Concavity of quantum conditional entropy by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
For bipartite density operators,
This is a consequence of Strong subadditivity of Von Neumann entropy.
Quantile coupling for convergence in distribution by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If at every continuity point of , then the generalized inverses satisfy
at every continuity point of . Since a monotone function has only countably many discontinuities, evaluating all quantiles at one uniform random variable gives an almost-sure coupling of the corresponding convergence in distribution.
Inverse transform sampling by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
If has a uniform distribution on and is the quantile function of a cumulative distribution function , then has the desired probability distribution. Indeed, right continuity gives
so . This short argument works for both jumps and smooth cumulative distribution functions. MIT's continuous-probability notes introduce the inverse-transformation construction. [ref].
For the three-value example, send to , to , and to . These intervals have exactly the desired widths , , . For the density example, output : for , . Independent uniform draws give independent random variables after this deterministic transformation. This direction of construction works even when has jumps; applying the probability integral transform in the other direction requires its own continuity hypotheses.
Majorana fermion operator by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Majorana fermion operator is self-adjoint and obeys .
Bogoliubov--de Gennes Hamiltonian by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Bogoliubov--de Gennes Hamiltonian acts on a Nambu particle-hole spinor and describes quadratic fermion hopping and pairing.
Minimal polynomial of a purely inseparable element by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
An element is purely inseparable over exactly when its minimal polynomial has the form
To prove the nontrivial direction, repeatedly factor a zero formal derivative through until the remaining irreducible polynomial has nonzero derivative. Since has only the root , that remaining separable polynomial must be linear.
Punctured complex plane by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The punctured plane is a connected Riemann surface homeomorphic to a cylinder.
It is the complex plane with a point removed, a special punctured Riemann surface.
Path avoidance in a surface by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A path in a surface can be perturbed inside coordinate discs to avoid finitely many prescribed points.
With atoms , finitary propositions can enforce that the true pairs form an injective partial function. If the codomain is infinite, they cannot enforce that every has a value: adjoining every remains finitely satisfiable, so compactness produces a model omitting .
Second prolongation of a Lie point symmetry by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For , the second prolongation adds coefficients for and obtained by total differentiation:
Projective variety by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A projective variety is a closed algebraic subvariety of some projective space.
Projective linear transformation by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
An invertible linear map of the underlying vector space induces a projective linear transformation of ; scalar multiples induce the same transformation.
Projective plane by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The projective plane is the two-dimensional projective space .
Projective point by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-28
A projective point is an equivalence class of nonzero coordinate vectors under multiplication by a nonzero scalar.
Top cohomology of projective space by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
For a field ,
This nonvanishing obstructs affine covers of having only members.
For , take an -dimensional irreducible projective variety with one singular point and form its product with . The Segre embedding makes the product projective, and its singular locus is the singular point times , of dimension . A quadric cone works in dimension at least two and a cuspidal cubic works in dimension one.
Irrelevant ideal of projective space by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
In the standard graded homogeneous coordinate ring of , the irrelevant ideal is
It vanishes only at the origin of the corresponding affine cone, which does not represent a projective point.
Free modules are projective by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
Lift the image of each basis element independently through the given surjection, then extend the chosen lifts linearly.
Naive polynomial height by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The naive height of a polynomial is the largest absolute value of its coefficients. For a primitive polynomial in , this equals the projective height of its coefficient vector.
Conservation of quantum probability by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If the probability current of a normalizable wavefunction vanishes at spatial infinity, integrating the probability continuity equation over all space shows that the total probability is constant in time.

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