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Graduate Proving del_X(Y)=0.5[X,Y] in Lie Group Geometry
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Graduate Proof of Epstein Gage Lemma: Aditya Tatu
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Graduate Can someone help me solve these problems
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Graduate What Does It Mean for a Function to Be Continuous on a Curve?
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Graduate Geodesic in plane when metric depends on single variable?
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Graduate What Does 'To Lowest Order' Mean in the Derivation of Riemann Curvature Tensor?
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Graduate Product Space: Example of Unrestricted Open Set Not Open in Product Topology
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Graduate Convergent Filter Base and Continuous Function
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Graduate Why is compactness important in topology?
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Graduate How Can a Function Be a Submersion on Manifolds Without Forming a Fiber Bundle?
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Graduate Is it possible to flatten the metric on a sphere?
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Graduate Can a Wild Metric on a 2D Disc Prevent Isometric Embedding in R^3?
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Graduate Why is the subspace topology on RP^n difficult to grasp?
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Graduate Another manifold definition deficiency?
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Graduate Integrating Tensor on Riemannian 2-Manifold at Point p
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High School What Percentage of a Sphere's Surface Area is in Contact with the Surface?
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Graduate Proving a Theorem on Point-Set Topology
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Graduate Lie Theory Question: Eigenvalues of Adjoint Action of H on \mathfrak{g}
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Graduate Calculating surface normal vector
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Graduate Prove that the bth projection map is continuous and open.
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Graduate Is the direct sum of two circles a covering set for the circle?
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Graduate Proving the Circle's Connectedness Using Projection and Open Covers
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Graduate Finding the Centroid of a Spherical Crescent
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High School Geometry - The area and the goat
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Undergrad Introductory differential geometry text
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High School How To Find Sides Of Right Triangle With Known Angles And Area?
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Undergrad Solving the Overlapping Squares Puzzle
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Graduate Is a mixed second rank tensor reducible?
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Undergrad Compute Length of Helix Given Radius & Pitch
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Graduate Vector Analysis: Introduction to Tensor Notation and Index Conventions
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Graduate Can a Random Curve in R^n be C1 and Differentiable?
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High School What is the Best High School Geometry Book for Self-Teaching?
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Graduate Exploring the Small Slope Approximation in Curvature and Higher Derivatives
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Graduate Antisymmetrization leads to an identically vanishing tensor
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Graduate Problem on seperable banach spaces
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Graduate Helical Pathway Movement Using Vectors, Spherical & Cylindrical Coordinates
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Graduate Least Upper Bound: Definition & Subbase
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Graduate Complete Norm on M_n(R): Questions & Hints
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Graduate Challenging Problem (Equivalent Metrics)
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Undergrad How to Find the Intersection Line Equation of Two Non-Parallel Planes?
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Graduate What Is the Exponential Map for a Manifold?
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Graduate Clarifying Open Sets in Topological Spaces - Help for Confusion
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Graduate Does This Infinitesimal Mapping Transformation Look Correct?
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Graduate Normed and topological vector spaces
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Undergrad Point inside a cube of irregular dimesnion
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Undergrad Solving Billiard Problem - Get Help Here
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Graduate Structure constants of a group antisymmetric?
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Graduate Is There a Connected Union of Open Balls in a Metric Space?
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Graduate Cartesian coordinates vs. The rest of the world?
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Graduate Is Point M on the Circumscribed Circle of Square ABCD?
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Graduate What are the consequences of weak and weak* convergence in functional analysis?
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Undergrad Find the point which lie in a 3d line.
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Undergrad Great Circle Question: How to Get All Points?
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Undergrad How is the Tesseract a gateway to understanding 4D space and time?
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Undergrad 'Distance' between MANY points ?
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Graduate Elliptic Cylindrical Coordinates
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Graduate Representations of the Fundamental Group
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Graduate Unraveling Tensor Notation: Extracting Equations
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Graduate Question about topological manifolds
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Graduate Prove that x^4+y^4=1 is a manifold
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Graduate Seeking the Shortest Closed Curve in a Homology Class
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Graduate Mathematical Definition of Tensor?
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Graduate What Patterns Emerge When Visualizing Infinity on Non-Flat Surfaces?
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Graduate Contraction distributive property in GA
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Undergrad Is it possible to construct a circle from line segments?
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Undergrad How Do Tensors Function in Geometric Algebra?
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Graduate Prove 1+1=2 using trigonometric functions
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Undergrad How should the radius MP be drawn?
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Graduate Trying to understand isotropic vectors.
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Undergrad Transformation of one shape into another
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Graduate What is the 'Push-Forward' Function f_{*}g?
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Graduate Deriving Lemniscate Locus Equation: Is It a Typo?
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Graduate Trisecting angles in an alternate topology
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Graduate Using Straight-Line Homotopies to Construct Free Homotopies
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Graduate Is Flatness a Self-Selected Outcome in a Maximally Symmetric Universe?
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High School Does a zero-dimensional point rotate when a disc spins around its center?
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Undergrad Where Can I Find Open Source Software for Drawing Geometrical Pictures?
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Graduate Coordinates in hyperbolic geometry?
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Undergrad Geometry in spherical coordinate
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Undergrad Introduction to Tensor Analysis: Texts for Beginners
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Graduate Understanding Covariant Derivatives Along a Curve
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Graduate Differential Forms in Mathematics: Uses & Applications
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Graduate Position vector and tangent vector in Riemannian spaces
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Graduate Transformation law for Christoffel symbol of first kind
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Graduate Definition of arc length on manifolds without parametrization
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Undergrad What Are Some Recommended Textbooks on Fractals and Chaos?
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Graduate When is the Inverse of a Continuous Bijection Continuous?
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Undergrad Differential Forms: Understand Intuitively for Multivariable Calc
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Graduate Can a Helicoid Surface be Extended to All of S^3 in a Natural Way?
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Graduate Is the rotation angle in Minkowski's diagram real or imaginary?
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Graduate Finding Umbilic Points of an Ellipsoid & Lines of Curvature
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Graduate Evaluating Surface Integral with Stokes Theorem
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Graduate Compute Surface Integral: Divergence Theorem & F=(xy^2,2y^2,xy^3)
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Graduate What is the volume of a spherical segment using Cavalieri's Principle?
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Graduate Can Every Derivation Be Expressed as a Directional Derivative?
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Graduate Characterization of paracompactness
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Graduate Why can the affinity connection be arbituarily chosen?
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Graduate Degree of multiplication map of a topological group
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Undergrad What is the formula for calculating the circumference of a circle on a sphere?
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Graduate Simplicial Homology: Understanding & Adjoint Boundary Operator
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