Spatial Bernoulli infection model Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-10-20
Given the currently infected set and susceptible set , define and . Conditionally independent new-infection indicators have likelihoodA nonnegative infection intensity requires ; an unrestricted normal distribution prior distribution for must therefore be restricted or replaced. With or and positive distances, the conditional posterior kernels are not generally conjugate normal probability densities. Metropolis–Hastings algorithm updates, optionally on with its Jacobian determinant, provide a direct sampling method.
Spatial derivative control in perturbations of the identity map Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-20
To deduce from , the remainder must be small in a topology controlling its spatial derivatives, such as locally. Small displacement alone is insufficient: differs uniformly from the identity by , but has Jacobian determinant at for nonzero . A smooth flow map generated by a smooth vector field has the required derivative control.
Spectral irradiance 2026-10-25
Incident radiant flux per unit area and unit wavelength or frequency. Integrating over a wavelength interval gives the contribution to irradiance in that interval. Conversion between and requires the absolute Jacobian determinant associated with , as for spectral radiance.
Spectral radiant flux 2026-10-14
Spectral radiant flux resolves radiant flux by wavelength or frequency:Its units are per metre of wavelength or per hertz of frequency. A density quoted per nanometre must be integrated with wavelength intervals in nanometres; its numerical value is times the per-metre density. The frequency and wavelength spectral radiance conversion applies equally to spectral radiant flux, through the change of variables formula:with the speed of light in vacuum and expressed per metre. The Jacobian determinant preserves integrated power rather than the height or location of an optical spectrum's peak.
For two explicitly synthetic optical spectra, let and quote the following densities in :The triangle under and the rectangle under both have area : . Their band radiant fluxes differ: – contains of , while – contains of . These are specified functions, not measured source spectra.
The dark-subtracted electric current of a linear photodiode isusing its spectral responsivity. The figure's stipulated gives and despite equal total radiant flux. Symmetry places 's mean wavelength at and 's at ; a linear averages to its value at that mean. A single electric current therefore cannot determine an unknown broadband radiant flux without additional spectral information or a sufficiently flat calibrated response.
Spherical volume element 2026-10-25
With polar angle measured from positive and azimuth , the Cartesian formulas , , have Jacobian determinant . For and this gives the unsigned volume element shown. The inverse determinant is off the origin and polar axis.
Squared-radius difference substitution 2026-10-14
In the open first quadrant this is one-to-one, with , and Jacobian determinant . Its image satisfies and . In particular is a triangular image for a circular-hyperbolic region. A factor in the original integrand cancels the inverse-Jacobian factor ; moreover and . Boundary degeneracy on is confined to a measure-zero set and must not be confused with an interior failure of invertibility.
On an open set where , put . The chain rule gives , so the quadratic eikonal equation is equivalent to . For constant positive data on a smooth initial curve, the tangential derivative vanishes and the two allowed normal derivatives are . Locally the two solutions are , where is oriented distance along the normal rays; hence wherever the chosen stays positive and the normal-coordinate map remains invertible.
There are two separate obstructions to using this initial-data chart. A characteristic caustic occurs when normal rays focus and the projection Jacobian determinant vanishes. Alternatively can reach zero while the geometric rays remain separated: the square-root transformation then ceases to apply and the original Charpit's equations have a degenerate zero-gradient state. A continuation of beyond either obstruction needs separate justification; squaring an algebraic expression alone does not preserve a prescribed positive square-root branch.
Streamfunction advection bracket Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-14
For the two-dimensional streamfunction convention , , the advective derivative of is . This antisymmetric Jacobian determinant bracket organizes nonlinear interactions in convection and vorticity equations.
Time-reversal invariance of a path Jacobian 2026-10-05
For additive Gaussian white noise and a time-even order parameter, a midpoint discretization of the Onsager–Machlup functional evaluates drift derivatives at the midpoint configurations. Reversing a trajectory visits the same midpoints in reverse order, so the noise-to-path Jacobian determinant is invariant under reversal. It may depend on the trajectory, and must be distinguished from the constant normalization of the noise measure.
For nonconserved order-parameter dynamics with , the factor at one time step, apart from a path-independent power of the step size, isHere the fields have first been restricted to a finite spatial grid, and is the Hessian matrix of the free energy.
For mixed conserved and nonconserved order-parameter dynamics, the required noises for a joint configuration and flux trajectory arewhere represent the divergence and gradient, and represents the Laplacian. The Jacobian matrix isTaking its Schur complement gives the joint factorFor periodic boundary conditions, discretizing the two spatial operators compatibly gives , so is the positive relaxation operator when . Reversal leaves unchanged and reverses the sign of the flux. The product of the joint factors is consequently the same for both histories, justifying its cancellation from the joint path probability of an order parameter and its flux. The functional chain rule used in the action ratio holds in the continuum limit of this midpoint convention.
To minimize over models with different parameter dimensions, sample from a target proportional to and cool . A dimension-matching proposal augments the smaller model by auxiliary variables, transforms them bijectively into the larger parameter vector, and includes the proposal probability density function and absolute Jacobian determinant in the Metropolis–Hastings acceptance probability. For a positive Poisson mean and normal parameters , one convenient transformation isIts absolute Jacobian determinant is one. If the forward and reverse model-jump selection probabilities are and , the Poisson-to-normal ratio isThe reverse ratio is its reciprocal at the inverse map. This enforces detailed balance. When the target is proper and the annealing chain explores it adequately, the low-temperature laws concentrate on the minimum Akaike information criterion, rather than the maximum marginal model evidence. Likelihoods compared across models must describe the same observed data with a compatible reference measure.
Triple integral 2026-10-18
A triple integral is a multiple integral over a three-dimensional region. For a mass density , gives the total mass, while gives its volume. Iterated one-dimensional integration is justified by Fubini's theorem under absolute integrability, and a change of variables includes the absolute Jacobian determinant in the volume element.
Two-electron Laughlin relative probability Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
Consider the original two-electron example obtained by taking in the Laughlin wavefunction, with no additional polynomial for the centre of mass. Introduce , relative complex coordinate , separation , and dimensionless separation . Since , the probability density factorizes:Integrating out leaves an isotropic relative probability density. Define per unit dimensionless area and per unit dimensionless separation:The physical areal probability density is . The probability of a separation between and is . The extra comes from the Jacobian determinant in polar coordinates: a thin annulus has area . Omitting that factor changes the question being answered.
Both wavefunction normalization and the peak shift can be checked exactly. The substitution gives the Gamma function integralFor , logarithmic differentiation givesConsequently the areal maximum lies at , while the most probable separation lies farther out, at . For these are and ; for , and . The same substitution gives , so the root mean square separations are and respectively. The distinction between a probability density maximum and a radial maximum therefore has a directly calculable geometric origin.
This two-electron model explains exchange and pair avoidance. It does not establish a nonzero many-particle spectral gap, an extended quantum Hall plateau, or the topological properties of a fluid in the thermodynamic limit. Those require additional many-electron reasoning and experimental tests.
Uniform three-body Dalitz density 2026-10-25
After integrating the overall orientation of a scalar-parent three-body decay, the Lorentz-invariant phase space is constant in two pairwise squared invariant masses. The two-body factorization and the relative-angle Jacobian give the displayed density. The event density includes and need not be flat: a resonance produces bands. Identical-particle counting supplies its usual global symmetry factor.
Volume element 2026-10-18
Under a smooth locally invertible coordinate map into Euclidean space, the positive volume element in a multiple integral is multiplied by the absolute Jacobian determinant. In three-dimensional spherical coordinates, ; in cylindrical coordinates, . The absolute value distinguishes positive integration measure from a signed orientation convention.
Weighted inverse multiplicity Created 2026-10-07 Updated 2026-10-14
For a smooth local diffeomorphism , each inverse branch contributes an inverse Jacobian determinant in the area formula. Their sum is the weighted inverse multiplicity. A lower determinant bound controls each branch separately, not the number of branches. Bounded weighted inverse multiplicity is sufficient for dispersion with a nonlinear velocity map.
Weyl integration formula 2026-10-14
Let be a connected compact Lie group, a maximal torus, and its Weyl group. With normalized Haar measures and , every continuous class function satisfies . For a general continuous function, replace by its average . Conjugation from covers the regular elements times, and its real Jacobian determinant is .

