Characteristic hypersurface by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
A hypersurface is characteristic for a differential equation at when its principal symbol vanishes on the conormal :
It is non-characteristic where this quantity is nonzero.
Euclidean domain by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Every submodule of a finite-rank free module over a principal ideal domain is free. Induction on rank splits off a generator of the image under one coordinate projection and applies the result to the kernel.
Principal divisor with one simple zero and one simple pole by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If distinct points on a smooth projective curve satisfy , then is a finite morphism of degree one. Such a morphism between smooth projective curves is an isomorphism, so has genus zero. Hence no divisor on a curve of positive genus is principal.
Divisor class on the projective line by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Every degree-zero divisor on the projective line is principal. Indeed, if and is a homogeneous linear form vanishing at , then makes
a degree-zero rational function with . Consequently, two divisors on are linearly equivalent exactly when they have the same degree.
Gauss lemma for polynomials by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Over a UFD, products of primitive polynomials are primitive and factorization over the fraction field descends after content is removed.
Strong aperiodicity of the Möbius function by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The Möbius function stays far in pretentious distance from every Archimedean character. One useful uniform form is
This follows by estimating the prime sum .
Halász theorem by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Halász's theorem bounds the mean of a bounded multiplicative arithmetic function in terms of its least pretentious distance from an Archimedean character. A large mean can occur only when this distance is small.
Triangle inequality for pretentious distance by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-07
The pretentious distance obeys
For , equilibrium outer radius , and a bubble gas obeying , the linearization is
The bubble therefore undergoes simple harmonic motion with
Radial acoustic resonance in a spherical annulus by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The ideal pressure-forced response becomes resonant when
equivalently . Damping regularizes the divergent linear response and introduces a nonzero phase lag and mean supplied power.
Entropy lower bound for prefix codes by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Every binary prefix code has expected length at least its source entropy; Shannon lengths achieve expected length strictly below .
Cumulative Shannon code by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Order source probabilities as , put
and take the first binary digits of as the codeword for symbol . Since for , two cumulative probabilities cannot lie in the same dyadic interval selected by the earlier codeword. The resulting code is prefix-free.
Shannon-Fano coding by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Shannon-Fano coding comprises two related prefix code constructions. Shannon coding assigns lengths to symbols of probability ; Fano coding recursively partitions the ordered symbols into groups of nearly equal total probability and assigns a bit at each partition.
Predictable compensator of a discrete supermartingale by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The increments of a supermartingale are predictable and nonnegative.
Martingale transform by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
If is a martingale and is predictable, then, subject to integrability,
is a martingale.
Poynting theorem in a linear anisotropic medium by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For symmetric time-independent constitutive tensors,
and the macroscopic Maxwell equations give .
Energy density and flux of a plane electromagnetic wave by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
For a single traveling vacuum plane electromagnetic wave, gives equal electric and magnetic contributions to electromagnetic energy:
For the fields with linear polarization along and magnetic orientation along specified above,
Angle brackets mean an average over one period at fixed position. The factor comes from averaging squared cosine; is the peak amplitude, whereas the root mean square field is . The equal energy contributions oscillate together, rather than trading energy as in an RLC circuit. [ref].
For , using and ,
A surface normal to therefore has average crossing power . This is incident power; the amount absorbed depends on the surface. Doubling the field amplitude quadruples the average flux.
Leading Taylor term by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Suppose an analytic function near is not identically zero there. Its Taylor series has a first nonzero coefficient , and
The term is its leading Taylor term. Dividing by gives a limit of as , so this term determines the leading local magnitude and angular behaviour. The remainder uses big O notation; it is smaller by one power near the centre.
For a real-valued analytic function of a real variable, an even integer gives the same nearby sign on both sides of , while an odd integer gives opposite signs. For example, has leading Taylor term and is positive on both sides of zero sufficiently nearby; has leading Taylor term and changes sign there. The finite factor stays positive for . The ordinary constant term is the leading one when .

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