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Field Extensions for polynomials

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Why does dual basis e*_1 depend on the entire basis?

  • Math Amateur
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How Are Coefficients of a Vector Linear Functions of the Vector?

  • Math Amateur
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High School How can you factorize polynomials with fourth degree terms?

  • gede
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Finding equation normal to a plane and certain point

  • brunette15
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How do you change the basis of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^3$?

  • Guest2
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How Does E Relate to Q[x]/(x²+x+1) in Complex Algebra?

  • mathjam0990
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Finding the dimension of a solution space for a homogeneous system

  • Guest2
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High School What Does Dimension Mean in Vector Spaces?

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Showing That $(AB)x = A(Bx)$: A Clue!

  • evinda
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Which is the velocity and the angle?

  • mathmari
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Dimension of $m \times n$ Matrices: Finding Basis

  • Guest2
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Does the triple product being zero guarantee coplanarity of vectors?

  • evinda
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High School What are the values in a vector?

  • The Subject
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Verifying Subgroup Notation of $H(x_0)$ in $A(S)

  • Guest2
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The automorphic group is abelian

  • mathmari
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Proving the Normality of Inner Automorphism Group in Group Theory

  • mathmari
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Undergrad Linear Transformation notation

  • The Subject
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High School Application of Matrices and Determinants

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Graduate Confusion about eigenvalues of an operator

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Which function do we define to show the homomorphism?

  • mathmari
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Does \( A_4 \) Have a Subgroup of Order 6?

  • mathmari
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Finding dimensions of subspaces of ℝ³ defined by linear constraints

  • Guest2
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Subspace spanned by subsets of polynomials

  • Guest2
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How can the Wronskian be used to determine linear independence?

  • Guest2
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Graduate Definition of an operator in a vector space

  • maNoFchangE
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Undergrad Insight/Intuition into rotations in R²

  • STENDEC
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Every set of k+1 elements is dependent.

  • Guest2
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Why is theta restricted to [0,pi] in mathematics and physics?

  • evinda
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Symmetric Polynomials s1,s2,s3

  • mathjam0990
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Coordinates of F(u₁) relative to standard basis in Example 6.1

  • Math Amateur
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Distributing the Product of Functions over Composition of Functions

  • Math Amateur
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If a subset T of S is dependent, then S itself dependent

  • Guest2
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Graduate Sextenions (6D hypercomplex numbers)

  • EinsteinKreuz
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Find Equation of Plane Perpendicular to Line $l(t)$

  • evinda
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Proving Span of $\mathbb{R}^2$ Using Sets of Vectors

  • Guest2
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Checking if an interval value satisfies an expression

  • Siron
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Undergrad Supremum = least upper bound, anything > supremum?

  • pyroknife
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How do you define the isomorphism from M to S_3?

  • mathmari
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Proving That $G$ is Abelian When $G/Z$ is Cyclic

  • mathmari
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What is the center of $GL_n(\mathbb{R})$?

  • evinda
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Understanding Aut(G) Isomorphism to Z2

  • mathmari
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Finding the center of S_n using disjoint cycle representation

  • evinda
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Is $\text{Aut}(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}_{p-1}$?

  • mathmari
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Proving Evenness of m and r in σ ∈ Sn

  • namzay300
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Graduate Quotient of group by a semidirect product of subgroups

  • mnb96
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Symmetric Polynomials Involving Discriminant Poly

  • mathjam0990
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Undergrad How do cofactors, determinants, and the adjugate matrix relate in finding inverses?

  • gfd43tg
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Graduate Can I bra through a Modulus in Quantum Mechanics?

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How Does Burnside's Lemma Calculate the Number of Distinct Colored Cubes?

  • mathjam0990
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Does a group with finitely many subgroups have to be finite?

  • evinda
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Undergrad How to find basis vectors for a+ ax^2+bx^4?

  • DhineshKumar
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Why are my and my book's reduced row echelon forms different?

  • Pull and Twist
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What Do the Elements of $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}$ Look Like?

  • mathmari
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Does This Cayley Table Accurately Represent the Dihedral Group \(D_6\)?

  • Guest2
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Finding T(e1), T(e2), T(e3) in example 2.6.4 of McInerney

  • Math Amateur
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(Very) Basic Questions on Linear Transformations and Their Matrices

  • Math Amateur
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Graduate Why does abcdabcd equal -1 in geometric algebra?

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Graduate How Is the Abelianization of a Lie Group Defined?

  • mnb96
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Pinwheel Symmetry Formulas Exposed

  • mathjam0990
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Graduate Definition of regular Lie group action

  • mnb96
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Quotient Groups & how to interpret notation?

  • mathjam0990
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Guarantee positiveness of an expression

  • Siron
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Graduate Approximate a spectrum from a series of measurements

  • maka89
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Why Do Different Texts Present Bilinear Forms Differently?

  • Math Amateur
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Graduate Why is the inner product of (i,0,1) with itself zero?

  • Steve Turchin
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Graduate Polynomial splits over simple extension implies splitting field?

  • MostlyHarmless
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Graduate Definition of a Cone: Does it Include Zero Vector?

  • Bashyboy
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Quartic polynomial has at least one real root

  • Siron
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Measure theory, integral equations, and Hilbert spaces

  • simpleton1
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Graduate What are the Langlands programs?

  • NoodleDurh
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Undergrad Interpretation: Solution to a set of Linear Equations

  • chaoseverlasting
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Graduate Proof of Invertibility: Linear Map's Surjectivity and Injectivity Condition

  • maNoFchangE
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Proof of Gρ(x)=ρGxρ−1 in Symmetric Groups

  • mathjam0990
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Graduate Use of diagonal matrices in vibration analysis?

  • theone
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Solving the nature of intersection between 3 planes

  • sawdee
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Finding a Cayley Table for a Groupoid: an Example

  • mathmari
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Proving System of Equations for Algebra Challenge

  • anemone
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Graduate Lowest eigenstate of hopping matrix

  • Fightfish
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Graduate Elements of semigroup commuting with subgroup

  • mnb96
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Can All Linear Diophantine Equations Be Solved?

  • Guest2
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Undergrad Does rearranging vectors in a set affect linear dependence?

  • CookieSalesman
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Graduate Issue with behavior of ray-plane intersection algorithm

  • STENDEC
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Graduate Looking for a nice basis for the general linear group

  • Strilanc
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Undergrad What is the largest number of mutually obtuse vectors in Rn?

  • RandomGuy1
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Graduate Solution of a certain NxN matrix, when N->∞

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Graduate What shape does SO(3)/A5 describe and how can it be visualized?

  • nateHI
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Graduate Is this proof of an ##\infty## norm valid?

  • pyroknife
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Proving Existence of $N$ for $a^N=e$ in Finite Group $G$

  • Guest2
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Graduate Is the supremum of x in x ≤ y equal to y?

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Graduate Find Lorentzian Scalar Product on 4-D Lie Algebra G

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S3 Group Symmetry: $(xy)^2 \ne x^2y^2$ Example

  • Guest2
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Group R^× isomorphic to the group R?

  • mathjam0990
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Showing that a group is non-abelian

  • Guest2
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Prove function is a homomorphism

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Graduate Is the numerator in an induced matrix norm a vector norm?

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