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Does Martin-Löf type theory as presented in Rijke's introduction to HoTT have judgmental extensionality for functions?
Unless I'm mistaken, there's the following derivation in Martin-Löf type theory showing that dependent functions which are pointwise judgmentally equal are themselves judgmentally equal:
Consider ...
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Is this functional equation solvable?
I was just for fun thinking about the shape a wire takes when bent, expressed as a math function.
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The wire(length l, thickness t), when unbent is $x=±t/2$,
for$ -L/2<y<L/2$
and $y=±L/2$ ...
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Constant of integration after Feynman trick
Let $F_h(x)$ be a function defined by a parametric integral:
$$
F_h(x) = \int_{0}^{1} f(t,x,h) \, dt,
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where $x$ is a real parameter where $F_h(1)$ is our goal. Suppose that by applying the Feynman ...
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Is my background enough for 2011 Set theory by kunen? [closed]
I am sort of interested in set theory and idea of forcing and my math background is with no background in proof writing and I have done FOL only upto assignments, interpretation and free and unbounded ...
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How to start in Mathematical Olympiads from scratch? Help to put together a learning route (books in Spanish if possible). [closed]
Im a 22-year-old Venezuelan student (if you know the context of the country and the learning-teching problems, good).
Recently I have had a great motivation to enter the world of math Olympiads, not ...
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Intuition for how graph Laplacian eigenvalues influence the structure of a graph
The graph Laplacian, of course, comes up in a large variety of applied research, and it seems to me that one of the most important properties of the Laplacian is its spectrum. That is, mathematicians ...
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how can I find the likelihood to achieve at least an identical pair of dice at a specific number or higher out of a pool of n six sided dice
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In the Mistborn TTRPG, success at a challenge is determined as follows.
You roll $N$ six-sided dice, where $1 < N < 11$ (according to your stats, buffs, etc.), and you must surpass a ...
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A curious phenomenon in Number Theory (related to Algebraic Geometry)
Let us consider a prime number $p$ and three distinct positive integers $n_1<n_2<n_3$ less than $p$.
Let us assume that the triple $(n_1, n_2, n_3)$ satisfies the following condition
$$k+[kn_1]+[...
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Cross-tangents at the intersection of conics lead to collinearity
I noticed an interesting property:
For the circle $O: x^2+y^2=r^2$ and the parabola $C: y^2=2px$ ($p>0$), let their intersections be $P$ and $Q$. The tangent to the parabola at $P$ meets the circle ...
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Radius of an edge-tangent sphere of an $n$-simplex in terms of tangent lengths and volume
For an $n$-simplex with vertices $A_0, \dots, A_n \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, suppose there exists a sphere of radius $R$ that is tangent to all its $\binom{n+1}{2}$ edge-lines.
We can define signed ...
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How do the tensor-product and transformation-law definitions of tensors agree?
I am trying to reconcile two definitions of tensors that I have encountered.
The first definition I learned is the coordinate-transformation definition. In this definition, a tensor is an object that ...
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Could every axiomatic system be reduced to a single axiom? [duplicate]
If an axiomatic system has Axioms A, B, C, ..., N, then we can form the conjunction $A \land B \land C \land \ldots \land N$ as a single axiom. How to deal with axiom schemas? Or is it impossible?
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Exercise on a Riemannian metric on the tangent bundle (Do Carmo)
I am trying to solve the following problem from Do Carmo's Riemannian Geometry:
with $p(0) = q(0) = p$, $v(0) = w(0) = v$, and $V = \alpha'(0)$, $W = \beta'(0)$. Define an inner product on TM by
$$ \...
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Different coordinates of Witt vectors
In Kedlayas lecture notes (https://kskedlaya.org/prismatic/sec_overview.html) about prismatic cohomology he introduces the ring of Witt vectors using $\delta$-rings via the fact that the Witt vector ...
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Trivializations of principal bundle over a $\infty$-topos
Let $G$ be a group object in an $\infty$-topos $\mathcal T$, and let $P \to X$ be a $G$-torsor as in the accepted answer by Daniël Apol to this question; equivalently, as in the answer, such a $G$-...