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For linear actions of real reductive Lie groups we prove the Kempf-Ness Theorem about closed orbits and the Kirwan-Ness Stratification Theorem of the null cone. Since our completely self-contained proof focuses strongly on geometric and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-21 Christoph Böhm , Ramiro A. Lafuente

In this note, we provide a new proof that a $D$-connected graph $G$ on $n$ vertices has a general position orthogonal representation in $\RR^{n-D}$. Our argument, while based on many of the concepts from the original proof due to Lov\'asz,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-19 Steven J. Gortler , Louis Theran

Extended Wigner's friend no-go theorems provide a modern lens for investigating the measurement problem, by making precise the challenges that arise when one attempts to model agents as dynamical quantum systems. Most such no-go theorems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Laurens Walleghem , Rafael Wagner , Yìlè Yīng , David Schmid

Quantum contextuality supports quantum computation and communication. One of its main vehicles is hypergraphs. The most elaborated are the Kochen-Specker ones, but there is also another class of contextual sets that are not of this kind.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-17 Mladen Pavicic

The first part of this paper develops a geometric setting for differential-difference equations that resolves an open question about the extent to which continuous symmetries can depend on discrete independent variables. For general…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Linyu Peng , Peter E Hydon

We generalize the Abstract Interpolation Lemma proved by the authors in [2]. Using this extension, we show in a more general context, the persistence property for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation, see (1.2), in the weighted…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-03-29 Xavier Carvajal , Wladimir Neves

A recent claim by Meyer, Kent and Clifton (MKC), that their models ``nullify'' the Kochen-Specker theorem, has attracted much comment. In this paper we present a new counter-argument, based on the fact that a classical measurement reveals,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. M. Appleby

In this oaper, we prove some fixed point theorems in metric vector spaces, in which the continuity is not required for the considered mappings to satisfy. We provide some concrete examples to demonstrate these theorems. We also give some…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Jinlu Li

A central principle of consistent histories quantum theory, the requirement that quantum descriptions be based upon a single framework (or family), is employed to show that there is no conflict between consistent histories and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert B. Griffiths

A Kochen-Specker contradiction is produced with 36 vectors in a real 8-dimensional Hilbert space. These vectors can be combined into 30 distinct projection operators (14 of rank 2, and 16 of rank 1). A state-specific variant of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Michael Kernaghan , Asher Peres

There are strong restrictions on the possible representations and in general on the matter content of gauge theories formulated on noncommutative Moyal spaces, termed as noncommutative gauge theory no-go theorem. According to the no-go…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-01-07 M. Chaichian , P. Presnajder , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , A. Tureanu

In a recent paper, Hod has proven no-go theorem for asymptotically flat static regular boson stars. In the present work, we extend discussions to the gravity with a negative cosmological constant. We consider a scalar field vanishing at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-17 Yan Peng

We give an alternative proof of Madsen-Weiss' generalized Mumford conjecture. Our proof is based on ideas similar to Madsen-Weiss' original proof, but it is more geometrical and less homotopy theoretical in nature. At the heart of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Yakov Eliashberg , Soren Galatius , Nikolai Mishachev

Within the framework of quantum contextuality, we discuss the ideas of extracontextuality and extravalence, that allow one to relate Kochen-Specker's and Gleason's theorems. We emphasize that whereas Kochen-Specker's is essentially a no-go…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 Mathias Van Den Bossche , Philippe Grangier

We present an elementary proof of a reduced version of Gleason's theorem and the Kochen-Specker theorem to provide a novel perspective on the relation between both theorems. The proof is based on a set of linear equations for the values of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Karl-Peter Marzlin , Taylor Landry

This article discusses von Neumann's "proof" that hidden variable theories are impossible.

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2011-02-11 Jeremy Bernstein

We will present a novel elementary, self-contained, and explicit proof of the local Kronecker-Weber theorem. Apart from discrete valuation theory, it does not make use of any tools beyond those introduced in a second undergraduate course on…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Jochen Koenigsmann , Benedikt Stock

We give a direct proof of the local converse theorem for quasi-split non-split $\mathrm{SO}_{2l}$ over a local non-Archimedean field of characteristic $p\neq 2$, applying the theory of Howe vectors and partial Bessel functions.

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Alexander Hazeltine

We prove some fundamental results like localization, excision, Nisnevich descent and the Mayer-Vietoris property for equivariant regular blow-up for the equivariant K-theory of schemes with an affine group scheme action. We also show that…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-03 Amalendu Krishna , Charanya Ravi

The Kochen-Specker theorem states that a 3-dimensional complex Euclidean space admits a finite configuration of projective lines such that the corresponding quantum observables (the orthogonal projectors) cannot be assigned with 0 and 1…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Artur Ruuge