An instantaneous point release of actual volume per unit width in a porous gravity current with background flow has the Barenblatt solution , where . Its centre translates at pore speed and its radius grows as . The conserved physical volume is .
Polynomial-time algorithm 2026-10-06
An algorithm runs in polynomial time if its worst-case running time is bounded by a fixed polynomial in the input length. Arithmetic with fixed-degree algebraic numbers also needs polynomial bit cost when used in such a guarantee. The Edmonds–Karp algorithm and the method of conditional probabilities with efficiently computable clause expectations are examples.
Pole-moving polynomial approximation Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
Let the uniform closure of polynomials on a compact set be an algebra. A reciprocal at a sufficiently distant pole belongs to it by a geometric series. A path of poles avoiding the compact set can be divided into short steps; expanding each reciprocal in powers of the previous one transfers polynomial approximability along the path.
A harmonic function on all of with a finite global Hölder seminorm of exponent is constant. Indeed , and the interior derivative estimate for a harmonic function on balls of radius bounds by . Letting makes this gradient zero, and translating the centre proves the assertion everywhere.
For finite , use vertices and hyperedges . Independent uniform -coloring gives missing-color probability at most , and the dependency graph of events has degree at most . For and , the symmetric Lovász local lemma condition holds. The compactness extension of the Lovász local lemma gives a coloring in which every translate contains every color.
For the Polonyi model with canonical Kähler potential and , , a constant supersymmetric vacuum with requires real and exists exactly for . Its supergravity F-term potential is negative because . For , the supergravity auxiliary field cannot vanish. If , the model is flat with unbroken supersymmetry. This parameter-dependent statement is sharper than asserting that every linear superpotential breaks supersymmetry in supergravity.
For and positive , the Polonyi model has a unique zero-energy global minimum at , . Writing and , its potential bracket is , a sum of nonnegative terms. The real and imaginary curvatures are and . The other zero-energy stationary point with and is a saddle point. The stable vacuum has nonzero supergravity auxiliary field, so it has supersymmetry breaking even with zero cosmological constant. The branch does not fix these values.
Linear polarization 2026-10-06
A wave is linearly polarized when its oscillating electric field always lies along one fixed line. For a transverse plane wave, that line is perpendicular to the wavevector. Unlike circular polarization, the field oscillates along the line rather than rotating through directions.
Stokes parameters Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
The Stokes parameters describe intensity, two linear-polarization components and circular polarization. and depend on the chosen transverse basis. On the celestial sphere, transform as spin-two fields rather than as ordinary scalars.
Root of a complex number 2026-10-06
For and a positive integer , all solutions of are for . They differ by multiplication by roots of unity and are distinct. If , the sole root is zero.
Poisson onset-bin independence Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
Mark each member of an independent Poisson infection cohort by its symptom-onset interval, using independent delays. Poisson thinning gives independent onset-bin counts, and sums over independent cohorts remain independent Poisson counts. Fixed cohort totals instead induce multinomial dependence. The marking assumptions are essential.
Poisson stochastic integral with finite intensity Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
For a Poisson random measure on with finite intensity , its integral of a finite-valued measurable mark function is the finite sum of the marks at its random atoms. Its characteristic function is . On a time-mark space with intensity and finite mark intensity, restriction to each bounded time interval has finite intensity and defines a Compound Poisson process. Zero-valued marks do not affect the integral and need not appear in its Lévy measure.
Poisson bivector 2026-10-06
A smooth antisymmetric contravariant two-tensor defines a biderivation . It is a Poisson bivector when this bracket satisfies the Jacobi identity. Its rank may vary; where it is nondegenerate it inverts to a symplectic form. The coordinate Jacobi condition for a Poisson bivector makes the integrability constraint explicit.
Lie-Poisson bracket Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
The dual space of a finite-dimensional Lie algebra has this canonical Poisson bracket. For a basis , linear coordinates give . The Lie algebra's Jacobi identity is precisely the coordinate Jacobi condition for a Poisson bivector. This construction is intrinsic on the dual space; writing the same formula in an arbitrary manifold chart does not by itself provide a compatible global atlas.
Pointwise limit Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
A pointwise limit assigns to each input the limit of a sequence of function values there, on the specified domain of a function. It is unique wherever it exists, by uniqueness of the numerical limit of a sequence. Its existence supplies no common approximation rate over the domain of a function. For on , it equals zero below one and one at one; restricting to with gives the zero function.
Poincare inequality on an annulus Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
For , a round annulus is connected and obeys . Scaling reduces the claim to a fixed annulus. In dimension one the annulus has two components, so the inequality fails with a single average; one needs a separate average on each component.
Cube Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
A Platonic solid with six square faces, twelve edges and eight vertices. Its rotational symmetry group of a cube has order 24; including orientation-reversing isometries gives the order-48 symmetry group of a cube.
Subduction 2026-10-06
Downward recycling of a lithospheric plate into the mantle. A sufficiently cold, dense slab can provide slab pull, while bending and friction resist motion. The resulting material and volatile recycling connects plate tectonics with volcanism and long-term climate.
Ridge push Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-20
Gravitational sliding of lithospheric material away from elevated spreading regions. It supplies a driving contribution to plate tectonics together with slab pull and mantle stresses.
Safronov number 2026-10-06
For a planet on a circular stellar orbit, a common convention is . The escape-to-orbital-speed ratio measures the size of a strong gravitational assist relative to the stellar binding energy of a nearby comet. Large values tend to favour ejection over collision; small values favour repeated weak encounters with more collision opportunities. This is a statistical comparison, dependent on the initial orbit and encounter geometry, rather than a universal outcome threshold.

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