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Graduate Integration of Ricci Scalar Over Surface
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Graduate Parametrizing a Complex Curve on a Torus Surface
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Graduate Rotation matrix about an arbitrary axis
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Graduate Rotate a three-sphere so every point moves in R^4?
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Graduate Constructing S^3 from a S^2 and a bunch of S^1's?
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Graduate Why $H$ is a (1,2) tensor field?
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Graduate Do not understand concept of Riemann geometry.
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Graduate Hodge duality and differential forms
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Graduate Levi-Civita Symbol and indefinite metrics
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Graduate Equation (with polar coordinates) of circle on a sphere
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Graduate What is an inclusion map? (manifolds)
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Graduate Confocal ellipse and hyperbola
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Graduate How Does Gradient Impact Sphere Rolling Direction on a Surface?
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Graduate What is the interpretation of dx in calculus?
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Graduate Set of points in S^3, way to show spaced equal or not?
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Graduate Pi and the curvature of the universe
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Graduate Curves and tangent vectors in a manifold setting
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Graduate Integrating Forms on Manifolds: Understanding the Concept and Techniques
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Graduate Tangent vectors as directional derivatives
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Graduate Can one "chop" up S^3 into little cubes?
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Graduate Understanding Manifolds: Questions & Answers
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Graduate Working out a point / segment on a sphere
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Graduate Intuition and existence for convex neighbourhoods
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Graduate Why are vectors defined in terms of curves on manifolds
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Graduate What is the parity inversion of antisymmetric tensor
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Graduate Calculating Equations of Ellipses Within a Cone
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Graduate A suggested operational definition of tensors
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Graduate Koszul Connexion: Explained Simply
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Graduate Attempting to understand diffeomorphisms
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Graduate Is this a valid parametrization of the torus?
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Graduate What Does Equation 5.7 in Introducing Einstein's Relativity Really Mean?
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Graduate Question about geometric algebra -- Can any one help?
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Graduate Confusion About Notation with Tensors
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Graduate Diffeomorphisms and active transformations
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Graduate A question on defining vectors as equivalence classes
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Graduate How does regularity of curves prevent "cusps"?
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Graduate Show that this vector is timelike?
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Graduate Difference between "intrinsic"and "parametric" curvature
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Graduate Where do I start learning differential geometry?
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Graduate Lie Dragging and Lie Derivatives
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Graduate Questions about tangent spaces & the tangent bundle
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Graduate Understanding the notion of a tangent bundle
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Graduate Tensor Fields - Tensor Product of Two Gradient Operators
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Graduate Surface area of a region of a torus
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Graduate Can anyone define the fourth dimension geometrically?
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Graduate Bundle and differential manifold
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Graduate What is a fiber bundle and how is it related to smooth manifolds?
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Graduate Are Jacobi fields defined at intersection points?
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Graduate Constructing an Atlas for ##S^2## with Spherical Coordinates
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Graduate Mapping of the standard k-simplex in R^n to X
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Graduate Need some help understanding boundary operator on simplicies
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Graduate Translation from vector calc. notation to index notation
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Graduate Rope tangent angle over pully given position of offset load
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Graduate Calculate moment of inertia of a "L" angle bent in a parabola
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Graduate Hodge duality and some properties
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Graduate Metrics and Group Structure Reduction
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Graduate Boundary of a chain, Stokes' theorem.
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Graduate Which Fields Are Naturally Manifolds Beyond ##\mathbb{R}## and ##\mathbb{C}##?
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Graduate Vectors in Tangent Space to a Manifold Independent of Coordinate Chart
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Graduate Differentiability of a function on a manifold
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Graduate Covariant equation intuition confusing me
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Graduate Equation for a tilted parabola in 3D?
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Graduate ± sqrt(b^2 - a^2) = ± b ± ai ?
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Graduate Curve Matching Techniques for Rotated Curves in Geometric Analysis
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Graduate Vectors as a differential op and covectors as differenential
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Graduate Closed-space sphere "displacement"?
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Graduate Legality and Generality of a Simplifying Method
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Graduate Demonstrating Tangent Space Independence in Manifolds
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Graduate Conformal mapping from polygon with circle segments
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Graduate Can Pappus' Theorem Explain the Gaps on a Torus?
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Graduate More on Universal Cover of a Surface with Boundary
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Graduate A Puzzle: Find an Ellipse Tangent to a Circle
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Graduate Surface Area Vector in Exterior Algebra 3D
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Graduate Covariant and Contravariant Tensors
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Graduate What are the topological properties of the FLRW model?
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Graduate If the Product Manifold MxN is orientable, so are M,N.
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Graduate Classifications of basis vectors
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Graduate General method of parameterization
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Graduate Connections & Forms: Torsion, Curvature & Solder 1-Form
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Graduate What is Tensor Calculus and How is it Related to Differential Geometry?
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Graduate Wrapping a 3D space wihtin a 4D space
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Graduate Adjacency Matrix to Coordinate Transformations
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Graduate Restricting Base of Bundle. Which Properties are Preserved?
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Graduate Hyperbolic Manifold With Geodesic Boundary?
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Graduate Can't comb hair on a 2-sphere. On a Calabi Yau manifold?
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Graduate What can a complex manifold do for me that real manifolds can't.
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Graduate Do Coordinate Charts Alone Identify a Unit Circle?
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Graduate "Calabi-Yau Manifold for Dummies", short, at universe-review.ca"
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Graduate Atlas of torus and sphere. Atlas of Calabi–Yau manifold.
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Graduate Parallel transport on a cardioid
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Graduate One-forms in differentiable manifolds and differentials in calculus
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Graduate Surfaces of constant gradient-magnitude
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Graduate Total derivative in action of the field theory
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Graduate Radius of Triaxial / Scalene Ellipsoid
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Graduate Physics interpretation of integrals of differential forms
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Graduate Non-Affine Connections: Why & What?
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Graduate Can \( d \omega = 0 \) Be Concluded from \( \int_{\partial S} \omega = 0 \)?
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Graduate Loxodrome - found a mistake on Wolfram MathWorld site?
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Graduate The Grassmanian manifold's topology
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Graduate How Can I Obtain the 2-Form and P-Form Associated with a Vector Field?
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