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High School Is .99 Repeating Truly Equal to 1?
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High School Calculating Pi: Find Reliable Measurments
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Graduate A problem like Fermat's Last Theorem
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Graduate Is Conjugate Symmetry Enough for a Hermitian Inner Product?
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Graduate How to Solve Group Theory Problems and Understand Underlying Concepts?
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Graduate Solve a^2 + b^2 = c^3: Integer Solutions
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Graduate Does the Limit of Unioned Fractions Equal the Rationals in [0,1]?
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Graduate Can Anyone Help with These RSA Encryption Questions?
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Undergrad Linear Algebra Texts Recommended for Rigorous Approach
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Graduate Ring Theory: Introduction and Beyond
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Graduate Sylow first thm and normal subgroups
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Graduate Classify all groups of order 147
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Undergrad How many possible menus can be created with 10 foods from 4 categories?
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Undergrad Discovering Perfect Squares in x!+1 Function | Roger's Experience and Insights
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Undergrad What can I expect from a course in Abstract Linear Algebra?
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Graduate Does the Addition of Subspaces Always Result in Unique Additive Identities?
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Graduate Algorithmic complexity of primes
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Graduate Explaining Minimal Polynomial of Matrix A
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Graduate How Is the Primary Decomposition Theorem Known in Various Mathematical Texts?
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Undergrad Group Theory Textbooks: Recommended Books & Numerical Examples
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Graduate Proving Functions: The Relationship Between Onto and 1-to-1 Properties
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Graduate Space Complexity of Number-theoretic Algorithms
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Graduate Proofs of Group Theory for Theoretical Physicists - Daniel
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Undergrad Is Lambda an Eigenvalue of A in the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem Proof?
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Undergrad Coding theory & cryptography books
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Undergrad Prime Number Multiplication: Is Result Always Prime?
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Undergrad Understanding Transcendal Numbers: Importance and Examples
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Undergrad Towers of integers and divisibilty by 11
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Graduate Is it Valid to Use Congruences to Show No Solution for Fermat's Last Theorem?
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Undergrad Is the Inverse of a Diagonal Matrix Simply the Inverse of Its Elements?
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High School Understanding Null Space: A Plain English Guide
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Undergrad I was reading simon singh's the code book
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Undergrad Non integer square roots and pi = irrational?
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Graduate How Is Symmetric Algebra Isomorphic to a Free Commutative R-Algebra?
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Graduate Infinite number of open intervals
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Graduate Moduloid - Abelian Unital Magma
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Graduate Max Trace of U(N) Matrices: A Complex Problem
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Graduate Proof of the Left Distributive Law for matrices.
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Undergrad Ancient puzzle, solved by abstract algebra?
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Graduate Is $\forall p,q,r \in \mathbb{N}$ Satisfiable?
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Graduate What are T2-Spaces and Separability in Topology?
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Graduate How Do You Construct a [4, 7^2, 3] Code Using MOLS?
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Graduate Is Representation Theory on Rigged Hilbert Spaces Explored in Textbooks?
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Graduate How does one compute the number of ring homomorphisms
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Undergrad Forgot some defintions on norms
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Undergrad Understanding Notation and Proving Linear Independence
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Undergrad Applications of singular matricies
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Graduate Vector Products: What Happens When Professors Refuse to Explain?
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Undergrad Solving Generating Function Problems - How to Get the Answer
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Graduate Completing the Spinor Group Commutative Diagram
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Undergrad Dot Product Calculator Quandry
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High School Division by Seven and Modular Arithmetic: The Ultimate Guide
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High School What is the Definition of Moduli of Elasticity?
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Graduate Digitized Proof of Wiles' Fermat's Last Theorem: Seeking a Link | Neohaven
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Undergrad How Do Factors Relate in the Quadratic Form N^2 - 3N + 1?
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Graduate What Does [\mathcal{L},\mathcal{L}] = \mathcal{L} Imply in Simple Lie Algebras?
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Graduate Endomorphism Compositions and Injectivity/Surjectivity Criteria for Groups
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Graduate M43: GIMPS project has found a new Mersenne prime
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Graduate Linear algebra proof definition of a stochastic matrix
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High School Understanding the Matrix of Minors
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Undergrad 6 generals propose locking a safe with a number of different locks
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Graduate Is It Possible to Identify an Original Isomorphism in Group Theory?
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Graduate Counting Primitive Roots in Finite Fields without Group Theory
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Undergrad How Do You Rotate a Complex Number by 270 Degrees?
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Graduate Fourier complex series for Pi(x)
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Undergrad Applications of Algebra: Groups, Rings, Ideals
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Undergrad Can You Prove the Sum of Cubes Equals the Square of the Sum?
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Graduate FLT-Solution for prime values of n .
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Undergrad Why do we need infinite dimensional vector spaces?
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Undergrad Subspaces, R^n How to visualize?
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Graduate Infinite primes using Quadratic Residues
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Graduate Exterior Algebra Tutorials - Differentials & Wedge Products
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Undergrad What Are Subspaces in Linear Spaces and How Are They Defined?
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Graduate Power series to find the inverse of any function in Z_2[x]?
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Undergrad Mathlab and least square problem
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Graduate Bounding pi(n): Dusart's 1999 Extension of Rosser's Theorem
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Graduate Proving m+1 is a Perfect Square when m/8 is a Triangular Number
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Graduate Understanding Faulhaber's Formula for Sum of Powers of n Integers
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Graduate Counting Invertible Matrices in GL(3, Z_2)
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High School Can Computers Solve Transcendental Equations?
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Undergrad Can Two Elevators with Different Periods Meet on the Same Floor?
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Graduate Is f(x) = (x^3-2) irreducible over Z_p when 3 does not divide p-1?
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Undergrad Proving Abelian Group with Numbers and Operations
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Graduate Congruences of (x^n-2) and its factors
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Graduate Practical pseudoprimality testing
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Undergrad Cyclic Abelian Groups: True for All Cases?
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Undergrad Solving Complex Problems Without Expansion
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Undergrad Proving a Continuing Series: Methods
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Undergrad Can Zeroing a Variable Simplify Matrix Equations?
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Graduate Properties of Composites Composed of Two Odd Prime Factors
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Graduate What is "Modding Out by A" in R/A?
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Graduate What is the Notation for Adjoints in Matrices?
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Undergrad Is 'Number Theory with Computer Applications' a Recommended Book for Beginners?
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Undergrad What is a good introductory textbook for Number Theory at the university level?
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Graduate Have Unusual Theorems on Vector Spaces and Semigroups Been Explored?
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Graduate Could Riemann Hypothesis be completely false?
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Graduate Preadditive categories are all Abelian
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Graduate Reduced Homology: Modding Z(+)Z & Zeroth Homology
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Undergrad Euler's Method of proving primes r infinite
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Undergrad The Diagonal Method: Proving Sets are Infinite
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