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Undergrad How Do Elementary Operations Affect Matrix Rank Preservation?

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High School Matrix A^(m+1) is different from A^(1+m)?

  • Aldnoahz
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Undergrad Existence of basis for P_2 with no polynomial of degree 1

  • Mr Davis 97
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Noetherian Modules and Submodules - J A Beachy, Proposition 2.4.5 .... ....

  • Math Amateur
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Graduate Algebra - Clifford, Dirac, Lorentz

  • spaghetti3451
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Graduate How Do Ladder Operators Annihilate States in SU(2) Algebra?

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Is this a valid proof for the invertibility of $\Phi$?

  • rputra
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Undergrad Proof that every basis has the same cardinality

  • member 587159
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Undergrad Nonempty Subspace: Proving 0u = 0

  • Mr Davis 97
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Show That $F(S)$ Is the Smallest Subfield of $K$

  • mathmari
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Show that Q[π] is not a subset of Q(π)

  • mathmari
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Undergrad Questions about linear transformations

  • Mayan Fung
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Undergrad Understanding rectangular matrices

  • Urmi Roy
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Finding the Matrix Associated with a Linear Mapping on a Real Matrix

  • rputra
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Graduate Question on Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

  • mnb96
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Find Group $G$ with Infinite Order Element: Ablien Not Allowed

  • alexmahone
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Proving Divisibility of Polynomials in Field Extensions

  • mathmari
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Undergrad Finitely Generated Modules .... another question

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Finitely Generated Modules and Their Submodules ....

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Vector Functions: v(r) Explained

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Determinant of matrix with Aij = min(i, j)

  • nedf
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Finitely Generated Modules and Their Submodules .... Berrick and Keating ....

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Components of functions in vector spaces

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Graduate For finite dimension vector spaces, all norms are equivalent

  • ShayanJ
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High School Matrices concept confusion....

  • Clara Chung
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I=<f> is maximal iff f is irreducible

  • mathmari
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Proving Convex Set Properties to Showing the Convexity of X-Y

  • rputra
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Undergrad I don't quite understand what i read

  • Terrell
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Please, help with system of equations

  • Nikolas7
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How can the convexity of a disk be proved using linear algebra?

  • rputra
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Undergrad Finitely Generated Ideals and Noetherian Rings

  • Math Amateur
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Finite Extension Simple iff Purely Inseparable Closure Simple

  • caffeinemachine
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Show That F[u]=F(u): Proving with Theorem

  • mathmari
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Finitely Generated Ideals and Noetherian Rings

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Triangular Matrix RIngs .... Lam, Proposition 1.17

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad How Do You Prove a Matrix Ring is Right Artinian But Not Left Artinian?

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Quick question about Lagrange's theorem

  • TeethWhitener
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Undergrad Linear least-squares method and row multiplication of matrix

  • Mesud1
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Proving disjoint of Kernel and Image of a linear mapping

  • rputra
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How Do You Prove a Mapping is Surjective?

  • rputra
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Triangular Matrix RIngs .... Lam, Proposition 1.17

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Triangular Matrix RIngs .... Another Question

  • Math Amateur
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Triangular Matrix Rings .... Another Question

  • Math Amateur
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Is G an Abelian Group Given Specific Conditions?

  • alexmahone
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Undergrad Why do eigenvectors stay the same when a matrix is squared?

  • Aldnoahz
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Undergrad Concrete Examples of Exact Sequences in Linear Algebra

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What are the ideals of the matrix ring?

  • Math Amateur
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Maximal Ideals - Exercise 5.1 (ii) Rotman AMA

  • Math Amateur
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Example on Triangular Rings - Lam, Example 1.14

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Example on Triangular Rings - Lam, Example 1.14

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Points of a finite projective line

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Approaching Question C1: Finding Roots of Elements in a Field

  • Kiwi1
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High School How do we know if something is vector or scalar quantity?

  • Faiq
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Undergrad Expanding linear independent vectors

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Undergrad Understanding Subspaces: Definition and Examples | PF Study Guide

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Undergrad How to Construct an Orthonormal Basis for a 2D Subspace in Linear Algebra?

  • vibe3
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Graduate Expectation operation for covariance calculation

  • nikozm
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Undergrad Coordinate transformation of a vector of magnitude zero

  • Battlemage!
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Undergrad Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - Bhattacharya et al

  • Math Amateur
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Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - Bhattacharya et al - Ch. 2, Section 1

  • Math Amateur
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Maximal Ideals - Exercise 5.1 (iii) Rotman AMA

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Are the columns space and row space same for idempotent matrix?

  • arpon
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A little problem on exact sequences, part 2.

  • steenis
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Prime and Maximal Ideals in PIDs .... Rotman, AMA Theorem 5.12

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Newton's formula for the sums of powers of roots?

  • Clara Chung
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Prove Z7 is a Ring Under + and x Operations

  • Zoey93
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Undergrad Prime and Maximal Ideals in PIDs ... Rotman, AMA Theorem 5.12

  • Math Amateur
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How Does the Correspondence Theorem for Rings Prove Maximal Ideals?

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Maximal Ideals and the Correspondence Theorem for Rings

  • Math Amateur
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Normal Extensions and Normal Subgroups

  • Kiwi1
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A little problem on exact sequences.

  • steenis
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Undergrad Constructing a vector from a point

  • Mr Davis 97
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Undergrad Transpose Property (where's my mistake)

  • member 428835
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Undergrad A double in this example problem

  • Muthumanimaran
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Undergrad Show that the diagonals are perpendicular using vectors

  • Mr Davis 97
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High School Vector perpendicular to a plane defined by two vectors

  • Mr Davis 97
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Vector in 3d with given by magnitude and angle

  • cbarker1
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Undergrad Use Lorentz Force to Find Magnetic Field Components

  • peasqueeze
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Undergrad Can RREF be used for any size matrix?

  • Mr Davis 97
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Undergrad Matrix Component Equation: Solving for B with Known Scalar and Indices

  • member 428835
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Undergrad Kronecker Delta summation (easy)

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High School The equation relating a vector to a unit vector

  • Mr Davis 97
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Prove: \(F(a,b)^*=F(a) \cup F(b)\)

  • Kiwi1
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Ice cream & yogurt matrices problem

  • mathlearn
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Undergrad Two-sided Prinicipal Ideal - the Noncommutative Case - D&F

  • Math Amateur
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Why Is the Set {ras | r, s ∈ R} Not a Two-Sided Ideal in Noncommutative Rings?

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Understanding SU(2) Representations and Their Role in Particle Physics

  • Silviu
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Undergrad Module Over a Division Ring - Blyth Theorem 1.1, Part 4

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad State of a Generator in Representation Theory

  • Silviu
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High School Tensor Calculus vs Tensor Analysis?

  • ibkev
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Undergrad What is the name of the matrix decomposition with specific properties?

  • Ken Gallock
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Undergrad No problem, it's always good to have multiple sources!

  • Silviu
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Finding the zero vector of a sinusoidal set

  • Apricity
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Submodules A + B and A intersect B .... Blyth Ch. 2

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Submodules A + B and A intersect B .... Blyth Ch. 2

  • Math Amateur
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Theorem 2.3: Submodule Generation by Family of Submodules - T. S. Blyth

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Undergrad Submodule Generated by Family of Submodules -Simple Question

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High School Is the Inverse of this Matrix Possible?

  • askor
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Undergrad Interpretation of direct product of Hilbert spaces

  • IanBerkman
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Undergrad Coordinate System: Understanding Polar Vectors

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