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Graduate When Does a Map Induce an Isomorphism or Homomorphism?

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Graduate Geometric algebra solution for intersection of planes in RN

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Undergrad What is a Vector: Sadri Hassani's Maths Physics Reading

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Graduate I was searching for the definition of localization of a ring .

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Undergrad Proving Subsets: A Venn Diagram Approach

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Graduate How to construct a character table from the group and its classes

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Graduate Is M a Subspace of V if S and T are Linear Maps from V onto W?

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Graduate What's the difference between abstract algebra and number theory?

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Graduate Given S, T, prove that ST and TS have the same eigenvalues.

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Graduate Using Quadratic formula in other fields

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Undergrad How to find eigenvalues/eigenvectors

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Undergrad Can matrices be used to solve systems with different degree variables?

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Graduate Is there a proof for the new Mersenne numbers conjecture?

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Graduate Regarding Diagonalization of Matrix by Spectral Theorem

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Undergrad Subspaces of R2 and R3: Understanding Dimensions of Real Vector Spaces

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Graduate Conjecture re form x^2 + Mxy + y^2

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High School Why use cosine not sine for the scalar product of vectors

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Graduate Why is H a normal subgroup of its normalizer?

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High School : simple problem 3x = 1 (mod 16), find all possible values of x mod 16

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Graduate Parallel discrete logs (continues: modular arithmetic)

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Undergrad What is the use of the convolution theorem in multiplying large numbers?

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Graduate How to Prove the Eigenvalue Property of CrA(x)?

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Graduate Understanding Composition of Point Symmetry Generators in Lie Algebras

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Graduate Why is d(x^TCx) equal to x^T(C+C^T)dx?

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Graduate Is Symmetry Crucial in Understanding Group Theory?

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High School Simple problem 3x = 1 (mod 16), find all possible values of x mod 16

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Graduate Difference between self-adjoint and Hermitian operators

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Undergrad Solving 2^k ≡ n mod p with Modular Arithmetic

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Graduate Can you define +0 and -0 as the same element in integers?

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Graduate Is 0 Considered a Prime Element in an Integral Domain?

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Graduate How Does the Cross Product Work in Geometric Algebra?

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Graduate Generation of isomorphic fields by separate algebraic elements

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Graduate Equivalence of Irreducibility Tests for Polynomials Under Variable Substitution

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High School What is number theory?

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Relations between numbers and group members

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Graduate Matrix Binomials: Struggling to Interpret Question

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Graduate Proving A = I + uv^T is invertible when u^T v ≠ -1

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Graduate How can we accurately compute the matrix exponential?

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Graduate Conversion from Cartesian to toroidal coordinates

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Undergrad Showing a mapping is onto and/or one to one

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Graduate Physics and Mathematics - what are the unsolved problems?

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Undergrad Do vectors that span a space have to be linearly independent?

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Graduate Maximal ideal question, + invertibility

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Graduate Conjugate and Inverse Quaternions

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Undergrad How do you determine the intersection of two vector subspaces?

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Graduate Reference for commutative algebra of graded rings and modules

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Graduate Is Idempotent Equivalence in Rings Transitive?

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Undergrad Proving Singular Matrix A Has Nonzero Matrix B: Linear Algebra Problem

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High School What is number theory?

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Graduate Good Algebra Textbook: Basic to Graduate Level

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Graduate Asymptotic expansion for Mertens function

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Undergrad Why divide a vector by its norm to get a unit vector

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Undergrad Why do determinant expansions by different rows give the same result?

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Undergrad Books and websites for learning category theory from abstract algebra

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Graduate Help With Proving a is Zero Divisor Mod n iff gcd(a,n)>1

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Undergrad Making a Set a Basis: Is V Spanned?

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Undergrad What is the value of ||\vec{x}||How to Approach a Vector Projection Problem?

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Undergrad Infinity subtracted from infinity is undefined.

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Graduate Linear Operators: False for Non-Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces

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Graduate General form of all matrices in SO(3)

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Undergrad What is the Solution to Finding a Set of n+1 Integers from 2n?

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Graduate Irreducibility in multiple dimensions

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Graduate Proving N(H) is a Subgroup of G to Normalizers in Group Theory

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Graduate Proving a group is commutative if ax³a = x for all x

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Graduate Q1: Does A and its transpose have the same eigenspace?

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Graduate Generating Rings with Ideals: The Possibilities and Implications

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Undergrad Why Is Matrix Multiplication Defined the Way It Is?

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Graduate Proving a Dimensional Inequality for Null Spaces of Linear Transformations

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Undergrad How Can We Represent and Sum the Rows of This Manipulated Pascal's Triangle?

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Graduate Conjecture about Dirichlet series.

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Graduate Proof of Infinite Cyclic Group Isomorphism to Z

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Graduate How Do Quotient Spaces Relate to Periodic Boundary Conditions in Mathematics?

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Undergrad Can isomorophisms be really random?

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High School How do you check if a vector is constant?

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Graduate Fast algorithm to test if a number is a semiprime

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Graduate General Form of 3x3 unitary matrix

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Undergrad Can linear least squares be used for inverse function approximation?

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Graduate What is the correct method for transforming a matrix to a new basis?

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Undergrad Can I Use Linear Algebra to Prove the Equation det(AB) = det(A) det(B)?

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Undergrad Distributive Properties of the Determinate

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Undergrad Why Does a Subset of a Vector Space Need the Zero Vector to Be a Subspace?

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Undergrad Why is linear algebra useful for quantum mechanics and engineering?

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Graduate Proving Vector Space of F[x]/(g(x)) with Degree n

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Graduate Is 1 considered the zero vector in this scenario?

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Undergrad Solving Linear Algebra Problem: Eliminating p_2 with Diagonal D

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High School Why Do Solutions Sometimes Differ from Absolute Values?

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Undergrad Linear Algebra: need suggestions for learning

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Graduate Is the Real Number Set Countable with a Special Function?

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High School Zero product property for integers

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Undergrad MIT OpenCourseWare Linear Algebra

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Graduate What is the role of the Axiom of Choice in algebraic structures?

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Graduate Constructing a Stiffness Matrix for Research on Rat Scoliosis

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Graduate Inner products, operators, equality

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Graduate Proving 0v=0 using only the 10 Axioms

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Graduate A quesion about Field of quotients

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Graduate Irreducible reps of maximal tori

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Undergrad 196-Algorithm (palindromic numbers)

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Undergrad Understanding Coset Representation and its Role in Group Theory

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Graduate Digit cycle length in base k for 1/b and 1/b²

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Graduate A group G has exactly 8 elements or order 3

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