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1 answer

107 views

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31 Questions

Difference between the algebraic and topological dual of a topological vector space?

Gentle introduction to fibre bundles and gauge connections

Can cohomologies always be defined as the quotient of the kernel by the image of a certain operation?

Free lecture notes to Carl Bender's Mathematical Physics video lecture course?

Short pedagogical introduction to Young-tableaux and weight diagrams?

Proof of the tangent addition theorem for complex numbers

What is a good gentle introduction to the Virasoro algebra and its application in theoretical physics?

Relationship between the quaternionic group and quaternionic numbers?

What exactly is the role of the mysterious space underlying the definition of a superspace?

Intuition for the need of generalizing from mappings to morphisms to functors in supermathematics?

Strange plus sign in the Lie derivative of a 1-form

"Rules of thumb" to decide which convergence test is most appropriate

Evaluation of $ \sum_{k=0}^n \cos k\theta $

Can asymptotic series include negative exponents (Laurent series)?

How to find the transition function for two overlapping charts of $\mathbb{R}P^2$?

Strong versus weak coupling expansion to solve hard problems

Rate of change of a volume integral over a volume form

Explicit relationship between the complex derivative and the Jacobian of the corresponding 2d real function?

What exactly is singular about a singular p-symplex?

Lie groups as spaces with trivial tangent bundle

Meaning of the factor $\mathbb{C}$ in the definition of a complex valued 1-form?

Derivation of $ISO(p,q)$ from $SO(p,q+1)$ by contraction?

Groups without matrix representation? [duplicate]

Quantization and evaluating a complex function on multiple Riemann sheets

Difference between a manifold and a sub-manifold of the same dimension?

What exactly does the differential $\phi_{t*}$ in the definition of the Lie derivative mean?

Principal part calculation

How can the general Green's function of a linear homogeneous differential equation be derived?

What is the relationship between singularities for complex times and high frequency asymptotics?

Power law representation of the delta distribution