenet-Serret Formula?

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Graduate If a set A is both open and closed then it is R(set of real numbers)

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Graduate Defining the Cup Product in Cubular Homology Theory

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Graduate Comparing C^2 to R^4: Complex Lines vs Real Planes

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Graduate Compactness of V in Minkowski Space: A Question

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Graduate Finding middle group in short exact sequence

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Graduate Weird singularities/cylindrical & spherical coordinates

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Graduate Orthonormal Frame: is $\nabla_{e_1}e_j$ 0 if i≠j?

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High School Basic method of finding geographic centre of a small country

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Undergrad What is the surface area of a Mobius strip made from a strip of paper?

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Graduate Finding Dual Space Coordinates for Projective Geometry Points

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Undergrad Helix - Variable Diameter with constant Pitch

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Graduate 4-Manifolds and Kirby Calculus by Gompf.

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Graduate Maximal Exterior product of Tangent space

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Graduate Are there operators that change the curvature of manifolds?

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Graduate Can you explain the geometric interpretation of the Levi-Civita connection?

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Graduate Can 5-Dimensional Objects Exist Without 4-Dimensional Surfaces?

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Graduate Why Does dS Space Have a (4+1) Signature?

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Graduate For professionals - differential geometry

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Undergrad How to Calculate the Circumference of a Specific Point on a Ball

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Undergrad Output a geometry rather than a number

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Graduate Integration/Differentiation on abstract spaces

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Graduate Misunderstanding of isomorphism and automorphism

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Graduate Curl of - \frac{1}{\rho} \vec \nabla p

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Graduate Differential Topology: Essential Concepts Explained

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Graduate Understanding Index Notation: Multiplying Vectors & Tensors

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Graduate Equation of a Curve in R3 with Constant Inclination: Need Help!

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Graduate Geodesic deviation & Jacobi Equation

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Graduate Edwin Spanier Algebraic Topology difficulty?

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Graduate What Are Standard Ways to Define Topology on Function Spaces?

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Graduate Deciding Between DG & PDE Graduate Math Classes

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Graduate Convergence in a Discrete Metric Space - What Does It Mean?

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Graduate Real Line Intervals as Closed, Bounded Non-Compact Spaces

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Graduate Is the Collection of Rational Balls a Basis for the Euclidean Topology on R^n?

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Graduate How Can You Determine the Radius of Curvature Without Knowing R?

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Graduate Geometric algebra vs. differential forms

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Graduate Let omega=x dx+y dy+z dz be a 1-form

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Graduate Frobenius' Theorem: Characterization & Proof Difficulty

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