User talk:Rausch

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Hello, Rausch, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ivan Vahylevych

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Thread at WT:WPM

I have started a thread at WT:WPM regarding the undiscussed move of Category:Differential geometry to Category:Differential geometry and topology. I disagree with this action. Please comment. Le Docteur (talk) 18:21, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

• The term Differential geometry and topology is more widespread and more precise. Most of mathematicians think so. Gvozdet (talk) 08:35, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

• Really? Why are there separate AMS classifications for the two subjects? The fact is that while there is substantial overlap, they are not the same thing and should be distinguished. Also, there is consensus at WT:WPM to undo your massive and undiscussed changes. Le Docteur (talk) 12:07, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

• Whether or not your claim is true is one thing, but you've made major changes without discussion. Moreover, you're being rather insensitive to the nature of your changes. Many of the topics you've modified have essentially no connection to differential topology or differential geometry, other than your contentious assertion. Rybu (talk) 00:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

There is a whole procedure for renaming categories this way, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. If and when such a change is agreed you can ask for a bot to do all the work. These sort of changes need discussion beforehand because they are liable to cause trouble. Dmcq (talk) 13:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

It's hard to guess when a category rename will end up being "controversial". Let's discuss this matter here at the math project talk page. Several people have objections to the rename, which you may want to address. — Carl (CBM · talk) 13:42, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

I too am hoping that you will come discuss this at WT:WPM. I don't understand why you would want to merge the two categories. I think they are different subjects, but you might have a good reason to merge the categories that I haven't thought of. I'd like to hear what you think. Ozob (talk) 16:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Differential geometry and topology

I have nominated Category:Differential geometry and topology (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ben (talk) 08:45, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Rus

Can you explain this revert? --Illythr (talk) 22:38, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Question

I do not understand some idea : [1]. As such, Legendre polynomials can be generalized (In what way?) to express the symmetries of semi-simple Lie groups (not SO(3)?) and Riemannian symmetric spaces. (not euclidean ?) Can you explain me it? Thank you very much. Gvozdet (talk) 21:06, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

I think you should post this question to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics. I think I've done some edits on that article, but the particular assertion you quote probably goes beyond what I know about the subject. Michael Hardy (talk) 15:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

I replied to this question on my talk page here: Talk:Associated_Legendre_polynomials#Generalizations linas (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Zero mass particles

Hi, I replied to your question on my talk page. Basically, there is no such thing as a "classical zero mass particle", and to talk about photons, one must first perform quantization. The lagrangians you wrote are correct, but they are not for photons. linas (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

And, yes, Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics is probably a better place for such questions. linas (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Gvozdet (talk) 09:25, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Russian

To prevent any further edit warring at WP:IPA for Russian, I suggest you take a look at the information at Russian phonology. The reason we are using the retroflex symbol for Russian instead of the palatoalveolar one has to do with electropalatographic studies by Jerzy Rubach. Of course, it's still common (I suspect for typographic reasons) for sources to use ʒ or ž for this symbol. If you'd like to discuss changing the conventions, I think Wikipedia talk:IPA for Russian would be a good place for that. — Ƶ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɹ̠ˤʷɛ̃ɾ̃ˡi]} 03:06, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

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Navigation

Hallo Rausch, When you create an article like Vambi, mentioning and bolding alternative names, please remember to provide access from those names. I've made a redirect from Kissumbo and added an entry to the disambiguation page at Ubo. It not only helps readers to find your article if it's what they need, but also reduces the likelihood of a future editor carelessly creating a duplicate article at a different name. Thanks. PamD 11:02, 12 February 2019 (UTC)