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12:51 AM
@SoumikMukherjee sure, but that space isn't even $T_0$.
1:29 AM
if a set A has a supremum/infimum not in A, then by definition does A have the greatest upper/lower bound properties
I suppose if it didn't then outside of A the sets aren't ordered?
1:43 AM
"Here is a “proof” that every relation C that is both symmetric and transitive is also reflexive: “Since C is symmetric, aCb implies bCa. Since C is transitive, aCb and bCa together imply aCa, as desired.” Find the flaw in this argument". Is the flaw that it's not necessary that C is a total relation but reflexivity is by definition total
2:19 AM
Transitive property: if a=b and b=c, then a=c.
2:37 AM
obliv: i don't think it's helpful to encode the flaw in language specific to partial orders. that's specific to your framing. for finding/looking at the flaw it is helpful to think about whether it is helpful or potentially harmful to refer to a relation without specific reference to the set that it is regarded as a relation on (here, what set is C a relation on? why doesn't the "proof" mention that?)
obliv: in plain english, to show that C is a transitive relation on some set S, you need to show that for all s in S, s C s. you'd usually begin a proof of something like that by fixing an arbitrary element of s and using definitions of things to go from there.
so if you do that, and in an attempt to apply the argument fragment, you find yourself wanting to use s as the "a" in the starting point of that fragment, and then you're stuck, because the argument fragment needs a "b" in S for which a C b holds to get the whole argument going.
what the argument fragment shows is that, if a and b are elements of S for which a C b happens to hold, then a C a will also hold. this isn't a statement about all elements of S, it's a statement about specific pairs of elements whose hypothesis includes already knowing that they're related to one another by C.
you wouldn't have that, in general. good examples would be S = any nonempty set and C = the empty relation, which is not reflexive. other example would be S = real numbers and C = the relation of "equality of integers" as a relation on S, i.e. x C y holds if and only if x and y are integers and x = y. and similar examples.
in that last example, you could also regard C as a relation in the set of integers (i.e., C is a subset of R x R that also happens to be a subset of Z x Z). that same set C of ordered pairs happens to be an equivalence relation on Z. but it isn't an equivalence relation on R.
as a relation on R, C is transitive and symmetric, but it isn't reflexive, because if you start with some a in R that isn't an integer, there aren't any elements b in R for which a C b, and the argument fragment can't get off the ground.
3:04 AM
Thank you, that's basically what I was trying to get at. I guess I equated C being defined on the entire set as C having every element $a \in A$ in C (so by necessity then it'd be reflexive since no matter what $a$ is related to, by symmetry and transitivity it must be related to itself.)
Another remark/exercise is to show that the intersection of equivalence relations on the same set is also an equiv. relation. This is basically saying at least there would be an equiv. relation which is the set of reflexive pairs that are technically also symmetric and transitive
when textbooks and other sources present false proofs it's always helpful to take the exposition into account. like, why would someone unravel the definition of symmetry or transitivity without any quantifiers? why aren't we talking about the set the relation is regarded as a relation on [which can change whether the same set of ordered pairs is 'reflexive' or not]
like (a,a) for all a in A
even good proofs can become confusing and look false if you scrub all of the quantifiers out of the statements you are trying to prove and use
yeah I assume that exercise just wanted the reader to understand the necessity of specifying quantifiers/setting of what ur talking about
as i've seen it in textbook exercises, it's usually two messages, (1) proofs need quantifiers, (2) transitivity and symmetry are properties of a relation that don't really depend on what set your relation is regarded as a relation on, but reflexivity absolutely does
3:12 AM
I think for the intersection question, the only cases are just all reflexive pairs or theyre the same relation. Kinda similar to equiv. classes being disjoint or identical except here instead of disjoint they only share the reflexive pairs
this isn't so much related to your question but one reason i think 'intro to proof' books always go through at least the motions of introducing symbols for quantifiers and symbolic encoding of math statements is a belief that, if you give people symbols for quantifiers, maybe they will be tempted to actually notice them and pay attention to them and maybe use them
i'm not convinced that that is true, but it seems to be one of the ideas
@leslietownes so by this you mean reflexivity property requires the relation to be defined on the entire set but the transitivity, symmetry don't
in reality i'm not sure it is any easier to keep track of symbolic quantifiers than it is to keep track of english ones (we were talking about this the other night - the idea that it's easy to keep track of symbolic quantifiers and manipulate symbolic sentences is, i think, a mistaken impression that you only get by only considering simple symbolic sentences)
@Obliv roughly, yes, exactly
at 50,000 feet, the definition of reflexivity is the only one that require anything to be in the relation, and to do so in a way that depends on the set you regard the relation on
the others are more abstract formal properties
nvm thats a bad example
ill cook another one up later
another way to think about it is that if R is a relation on a set S, it can also be regarded as a relation on any set that contains S, and from the way transitivity and symmetry are defined, if R is symmetric on S, it will also be symmetric as a relation on any set that contains S. symmetry is determined only by what R is as a set of ordered pairs, and not what cartesian product you regard it as a subset of
reflexivity isn't like this
this is just a more detailed way of pointing out that when you refer to something kinda informal like whether R is "defined on the entire set," that's not a question you can answer just from what R is as a set of ordered pairs
R := {(0,0)} is a perfectly good relation on any set that contains 0. R is reflexive if you regard it as a relation on the set {0}, but not reflexive if you regard it as a relation on any "larger" set (i.e. any set that properly contains {0})
so just saying a relation is "Reflexive," full stop, is either a misuse of language, or something that only makes sense if everyone in the room agrees on the choice of ambient set that you presumably had in mind when you said a relation was "reflexive" without specifying what set it was reflexive on
3:27 AM
@leslietownes because the elements not in {0} aren't in R?
please be more specific, there are some type mismatches there. because if x is an element of the set that contains {0}, and x isn't 0, then the element (x,x) is not in R
"the elements" was playing a kind of dual role in your version, both as elements of the underlying set and as ordered pairs
I think I get what you're saying. reflexivity has to be specified and kinda redefined if the set S gains new elements but the properties of symmetry and transitivity don't since the old elements that represented those traits can still do so
I thought that's what I said when talking about partial/total relations though. Like if R is sym, trans, on the entire set S and every element of S is in R, then R is an equiv. relation. But if unspecified, we can consider it a partial relation on some subset of S so reflexivity on the entirety of S isn't guaranteed
yeah. reflexivity requires 'more and more' as the set grows, there has to be an exact match between S and the set of t for which (t,t) is in the relation
maybe it is what you said, but i don't think it's helpful to hide what's going wrong with missing quantifiers in a proof by verbal formulas that themselves encode quantifiers :)
$S = \{(x,y)| y=x+1 \text{and} 0<x<2\}$
Describe the equivalence relation T on the real line that is the intersection of all equivalence relations on the real line that contain S. Describe the equivalence classes of T . I think it's gotta be all the reflexive pairs of the relation S
no
it's the symmetric pairs
nvm im too tired to think lol
yeah I read that wrong. S isn't an equiv. relation on its own which is where I got confused. The equiv relations that contain S though would have the other half to make it symmetric, and include the reflexive elements etc
i.e., (y,x) s.t. x-y=1
or something like this
3:47 AM
well, for the same reason we had with 0 and sets containing 0 above, if R is a known equivalence relation on any set S, and S' is some known set that properly contains S, then R will be an example of a symmetric and transitive relation on S' that is not an equivalence relation on S'
you can formalize it or just take for granted that any example is going to look like that one for some choice of S and S' and R
 
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5:15 AM
Yo, what's up yall
 
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10:09 AM
@Jakobian I think you were correct here, I was not using any property of R^m in proving that limit point compact ==> closed + bounded, The reverse direction ofcourse uses R^m to say that closed+bounded==> compact==> limit point compact.
> If $Y$ generates $\mathcal G$, that is, if $\mathcal G$ consists of all events of the form $\{Y\in B\}$ where $B$ is a Borel subset of the range of $Y$, then every $\mathcal G$-measurable random variable is a measurable function of $Y$, and conversely (exercise!)
How do you go about this?
10:35 AM
One direction seems pretty straightforward; if $Z=g(Y)$ where $g$ is measurable from say $(\mathbb R,\mathcal{B}(\mathbb R))\to(\mathbb R,\mathcal{B}(\mathbb R))$, then $Z$ is $\sigma(Y)$-measurable as $(g\circ Y)^{-1}(A)=Y^{-1}(g^{-1}(A))\in \sigma(Y)$ for every $A\in\mathcal{B}(\mathbb R)$.
11:15 AM
Never mind my question, figured it out.
 
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12:35 PM
@psie glad to help
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A: Examples and Counterexamples of Relations which Satisfy Certain Properties

Xander Henderson1. Reflexivity and Irreflexivity A relation on a nonempty set cannot be both reflexive and irreflexive. This follows almost immediately from the definitions: a reflexive relation on a nonempty set $X$ must contain every pair of the form $(x,x) \in X\times X$, while an irreflexive relation canno...

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@XanderHenderson shrugs in not caring about giving a good example something something cofinite/cocountable topology
1:21 PM
@XanderHenderson if only all the world's problems could be solved with bigger hammers.
1:35 PM
@Jakobian I mean, that was kind of my point yesterday: Hausdorfiness is a sufficient condition for ensuring that limits are unique, but I don't know (nor care) if it is necessary. I suspect it is not. But, like I said, I don't really care.
@user85795 Oh, they can.
If a giant asteroid wipes out all life on Earth, first all of your other problems become irrelevant, and then all of your problems cease to exist.
A big enough hammer solves all problems, though perhaps not in the manner you would like.
🤔 how are we defining a "problem" here?
> an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law.
2:10 PM
@XanderHenderson depends. Limits of what
If a space is not Hausdorff, and x, y are points such that all their neighbourhoods intersect, then filter generated by all intersections of such neighbourhoods converges to both x and y
So its equivalent for convergence of nets/filters to Hausdorff
But for sequences? No
@Jakobian We were talking about sequences when the topic came up.
But, again, I really don't care enough to think more about this, so I'm going to stop now.
For cofinite topology, sequences with infinitely many distinct terms converge to every point
On the other hand, for cocountable topology every convergent sequence is eventually finite
Let those topologies be on R
Then they're both not Hausdorff, both are T_1, but in one we have uniqueness and in the other non-uniqueness of convergence of sequencess
2:43 PM
@copper.hat The Oilers are trying to become the first team in 82 years to win the Stanley Cup after falling behind 3-0 in the Final. The 1941-42 Toronto Maple Leafs are the only team to successfully complete the comeback, defeating the Detroit Red Wings.
When someone writes $E[w(X,y)|Y=y]=g(y)$ and then $g(Y)$, what does $g(Y)$ mean? Is it $$g(Y)=E[w(X,Y)|Y=y]?$$
It is done here, although $g(Y)=E[w(X,Y)|Y=y]$ is my assertion.
3:49 PM
I am trying to prove lim point compact $\implies$ compact in metric spaces, so I consider an open cover {$G_{\alpha}$}, of set $K$ which is limit point compact, so for each point $x$ in $K$ there's an $\epsilon_x$ ball around x is in $G_{\alpha}$,
so $K \subset \bigcup_{\epsilon_x}B_{\epsilon_x}(x)\subset\bigcup_{\alpha}{G_{\alpha}} $ , Now I wanna know if this construction is useful: I consider a random $x_0$, and it's $\epsilon_{x_0}$ ball, and I choose $x_2 \not\in B_{{\epsilon}_{x_1}}(x_1)$; similarly, I choose $x_3 \not\in B_{{\epsilon}_{x_1}}(x_1)\bigcup B_{{\epsilon}_{x_2}}(x_2) $ and inductively, $x_n\not\in \bigcup_{i=1}^{n-1}B_{{\epsilon}_{x_i}}(x_i)$.
This set has a limit point $x^*$ in $K$ (from Hypothesis). I am not sure how I will argue further, but some ideas include a subsequence of $x_n$, and choosing a small $\epsilon$ ball around $x^*$ so that a infinite terms fall into this ball.
dont take the word "random" above too seriously
4:28 PM
Dummit and Foote's presentation of presentations has me beyond stumped
Think I found my answer on main. Good thing DF is popular...
 
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Joe
Joe
5:34 PM
I'm trying to solve Exericse 7.7 of Aluffi's Algebra: Chapter 0, but I'm having trouble understanding what (i) even means:
I know that there's a convention that for complexes of R-modules, we omit "tails of zeroes" from both ends. But there isn't a $0$ on the right hand side of the sequence ending in $\operatorname{Hom}_{R-\operatorname{Mod}}(M,L)$, and so I don't know what it is meant to be on the right of it. Does anyone know what the convention in this situation?
So I'm not sure what it means for the sequence to be exact at $\operatorname{Hom}_{R-\operatorname{Mod}}(M,L)$, as I can't even figure out what the intended sequence is.
there is no convention to omit zeroes
the sequence is complete as it is written there
if there was an additional $0$ term to the right, exactness would additionally mean that the last map is surjective
Joe
Joe
@Thorgott: Well, I know some authors define allow a finite sequence to be a complex, but I believe there are others that do not. For instance, Eisenbud defines a complex to be infinite in both directions in his book
which is generally not the case
sure, but complexes =/= exact sequences
adding zeroes to the left/right genuinely changes what it means to be exact, so there is no convention to omit them in this context. it would simply not be well-defined
Joe
Joe
5:49 PM
In the books that I've been reading, an exact sequence is defined as a particular kind of chain complex. Do you mean to say that this definition is wrong/confusing?
hi @nickbros123! long time; no see
6:15 PM
@Sahaj hi Sahaj, hows it going
6:31 PM
@Joe if you define a chain complex to be infinite, then that definition is incorrect technically speaking and confusing practically speaking
"If $M$ is a filtered $A$-module the $M_n$ are a basis of neighborhoods of 0 for a topology on $M$ compatible with its group structure." Does it mean here that the $M_n$ form a basis for the topological space and they are neighborhoods of 0 or does it mean that they form a neighborhood basis i.e. a fundamental system of neighborhoods? Does anyone know which of these statements is true? I've read the latter one in Bourbaki but I am confused.
Or alternatively does it mean that they actually form a base for the set of neighborhoods of 0 which makes my job a lot easier.
7:08 PM
Are there any techniques for actually evaluating sums other than praying they telescope?
I know seems like a vague question but all the sums I'm solving for right now fit exactly that bill
Seems artificial
@XanderHenderson reminded me of the proof that compact sets are bounded xD
7:21 PM
@ephe the latter
@Thorgott Thank you! You don't know how much of a relief that is, as I have no clue about how to prove the former or produce a counterexample.
Joe
Joe
7:49 PM
@Thorgott: Okay so I suppose the way to go is to allow complexes to be finite, or infinite in one/both directions. Then "exact" means what we want it to mean, I guess
8:05 PM
I am considering placing a bounty on this question. Proving the identity $E(f(X,Y)\mid Y=y)=E(f(X,y)\mid Y=y)$ has been on my mind for some days now, but I'm inclined to believe that the RHS does not make any sense...
8:27 PM
psie it might make more sense to ask your own question. it is an old question from a long inactive user, at first glance (i am not spending any time on this) it seems at least partly a question about definitions given in some specific textbook and partly not (looks like some commenters interacted with OP about this, but i don't see it as a fully resolved issue).
at least, if you are not specifically interested in that textbook, i would write something else so you can start on a clean slate and don't have to engage with what OP was thinking about (who knows) and what that author intended (who knows)
good idea, I'll write a draft
conditional expectation is a tricky concept and a lot of the sort of 'mathier' probability (e.g. early 20th century measure theoretic formulation) could be regarded at least in part as putting it on a less ad hoc basis where you have it some of the time by some formulas and not in other cases. many mathematicians would regard this as an question about an appropriate formulated version of a 'radon-nikodym theorem'
although how or even whether that would fit into any textbook's treatment of probability could totally vary from author to author and model to model
copper hat has a funny anecdote relating this. it's a shame he isn't here to tell it
8:46 PM
@Joe or you just define exactness without reference to complexes, either works
9:12 PM
@EE18 yes
9:44 PM
i think Raydon Nykodym should be taught in kindergarten.
Hi everyone,
Please recommend a good dictionary of mathematics (if there is one). With my background in engineering, I sometimes encounter the same concept with different terms. Some writers reduce their level of formality for educational reasons.
I believe the idea of math dictionary is doable but I couldn't find a good one.
I found in Amazon "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics" with 512 pages with no preview pages. The page numbers make me suspicious. It is very brief.
10:17 PM
possibly the princeton companion books?
10:30 PM
croco, if one is designing a reference like that, you can get "formality" (by which i might mean: precise definitions and internal consistency within the book about what means what), or you can have a general reference that attempts to reflect variations in how people in the world outside of the dictionary use the material. but probably not both. the former kind of thing is usually just a textbook limited to a subject more specific than "mathematics." wikipedia is a good example of the latter
there just isn't enough consistency across all disciplines that use math (or even within, like, the "pure mathematics" corner of people who use math). we run into this all the time on this chat or on the main site, where people come in with questions and the first question is, well, how are you defining that thing that you call X, or what are the exact hypotheses of the theorem that you're calling Y
10:46 PM
and anything resembling an explanation of why two different-looking appearances of something are 'the same concept' usually does depend on what the definitions are and what forms of reasoning beyond definitions you have access to
for the vibe of why different-looking appearances of something are 'the same concept,' there's wikipedia :)
In topology and high energy physics, the Wu–Yang dictionary refers to the mathematical identification that allows back-and-forth translation between the concepts of gauge theory and those of differential geometry. The dictionary appeared in 1975 in an article by Tai Tsun Wu and C. N. Yang comparing electromagnetism and fiber bundle theory. This dictionary has been credited as bringing mathematics and theoretical physics closer together. A crucial example of the success of the dictionary is that it allowed the understanding of monopole quantization in terms of Hopf fibrations. == History...
11:44 PM
@CroCo Encyclopedia of X, is probably what you're looking for, where X is a given field of math
E.g. there exists Encyclopedia of General Topology

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