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Linear Algebra Proofs and Problems

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High School Calculation of "momentum" vector's head coordinates

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Undergrad Uniform convergence and pointwise convergence

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Graduate Is this Hessian/spectral viewpoint known?

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Undergrad Is the Cauchy stress tensor really a tensor?

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Graduate Finding dual optimum of a linear problem

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Undergrad Why are these cycles disjoint and of equal length?

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Undergrad Looking for a paper about spinors

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Undergrad Matrix representation of rank-2 spinors

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Undergrad Spinor calculus

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Undergrad The vector to which a dual vector corresponds

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On the Moore–Penrose inverse from a banal linear algebra viewpoint

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Undergrad When to use bra or dual space view of inner products?

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Undergrad A typo in the proof of group homomorphism of pairs?

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Graduate Confusion about the Moyal-Weyl twist

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Undergrad How to define a vector field?

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Undergrad Erroneously finding discrepancy in transpose rule

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Graduate The colorful world of ##2\times 2## complex matrices

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Undergrad Do vector spaces always have a Hamel basis without the axiom of choice?

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Undergrad When are Markov Matrices also Martingales?

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Undergrad Derivation of equations of stress tensor transformation

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Undergrad Non-orthogonal bases

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Undergrad Determine whether ##125## is a unit in ##\mathbb{Z_471}##

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Undergrad Trouble understanding an online solution to an exercise in Dummit & Foote

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Undergrad Notation for ring homomorphisms in Zariski & Samuel's localization passage

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Undergrad Determining isomorphism for ##\frac{R}{(a, b)}##

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Undergrad Differences between left vs right actions in some group theory questions

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Graduate Decomposition into irreps of compact Lie group

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Undergrad Questions about non existence of GCDs vs (coimages, cokernels)

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Undergrad Question about "A Group Epimorphism is Surjective"

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Undergrad Localising a non integral domain at a prime

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Undergrad ##(A/\mathfrak{a})_{\mathfrak{p}/\mathfrak{a}}## and its isomorphism?

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Undergrad Meaning of ##\coprod_{x\in\mathrm{Spec}R}R/\mathfrak{p}_x##

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Insights Groups, The Path from a Simple Concept to Mysterious Results

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Undergrad Can one find a matrix that's 'unique' to a collection of eigenvectors?

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Undergrad Expressing group definitions via group action and vice versa

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Undergrad Proving a divides c when gcd(a,b)=1 in a UFD

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Graduate Have I solved this iterative equation correctly?

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Undergrad Equivalent definitons for primitive polynomials

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Undergrad Showing ##k[x_1,\ldots,x_n]/\mathfrak{a}## is finite dimensional

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Undergrad How to show ##p(x)=g(x)x\pm 1\in\Bbb{Q}[x]## is irreducible in ##\Bbb{Q}_{\Bbb{Z}}[x]##?

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Undergrad Localizing single variable quotient polynomial ring at a prime ideal

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Undergrad Make a list of all irreducible polynomials of degrees 1 to 5 over F2

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Undergrad ##S_{n}(\alpha)=\sum_{k=1}^{n} (-1)^{\lfloor{k\alpha\rfloor}}##

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Undergrad Meaning of the notations: ##\mathbb{Z}[\frac{1}{a}]##

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Undergrad How do we distinguish two different notations for cokernel and coimage?

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Graduate linear programming, polyhedron and extreme points

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Undergrad Definition of minimal ideal using symbolic logic notation

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Undergrad Does 'identify' mean equality or isomorphism in algebra texts?

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Undergrad Meaning of "passage to the quotient"?

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Undergrad Correct constructed example of Abelian Monoid?

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Undergrad Notation questions about kernel, cokernel, image and coimage

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Undergrad Proof of ##\cap_{i\in \cup F}A_i=\cap_{x\in F}(\cap_{i\in X}A_i)##?

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Undergrad Correct state row entries in the following Sequential machine?

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Undergrad A true or false statement concerning condition number of a matrix

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Undergrad Proving inequality about dimension of quotient vector spaces

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Graduate Displacement-Rotation Algorithm

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Undergrad Symbol for matrix representative of a tensor

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Graduate Near-Rings with Noncommutative Addition and Two-Sided Distributivity

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Undergrad Proof by induction of block diagonal decomposition of a matrix

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High School Higher Dimensional Vectors

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High School The Relationship Between Function and Ordering Relation

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Undergrad How does this binomial expand?

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Undergrad Solving matrix commutator equations?

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Undergrad Proving null space of Wronskian equals span of linearly independent functions

  • psie
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Undergrad Uniqueness of reduced row echelon form (proof verification)

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Graduate How does v·f(g) work for an arbitrary FG-module?

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Insights Why Vector Spaces Explain The World: A Historical Perspective

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Undergrad ##\mathbb{C}\oplus\mathbb{C}\cong\mathbb{C}\otimes\mathbb{C}##

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Undergrad Why must T(v_{k+1}),...,T(v_n) be distinct in rank-nullity proof?

  • psie
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Undergrad Characterizing linear independence in terms of span

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Undergrad bra-ket with adjoints identity

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Undergrad Matrix rank in terms of determinant polynomial

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Graduate Deduce that the spectrum of a local ring is always connected

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Graduate Lectures by Richard Borcherds

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High School When are two vectors collinear and coplanar?

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Undergrad Quintic Polynomial Tschirnhaus Transform: Possible complex Bring Radicals

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Undergrad Use of induction in the proof of the Chinese Remainder Theorem

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Undergrad Orthogonal transformations preserve length

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Undergrad "Easy example" of transcendental numbers

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Undergrad Mapping tensor products into a Clifford algebra

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Undergrad Composite quantum systems: Kronecker and Hadamard/Schur products

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Undergrad Use of Laplacian operator in Operations Research Book

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Undergrad Index notation of vector rotation

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Graduate Why add 2ac+2ab+2abc in distributivity proof from Atiyah-MacDonald 1.24

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Undergrad Jacobi matrix diagonalization problems

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High School Subspaces of Functions- definition

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Undergrad What does V^G mean in linear algebra?

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Undergrad Seeking an intuition linking definitions of contravariant and covariant

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Undergrad Finding N for a given ε in the limit definition of sequences

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Undergrad Generators of translations

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Undergrad Did I figure-out z-translation of 2D-coordinates correctly?

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Undergrad Fundamental theorem of arithmetic from Jordan-Hölder theorem

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Undergrad The Lie algebra of ##\frak{so}(3)## without complexification

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Undergrad Applying change of basis to vector b_1 doesn't give b'_1?

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Graduate What Is the Role of 'n' and the Virgule in the Wedge Product Formalism?

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Undergrad Calculating Pitch and Roll Relative to a Velocity Vector from IMU Data

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Undergrad Is a 1x1 Matrix Considered a Scalar in Mathematics?

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Graduate Mathematical structures beyond tensors and holors

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Undergrad Convergence and divergence of series and sequences

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Undergrad In 4x4 matrix when does row swapping not affect eigenvaluess?

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