Linear and Abstract Algebra Forum

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Undergrad Can u understand my business coursework?

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High School Algebraic expressions - simplifying

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Undergrad Where did the six come from in the Chinese Remainder Theorem?

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Graduate Interpretation/significance of the eigenvalues for a system?

  • illwerral
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Graduate Factoring a wedge product into vectors? (geometric algebra)

  • Peeter
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Undergrad Understanding Adjacency Matrices for Digraphs?

  • Marie11
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High School Prime spiral: quirk or established area of study?

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Graduate Are A(N-1) and SU(N) equivalent groups?

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Graduate What's the Order of GL_2(F_5)?

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Graduate What does irreducible mean for a cyclic subgroup of GL(n,F)?

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Graduate Divisibility Problem: Fast Algorithm for Large Integers A and B

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Undergrad Find T([3,1]) for Linear Transformation R2 to R3

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Graduate What is the cyclic subgroup order of GL(2,p^n) generated by the given matrix?

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Undergrad To what number b/w 0 and 4 inclusive

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Undergrad What is Probabilistic number theory , could we rely on it ?

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High School When Does Matrix Multiplication Not Work?

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High School Scalar product of 2B and 3C given vectors B and C

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Graduate What Are the Idempotents of the Ring Z/100Z?

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Graduate Unify principles of two formulae

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Graduate Find Basis for Ker (T) with S = {1, 0, 1, 0}

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Undergrad How do I use Least Square Fitting to Calculate the Best Line of Fit?

  • EngNoob
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High School MIT's linear algebra course by Professor Strang

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Undergrad What is the signed angle between two 2-dimensional vectors?

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Graduate Uncovering the Connection Between Rings and Involutions: A Homomorphism Puzzle

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Undergrad But we assumed p and q are mutually prime, a contradiction.

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Graduate Choose subset of n+1 from 2n set

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Graduate Is a Self-adjoint Operator Always Real?

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Undergrad Entries in every row add to zero (nullspace/determinant question)

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Undergrad Inverse of Matrix Sum Formula: Solving for Upper Triangular Matrices

  • Physics_wiz
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Undergrad Are a complex equation and its conjugate linearly dependent?

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Graduate [((n-1)/2)]^2 = -(-1)^[(n-1)/2] (mod n)

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Undergrad Equation of plane containing point (0,1,3) and line

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Graduate Is the adjoint image T*(Y*) closed in X* when T(X) is closed?

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Graduate Vector/Matrix Differentiation: Where to Put the Transpose?

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Graduate Is R a Finite-Dimensional Vector Space Over Q?

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High School Why is e_i the standard notation for unit vectors?

  • Peeter
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Undergrad Can (n-1) be Divisible by n for Any Natural Number n ≥ 5 and Not Prime?

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Graduate Proving GL(n) Center Diagonal Matrices

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Undergrad How Does Matrix Symmetry Affect Row and Column Ranks?

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Undergrad Solve Extraneous Roots: Why Do They Arise?

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Graduate Exponential bound for Euler's zeta function?

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Graduate Moore penrose inverse expressed as geometric product?

  • Peeter
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Graduate Geometrical algebra's: simple equation

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Undergrad Reducing Number of Multiplications in a Loop

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Undergrad Is there a formula for gcd(a+h,b+k) given gcd(a,b) and gcd(h,k)?

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Graduate Lebesgue measure and scale freedom

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Graduate Germain Primes and the Homogenous Integer Function Q(x,y)

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Undergrad Why Might My Palindrome Calculation Be Incorrect?

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Graduate Sum of two prime ideals is prime ?

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High School How Can I Perform Quadratic Regression on an HP 50g Calculator?

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Graduate Understanding Quotient Vector Space: Collapsing to Zero

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Graduate Can a 4x4 matrix with two vanishing eigenvalues have a square root?

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High School When are a and x whole integers in 3(x²)=a²?

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Undergrad How to solve second-order matrix diffrential equation?

  • jahandideh
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Graduate What is the English translation for Einsatzunghomöomorphismus in German?

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Undergrad Linear Algebra: Solving Systems of Equations with Wedge Product?

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Graduate Is the Intersection of Even and Odd Function Subspaces Only the Zero Function?

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Graduate Proving the Sum of a Series using Fourier Series Technique

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High School Can You Count the Zeros Between Two Numbers?

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Graduate How to Show that PL is a Matrix in Vector Projection?

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Undergrad Prove Commutation Property for 2x2 Matrices D

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Graduate X in dA => x isolated or strict limit (Topological space)

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Graduate Prove Sum of Series Property: a_n = Ba_{n-1} - a_{n-2}

  • ramsey2879
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Graduate Completeness of irreducible representations

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Undergrad Is Elementary Number Theory More Challenging Than Calculus and Linear Algebra?

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Graduate How Can You Prove the Commutative Property of Vector Addition in Rn Spaces?

  • Shenlong08
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Undergrad Why Do Monotonous Functions Have Only One Unique Solution?

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Graduate Reduction of a blade pseudovector quotient?

  • Peeter
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Graduate Prove that phi(a^n - 1) is divisible by n

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Graduate Prove that a^t = -1 (mod p^k) for

  • xax
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Graduate Linear Programming Theory, Optimality Criterion Question

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Graduate Infinite Sum Question (q-harmonic?)

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Graduate Projection Operators on Vector Spaces: Clarifying Mistakes

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Graduate If the union of two subspaces is a subspace, must one contain the other?

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Graduate Proving 2Z is Non-Isomorphic to 3Z

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Undergrad Spanning an m-dimensional space requires at least m vectors

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Undergrad Solving a system with Cramer's rule

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Undergrad Recommendation for textbook on number theory

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Undergrad Questions about twin prime numbers

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Undergrad Overview of Matrix Invertibility: How Can We Prove That a Matrix is Invertible?

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Graduate Does Closure of Y Guarantee Continuity of Projection in Norm Space X?

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High School What relationship do 5 and 6 have that no other pair of distinct positive integers share?

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Undergrad How Can You Maximize the Product of Integers Given a Fixed Sum?

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Undergrad Proof of n(n-1)/2 as the Number of 2-Subsets in an n-Set

  • Ella087
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Undergrad De Morgan's law for three sets: (A ∩ B)' = A' ∪ B'?

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High School Help with arithmetic tables

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Graduate Doran/Lasenby. Commutator and symmetric products?

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Undergrad Finding Eigenvalues for a Matrix with One Real Eigenvalue of Multiplicity 2

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Graduate Artin's Conjecture on Primitive Roots: Perfect Squares

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Undergrad What is the relationship between subspaces V and W if V is contained in W?

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Undergrad Reverse Partition grouping problem

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Graduate Problem with transformations in Rijndael's finite field

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Undergrad Calculating Hamming Distances in 5-Bit Binary Sets

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Graduate Finding powers of a square matrix

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Graduate Direct Image Sheaf at Generic Point of an Irreducible Component

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High School Finding a Parabola using three points, no equations

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Graduate How Do Elements of Direct Product Groups Commute in Particle Physics?

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Graduate How can diagonal matrices help solve eigenvalue problems?

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Undergrad Are All Bases Sets of Orthogonal Vectors?

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Undergrad Modular Algorithm for Solving Equations with Unknowns Modulo 100

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