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7 votes
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478 views

In what capacity is $S^{3}$ locally the same as $S^{2}\times S^{1}$?

6 votes
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507 views

How is $F(FM)$ related to 2-Jet bundle $F^{2} M$?

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179 views

cobordism for every spin structure on a boundary?

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Spinor bundle $\mathbb{S}(M)$ for connected sum $\mathbb{S}(M_1 \#M_2)$?

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101 views

wouldn't a discretized space-time violate pontryagin duality?

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If the derivative is written as shifts, can you relate it to the laplace/fourier tranform?

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193 views

Is the group of translations on a spherical topology tied to the group of rotations of that sphere?

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Number of inequivalent spin structures on $\#_{k} (S^2 \times S^1)$?

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$SL(n,\mathbb{C})\rightarrow GL(2n,\mathbb{R})$ reduction of frame bundle

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123 views

$\frac{SO(3)\times SO(2)}{SO(2)}$ = $\frac{SO(3)\times\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{Z}_{2}}{SO(2)\times\mathbb{Z}_{2}}$?

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56 views

Finding a Clifford algebra basis for a parallelization of a manifold "living in" larger space ex: $\mathbb{S}^{1}\subset\mathbb{R}^{2}$

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Is there a "simple" factoring of Costa's minimal surface piercing a compact surface?

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43 views

Help following step in spin geometry paper.

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108 views

Are $\mathrm{Pin}(3, 1)$ and $\mathrm{GL}(2, \mathbb{C})$ isomorphic?

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49 views

Relation between G-connection and second fundamental form when embedding is in principal G-bundle

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178 views

Schrodinger-Lichnerowicz-Weitzenböck formula for $Spin_G $ structures?

2 votes
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250 views

Question about the diffeomorphism group of a Lie group.

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112 views

When can a matrix $\Lambda\in SL(4,R)$ be represented by $SL(2,C)$?

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185 views

$GL(n,G)$ General Linear group of a group $G$?

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121 views

When (if ever) does a connection on a Lie manifold G define that groups Lie algebra?

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98 views

Way to generalize the expression for a Taylor/Maclaurin series to periodic functions?

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143 views

does a vector field and its dual 1-form over an n-sphere form the heisenberg group?

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416 views

Functional extrema and the Euler-Lagrange equation

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467 views

For a metric space, is the measure determined by the metric?

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149 views

Transformation of metric tensor under clifford algebra?

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101 views

Transformation of metric tensor in clifford algebra for nonorthogonal transformations

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127 views

How do the symmetries of a Lie manifold manifest in the metric tensor of that manifold?

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182 views

Do all of the special unitary groups SU(n) contain copies of the trivial group SU(1)?

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425 views

What does it mean for something to be $L^2(G)$ for compact G

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Is there a way to write the variation of a functional in terms of the shift operator