Poincaré–Hopf theorem (also known as the Poincaré–Hopf index formula, Poincaré–Hopf index theorem, or Hopf index theorem) is an important theorem that is...
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The Hopf theorem (named after Heinz Hopf) is a statement in differential topology, saying that the topological degree is the only homotopy invariant of...
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The Hopf–Rinow theorem is a set of statements about the geodesic completeness of Riemannian manifolds. It is named after Heinz Hopf and his student Willi...
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thus the traces are all zero. A stronger form of the theorem, also known as the Lefschetz–Hopf theorem, states that, if f {\displaystyle f} has only finitely...
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the Euler characteristic of the manifold. This theorem is now called the Poincaré–Hopf theorem. Hopf spent the year after his doctorate at the University...
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In geometry, the Killing–Hopf theorem states that complete connected Riemannian manifolds of constant curvature are isometric to a quotient of a sphere...
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In the mathematics of dynamical systems and differential equations, a Hopf bifurcation is said to occur when varying a parameter of the system causes the...
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of Lagrange's theorem for subgroups. As a corollary of this and integral theory, a Hopf subalgebra of a semisimple finite-dimensional Hopf algebra is automatically...
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Famous theorems in differential topology include the Whitney embedding theorem, the hairy ball theorem, the Hopf theorem, the Poincaré–Hopf theorem, Donaldson's...
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there must be at least one zero. This is a consequence of the Poincaré–Hopf theorem. In the case of the torus, the Euler characteristic is 0; and it is possible...
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the Hopf invariant is a homotopy invariant of certain maps between n-spheres. In 1931 Heinz Hopf used Clifford parallels to construct the Hopf map η...
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mathematics, especially algebraic topology and homotopy theory, the Hopf–Whitney theorem is a result relating the homotopy classes between a CW complex and...
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Myers) and cyclic groups of order 3 (J. Hyam Rubinstein). Killing–Hopf theorem Hopf, Heinz (1926), "Zum Clifford-Kleinschen Raumproblem", Mathematische...
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Fixed-point index (section The Lefschetz–Hopf theorem)
when f has no fixed points, the Lefschetz–Hopf theorem trivially implies the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem. A. Katok and B. Hasselblatt(1995), Introduction...
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Riemannian manifold (section Hopf–Rinow theorem)
R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } . The Hopf–Rinow theorem characterizes geodesically complete manifolds. Theorem: Let ( M , g ) {\displaystyle (M,g)} be...
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the Hopf conjecture (in the positive curvature case) follows from the sphere theorem, a theorem which had also been conjectured first by Hopf. One of...
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compactness theorem (symplectic topology) Gromov–Ruh theorem (differential geometry) Hilbert's theorem (differential geometry) Hopf–Rinow theorem (differential...
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The theorem is also sometimes known as the Carathéodory–Fréchet extension theorem, the Carathéodory–Hopf extension theorem, the Hopf extension theorem and...
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In differential topology, the Hopf fibration (also known as the Hopf bundle or Hopf map) describes a 3-sphere (a hypersphere in four-dimensional space)...
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Henri Poincaré (section Theorems)
Poincaré–Bendixson theorem: a statement about the long-term behaviour of orbits of continuous dynamical systems on the plane, cylinder, or two-sphere. Poincaré–Hopf theorem:...
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is known. The fundamental theorem of algebra is a corollary of Hopf's theorem. Dropping the requirement of commutativity, Hopf generalized his result: Any...
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Ergodic theory (redirect from Ergodic theorem)
geodesic flow on Riemannian manifolds, starting with the results of Eberhard Hopf for Riemann surfaces of negative curvature. Markov chains form a common context...
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version of the theorem has a much shorter proof, relying on a key theorem from differential topology known as the Poincaré–Hopf theorem. It can be summarized...
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global pinching. This result is known as the differentiable sphere theorem. Heinz Hopf conjectured that a simply connected manifold with pinched sectional...
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Wiener–Hopf method is a mathematical technique widely used in applied mathematics. It was initially developed by Norbert Wiener and Eberhard Hopf as a method...
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embedding theorem Critical value Sard's theorem Saddle point Morse theory Lie derivative Hairy ball theorem Poincaré–Hopf theorem Stokes' theorem De Rham...
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properties are isometric to each other. It is a consequence of the Killing–Hopf theorem. To prove the existence of such a space as described above one can explicitly...
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algebra, the Milnor–Moore theorem, introduced by John W. Milnor and John C. Moore (1965) classifies an important class of Hopf algebras, of the sort that...
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path-connected as well, providing a homotopy to the identity map. The Lefschetz–Hopf theorem states that the sum of the indices (in this context, multiplicity) of...
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Complete manifold (section Hopf–Rinow theorem)
{\displaystyle T_{p}M} , the entire tangent space at p {\displaystyle p} . The Hopf–Rinow theorem gives alternative characterizations of completeness. Let ( M , g )...
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