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Graduate Has the Prime Number Distribution Puzzle Been Cracked?

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Undergrad Proving Properties of Exponents Using Induction

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Undergrad Proving n! > n^2 for n ≥ 4 with Induction

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Graduate Clifford Algebra Question on Vectors

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Undergrad Solving 4 linear equations with five unknown variables?

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Graduate Has Any One solved Fermats Last Theorem ?

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Undergrad Vector Spaces and polynomial functions

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Undergrad Growth of Functions - What is "Log Star" (O(log*n))?

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Graduate Vector Transformation in \mathbb{R}^n and \mathbb{R}^m with Separable Components

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Graduate Algebraic closure of finite field

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Undergrad Proving n^3>n^2: Using Mathematical Induction and Set of Natural Numbers

  • Ed Quanta
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High School Is zero considered a number in mathematics?

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High School Solving (x+3)^(2/3)=3 and a rational equation

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Graduate Attempting to prove Goldbach's conjecture using prime sets

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Undergrad Proofs: If a|b then -a|b, a|-b, -a|-ab

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Undergrad Making Vector Addition programmeable

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High School Setting up equations for tree height growth rates

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Graduate How Can I Prove |ab| = |ba| in a Group?

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High School Is 1 a Prime Number? - Fact Check

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Graduate Proving that gcd(x, n) = gcd(n-x, n) for 0 ≤ x ≤ n/2

  • gimpy
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Undergrad How can a linear transformation be divided and separated into parts?

  • nille40
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Graduate How Do You Prove the Order of ab is mn in an Abelian Group When gcd(m, n) = 1?

  • Jupiter
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Graduate Prove n ≡ 3(mod 6) when 2^n + n^2 is prime

  • gimpy
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High School Digital root properties of 9 in base 10

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Graduate Is subset relation an equivalence relation on a set of sets?

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Graduate How Do Dynamics and Algebra Interact in the Study of Affine Varieties?

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High School Proving x = x² has only solutions 0 and 1 using axioms

  • Ed Quanta
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Undergrad Proving the Distributive Law for Integers

  • Ed Quanta
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Graduate Can You Plot the Parametrization for 3D Geometric Algebra?

  • scariari
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High School Simple proof, just using the axioms

  • Ed Quanta
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High School Why is division by zero undefined?

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Undergrad What is a semi-direct product?

  • nille40
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Undergrad What happens as we approach infinity on the number line?

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Graduate What is the structure of group algebras for D4 and Q8?

  • algebrist
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Graduate What is the smallest non-solvable group and how can it be proven?

  • Savaros
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Graduate Klein and Cyclic Groups: Definitions and Subgroups

  • nille40
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Graduate How can the parallelogram law be proven?

  • franz32
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High School Decimal fractions and the numer 1

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Undergrad Questions about electric shock and field lines

  • franz32
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Graduate Has the Poincare Conjecture Finally Been Solved?

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Graduate Perfect numbers and the search for odd perfect numbers

  • kebz33
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Graduate What is the relationship between a matrix A and its eigenvalue g when A-1 = A?

  • agro
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Graduate Can't solve a problem about subspaces

  • sintec
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Undergrad Showing 2 Lines Lie in Same Plane: Equation Solution

  • sintec
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Graduate Fourier analysis of the prime distribution

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High School Find the first five terms of sequence

  • vaastav
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Undergrad Matrix Solutions and Gaussian Reduction: An Introduction to Linear Algebra

  • Gunni
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Undergrad Finding the Transformation Matrix for Linear Transformations in R^3

  • sintec
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Undergrad Is Computational Number Theory Underrepresented in Online Resources?

  • Moni
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Graduate What is the correct definition of SO(n) and SU(n)?

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Graduate What is the number of elements in the set {x^(13n) : n is a positive integer}?

  • yxgao
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Graduate Trying to track down a Partition theorem

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Undergrad Greatest integer divides p^4 -1

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Graduate Taking the logarithm of the euler product

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Divisibility Testing for Prime Numbers

  • Moni
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Graduate How can I show that y is an eigenvalue of B?

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Undergrad Why are eigenvalues and eigenvectors important and how were they developed?

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Undergrad Do A and A^t always have the same eigenvectors?

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Graduate The group of invertible 2 by 2 matrices

  • yxgao
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Newest Prime Number Found Today!

  • Miles
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Undergrad Proving Linear Algebra Concepts: A=A^-1, A^T=A^-1

  • franz32
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Graduate How do commutators act on tri-vectors in geometric algebra?

  • scariari
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Graduate How many ways can n be written as a sum of primes?

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate Show that if A is nonsingular symmetric matrix

  • franz32
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Graduate Can I Name My Prime Series After Myself?

  • Sariaht
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Undergrad How Can Vector Proofs Simplify Solving Complex Geometry Problems?

  • matrix_204
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Graduate Understanding Gregory's Formula: A Mathematical Challenge

  • Gunni
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High School A query that has only got two different prime factors

  • QuantumNet
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Undergrad How Is the Permutation (23) Expressed as a Product of Transpositions?

  • wubie
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Undergrad How can I better understand the steps of linear algebra?

  • phantomAI
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Graduate Real primes as complex composites

  • Loren Booda
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Undergrad Elementary Row Operations on Matrices

  • cepheid
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High School Benediktov Problem: Solve the Daughters' Egg Selling Challenge

  • vikasj007
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Graduate Solving an Eigenvalue Problem for Large n Matrix

  • Pyrokenesis
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Graduate Is <Z_n\{0},+> a Group Without Zero?

  • nille40
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Graduate How to determine if a subgroup is normal in Group Theory?

  • wubie
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Undergrad Using set intersection to represent logical statements

  • StephenPrivitera
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Graduate Definiton of a category question

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Order of elements in cyclic subgroup generated by a

  • wubie
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Undergrad Matrices and Matrix Calculations of Linear Algebra

  • ExtravagantDreams
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Undergrad Find A Permutation of order 6 in S5

  • wubie
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High School What are normalizing, determinants, adjoints and linear algebra?

  • hawaiidude
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Graduate Can the Resultant of Cross Products of Vectors with Zero Resultant also be Zero?

  • STAii
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Undergrad Can Smullyan's paradox on page 189 be solved?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad How to verify a number is a Carmichael number without checking all bases

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad What is M? system of linear equations

  • hawaiidude
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Graduate Proving g2 = u in Dihedral Group of Order 8

  • wubie
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Graduate Bohemian Intellectual Mathematics and Occultism

  • Ramanujan12
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Graduate How Do You Calculate Curvature and Osculating Circles for a Helical Path?

  • pezzang
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Undergrad What Is the Meaning of Permutations in Mathematics?

  • wubie
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Undergrad Is Induction or Contradiction Better for Proving 2n+1 < 2^n When n > 3?

  • Arden1528
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Graduate Noncommotative structural numbers

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Undergrad Divisibility of c by a and b but not ab .

  • wubie
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Graduate Has the Prime Number Distribution Conjecture Been Cracked?

  • synergy
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High School How is division defined in mathematics?

  • AndersHermansson
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Undergrad Is a*b = |ab| a Group Operation?

  • Arden1528
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Undergrad How Do You Construct a Degree 8 Polynomial with Given Complex and Real Roots?

  • Caldus
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High School Does the Euclidean algorithm use the larger number as m or n?

  • Arden1528
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Graduate What is the relationship between the magenta and cyan areas?

  • Organic
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Undergrad Proving: if m = dn and m|an, then d|a

  • wubie
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