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  1. [ Lumo Kaŭstikaĵo ]

    Matematika diferenciala geometrio priskribanta la ebenan koverton de kurboj spuritaj de radioj disvastiĝantaj tra manifoldo. 🤓 #nerd

    ~briletanta~

    \eZ

    #miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
    #Esperanto #photography #photo
    #physics #optics #mathematics #maths
    #caustics #differentialgeometry
    #manifold #manifolds
    #shimmering

  2. [ Lumo Kaŭstikaĵo ]

    Matematika diferenciala geometrio priskribanta la ebenan koverton de kurboj spuritaj de radioj disvastiĝantaj tra manifoldo. 🤓 #nerd

    ~briletanta~

    \eZ

    #miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
    #Esperanto #photography #photo
    #physics #optics #mathematics #maths
    #caustics #differentialgeometry
    #manifold #manifolds
    #shimmering

  3. [ Lumo Kaŭstikaĵo ]

    Matematika diferenciala geometrio priskribanta la ebenan koverton de kurboj spuritaj de radioj disvastiĝantaj tra manifoldo. 🤓 #nerd

    ~briletanta~

    \eZ

    #miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
    #Esperanto #photography #photo
    #physics #optics #mathematics #maths
    #caustics #differentialgeometry
    #manifold #manifolds
    #shimmering

  4. [ Lumo Kaŭstikaĵo ]

    Matematika diferenciala geometrio priskribanta la ebenan koverton de kurboj spuritaj de radioj disvastiĝantaj tra manifoldo. 🤓 #nerd

    ~briletanta~

    \eZ

    #miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
    #Esperanto #photography #photo
    #physics #optics #mathematics #maths
    #caustics #differentialgeometry
    #manifold #manifolds
    #shimmering

  5. [ Lumo Kaŭstikaĵo ]

    Matematika diferenciala geometrio priskribanta la ebenan koverton de kurboj spuritaj de radioj disvastiĝantaj tra manifoldo. 🤓 #nerd

    ~briletanta~

    \eZ

    #miksang #dailypic #aphotoaday
    #Esperanto #photography #photo
    #physics #optics #mathematics #maths
    #caustics #differentialgeometry
    #manifold #manifolds
    #shimmering

  6. 'time is a flat circle'? what are you talking about, all circles are flat

    #DifferentialGeometry

  7. Equivalent latitude (Climatology 🌍)

    In differential geometry, the equivalent latitude is a Lagrangian coordinate. It is often used in atmospheric science, particularly in the study of stratospheric dynamics. Each isoline in a map of equivalent latitude follows the flow velocity and encloses the same area as the latitude line of equivalent value, hence "equivalent latitude."...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivale

    #EquivalentLatitude #Climatology #DifferentialGeometry #Equivalence

  8. (4/4)

    I just really hate how physicist write the cov derivative of the *components* of a tensor (or a section of any vector bundle), while it only make sense if you consider the derivative of the tensor itself.

    #DifferentialGeometry #Gravity #GeneralRelativity #Mathematics #Physics

  9. (2/4)
    … And for a normal (i.e. \( \mathbb R \)-valued) diff form the cov ext diff \( d_\nabla \) shall be just the same as the normal ext diff \( d \).
    This confuses me for a long time.
    Until I realised: the eq I wrote above was taken from a #GR textbook, and physicists tend to write every things into coordinates/components/infices format, which brings the confusion.

    #DifferentialGeometry #Gravity #GeneralRelativity #Mathematics #Physics

  10. (3/4)
    In fact, the tetrad shall be considered as a vector valued 1-form:
    \[
    theta = \theta_j^i \partial_i \otimes d x^j,
    \]
    therefore there is no meaning for the cov ext diff for a component of a vector!
    One should really consider is the \( d_\nabla \theta\), where the connection is considered on the tangent bundle of the spacetime manifold.

    #DifferentialGeometry #Gravity #GeneralRelativity #Mathematics #Physics

  11. (1/4)
    I was trying to reason about the (1st) Cartan structure equation
    \[ d_\nabla \theta^i = d \theta^i + \Gamma^i_j \wedge \theta^j = 0,\]
    where \( d_\nabla \) is the covariant exterial differential, \(\nabla\) is the Levi-Civita connection with connection form \( \Gamma \), and \( \theta \) is an (orthogonal) tetrad.
    For me this does not make sense, since \( \theta^i \) is just a normal 1-form, and…

    #DifferentialGeometry #Gravity #GeneralRelativity #Mathematics #Physics

  12. Whenever I walk to/from home, I have to walk up/down an inclined street; I noticed that the asphalt floor has different curvatures depending on how near it is of a bend, and I try to find a less steep incline while walking.

    This got me inspiration for the few questions below. Any simple explanations, and related links, are welcome.

    Given a #differentiable surface within R^3, and two distinct points in it, there are infinitely many differentiable paths from one point to another, remaining on the surface. At each point of the #path, one can find the path's local #curvature. Then:

    - Find a path that minimizes the supreme of the curvature. In other words, find the "flattest" path.

    - Find a path that minimizes the variation of the curvature. In other words, find a path that "most resembles" a circle arc.

    Are these tasks always possible within the given conditions? Are any stronger conditions needed? Are there cases with an #analytic solution, or are they possible only with numerical approximations?

    #Analysis #DifferentialGeometry #Calculus #DifferentialEquations #NumericalMethods

  13. Whenever I walk to/from home, I have to walk up/down an inclined street; I noticed that the asphalt floor has different curvatures depending on how near it is of a bend, and I try to find a less steep incline while walking.

    This got me inspiration for the few questions below. Any simple explanations, and related links, are welcome.

    Given a #differentiable surface within R^3, and two distinct points in it, there are infinitely many differentiable paths from one point to another, remaining on the surface. At each point of the #path, one can find the path's local #curvature. Then:

    - Find a path that minimizes the supreme of the curvature. In other words, find the "flattest" path.

    - Find a path that minimizes the variation of the curvature. In other words, find a path that "most resembles" a circle arc.

    Are these tasks always possible within the given conditions? Are any stronger conditions needed? Are there cases with an #analytic solution, or are they possible only with numerical approximations?

    #Analysis #DifferentialGeometry #Calculus #DifferentialEquations #NumericalMethods

  14. Whenever I walk to/from home, I have to walk up/down an inclined street; I noticed that the asphalt floor has different curvatures depending on how near it is of a bend, and I try to find a less steep incline while walking.

    This got me inspiration for the few questions below. Any simple explanations, and related links, are welcome.

    Given a #differentiable surface within R^3, and two distinct points in it, there are infinitely many differentiable paths from one point to another, remaining on the surface. At each point of the #path, one can find the path's local #curvature. Then:

    - Find a path that minimizes the supreme of the curvature. In other words, find the "flattest" path.

    - Find a path that minimizes the variation of the curvature. In other words, find a path that "most resembles" a circle arc.

    Are these tasks always possible within the given conditions? Are any stronger conditions needed? Are there cases with an #analytic solution, or are they possible only with numerical approximations?

    #Analysis #DifferentialGeometry #Calculus #DifferentialEquations #NumericalMethods

  15. Whenever I walk to/from home, I have to walk up/down an inclined street; I noticed that the asphalt floor has different curvatures depending on how near it is of a bend, and I try to find a less steep incline while walking.

    This got me inspiration for the few questions below. Any simple explanations, and related links, are welcome.

    Given a #differentiable surface within R^3, and two distinct points in it, there are infinitely many differentiable paths from one point to another, remaining on the surface. At each point of the #path, one can find the path's local #curvature. Then:

    - Find a path that minimizes the supreme of the curvature. In other words, find the "flattest" path.

    - Find a path that minimizes the variation of the curvature. In other words, find a path that "most resembles" a circle arc.

    Are these tasks always possible within the given conditions? Are any stronger conditions needed? Are there cases with an #analytic solution, or are they possible only with numerical approximations?

    #Analysis #DifferentialGeometry #Calculus #DifferentialEquations #NumericalMethods

  16. Whenever I walk to/from home, I have to walk up/down an inclined street; I noticed that the asphalt floor has different curvatures depending on how near it is of a bend, and I try to find a less steep incline while walking.

    This got me inspiration for the few questions below. Any simple explanations, and related links, are welcome.

    Given a #differentiable surface within R^3, and two distinct points in it, there are infinitely many differentiable paths from one point to another, remaining on the surface. At each point of the #path, one can find the path's local #curvature. Then:

    - Find a path that minimizes the supreme of the curvature. In other words, find the "flattest" path.

    - Find a path that minimizes the variation of the curvature. In other words, find a path that "most resembles" a circle arc.

    Are these tasks always possible within the given conditions? Are any stronger conditions needed? Are there cases with an #analytic solution, or are they possible only with numerical approximations?

    #Analysis #DifferentialGeometry #Calculus #DifferentialEquations #NumericalMethods

  17. I've worked out that the injectivity radius under the Euclidean metric for the #unitary group U(n) is π and for real and special subgroups O(n), SO(n), and SU(n) is π√2.

    This seems like a pretty basic property, but I can't find a single reference that gives the injectivity radii for any of these groups. Anyone know of one?

    #DifferentialGeometry #LieGroups #Manifolds

  18. Conjecture: Monoids in the category of smooth manifolds are groups.

    Conjecture: A monoid in the category of smooth manifolds with boundary has non-invertible elements iff the boundary is non-empty. In that case the boundary is the maximal subgroup; in particular, the monoid unit lies on the boundary.

    #differentialGeometry #showerThought

  19. Spacetime is a four-dimensional topological manifold with a smooth atlas carrying a torsion-free connection compatible with a Lorentzian metric and a time orientation satisfying the Einstein field equations (EFE).
    \[\underbrace{(\mathcal{M},\mathcal{O},\mathcal{A},\nabla,\text{g},\mathcal{T})}_{\text{Relativistic spacetime}}\]
    #spacetime #space #time #physics #relativity #generalrelativity #specialrelativity #differentialgeometry #manifold #theoreticalphysics #einstein #lorentz

  20. Spacetime is a four-dimensional topological manifold with a smooth atlas carrying a torsion-free connection compatible with a Lorentzian metric and a time orientation satisfying the Einstein field equations (EFE).
    \[\underbrace{(\mathcal{M},\mathcal{O},\mathcal{A},\nabla,\text{g},\mathcal{T})}_{\text{Relativistic spacetime}}\]
    #spacetime #space #time #physics #relativity #generalrelativity #specialrelativity #differentialgeometry #manifold #theoreticalphysics #einstein #lorentz

  21. Spacetime is a four-dimensional topological manifold with a smooth atlas carrying a torsion-free connection compatible with a Lorentzian metric and a time orientation satisfying the Einstein field equations (EFE).
    \[\underbrace{(\mathcal{M},\mathcal{O},\mathcal{A},\nabla,\text{g},\mathcal{T})}_{\text{Relativistic spacetime}}\]
    #spacetime #space #time #physics #relativity #generalrelativity #specialrelativity #differentialgeometry #manifold #theoreticalphysics #einstein #lorentz

  22. Spacetime is a four-dimensional topological manifold with a smooth atlas carrying a torsion-free connection compatible with a Lorentzian metric and a time orientation satisfying the Einstein field equations (EFE).
    \[\underbrace{(\mathcal{M},\mathcal{O},\mathcal{A},\nabla,\text{g},\mathcal{T})}_{\text{Relativistic spacetime}}\]
    #spacetime #space #time #physics #relativity #generalrelativity #specialrelativity #differentialgeometry #manifold #theoreticalphysics #einstein #lorentz

  23. Spacetime is a four-dimensional topological manifold with a smooth atlas carrying a torsion-free connection compatible with a Lorentzian metric and a time orientation satisfying the Einstein field equations (EFE).
    \[\underbrace{(\mathcal{M},\mathcal{O},\mathcal{A},\nabla,\text{g},\mathcal{T})}_{\text{Relativistic spacetime}}\]
    #spacetime #space #time #physics #relativity #generalrelativity #specialrelativity #differentialgeometry #manifold #theoreticalphysics #einstein #lorentz

  24. #PhysicsFactlet
    Field lines are a convenient way to visualize vector fields, and are defined to be tangent to them at each point.
    Due to inertia, field lines do not represent the trajectory that a test mass would follow in a force field.
    #VectorFields #DifferentialGeometry #Visualization

  25. #PhysicsFactlet
    Field lines are a convenient way to visualize vector fields, and are defined to be tangent to them at each point.
    Due to inertia, field lines do not represent the trajectory that a test mass would follow in a force field.
    #VectorFields #DifferentialGeometry #Visualization

  26. #PhysicsFactlet
    Field lines are a convenient way to visualize vector fields, and are defined to be tangent to them at each point.
    Due to inertia, field lines do not represent the trajectory that a test mass would follow in a force field.
    #VectorFields #DifferentialGeometry #Visualization

  27. #PhysicsFactlet
    Field lines are a convenient way to visualize vector fields, and are defined to be tangent to them at each point.
    Due to inertia, field lines do not represent the trajectory that a test mass would follow in a force field.
    #VectorFields #DifferentialGeometry #Visualization

  28. #PhysicsFactlet
    Field lines are a convenient way to visualize vector fields, and are defined to be tangent to them at each point.
    Due to inertia, field lines do not represent the trajectory that a test mass would follow in a force field.
    #VectorFields #DifferentialGeometry #Visualization

  29. Has it ever bothered any of you #math nerds that in #DifferentialGeometry "normal" and "tangent" mean the opposite of their use outside of math?

    Rhetorically, a tangent is a digression and an orthogonal concept isn't normal.

    #randomthoughts

  30. On December 8, 1865, French mathematician Jacques Salomon Hadamard was born. Hadamard made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. Moreover, he is also known for his description of the mathematical though process in his book Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.

    scihi.org/jacques-hadamard/

    #maths #historyofscience #otd #numbertheory #differentialgeometry
    #complexfunction

  31. On December 8, 1865, French mathematician Jacques Salomon Hadamard was born. Hadamard made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. Moreover, he is also known for his description of the mathematical though process in his book Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.

    scihi.org/jacques-hadamard/

    #maths #historyofscience #otd #numbertheory #differentialgeometry
    #complexfunction

  32. On December 8, 1865, French mathematician Jacques Salomon Hadamard was born. Hadamard made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. Moreover, he is also known for his description of the mathematical though process in his book Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.

    scihi.org/jacques-hadamard/

    #maths #historyofscience #otd #numbertheory #differentialgeometry
    #complexfunction

  33. On December 8, 1865, French mathematician Jacques Salomon Hadamard was born. Hadamard made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. Moreover, he is also known for his description of the mathematical though process in his book Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.

    scihi.org/jacques-hadamard/

    #maths #historyofscience #otd #numbertheory #differentialgeometry
    #complexfunction