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How is the poincare conjecture(and perelman proof) helpful in studying the properties of the universe?
Can someone tell me how the poincare's famous conjecture or its proof by perelmen can be helpful in deciding some properties like the shape of the universe?
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Literature request for books / review papers on gravitation, gauge theories and related mathematics [duplicate]
Similar to this reference, are there more such references / works [including textbooks] available in the literature?
(A list would be greatly welcomed and appreciated.)
With great appreciation.
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What determine whether the dynamical equations are tensor equations or vector equations?
Newton's 2nd law which is central to Newtonian dynamics, is a vector equation
$\sum\textbf{F}_{external}=m\textbf{a}$
Same with Maxwell's equations in the covariant form.
On the other hand, ...
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Objects in Physics as a mathematician would see them
I'm a mathematician with hardly any knowledge of physics. Before I start reading volumes of physics books, I have a few questions that have been bugging me and that will help me start reading physics.
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Existence and uniqueness of solutions for Einstein equations
Now that an equivalence of Navier Stokes and Einstein equations has been established, and it is known solutions to Einstein-Maxwell-Boltzmann exist and are unique, and it is known that Einstein ...
