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Undergrad Matrix is Invertible: is this notation ok?

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Graduate The extremes of an nth dimension linear equation

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Proving Self-Adjoint ODE for Legendre Polynomials

  • ognik
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Evaluating Orthogonal Integral for Legendre Equations

  • ognik
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Conjugate Bra Ket Properties for Proving the Schwarz Inequality

  • ognik
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Graduate Changing format of the equation of interpolation

  • Bruno Tolentino
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Undergrad Defining Vectors: Scalars vs 1-Dimensional Vectors

  • Mr Davis 97
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Sturn-Liouville equation subtraction

  • ognik
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Graduate Proof of Banach Lemma: Small Matrix Eigenvalues

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Graduate How to find composition series of Z_n^* of length k?

  • jackmell
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What Am I Getting Wrong About Matrices and Operators?

  • ognik
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Proving Linear Independence of Eigenfunctions of a Hermitian Operator

  • ognik
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Undergrad Column space and nullspace relationship?

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Undergrad Is this the correct way to compute the row echelon form?

  • kostoglotov
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How can we show that all the solutions are given by X_m(a), Y_m(a) ?

  • mathmari
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Graduate Abstract Algebra: Automorphisms

  • nateHI
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Can Different Bases Change the Classification of Lie Algebras?

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Re-configurable Battery Network Modeling

  • Ambreen Mustafa
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Undergrad English translated German Linear Algebra book

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To what is X_{-m}+α(a)Y_{-m} equal?

  • mathmari
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Graduate How to find group types for a particular order?

  • jackmell
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Determinant always equal to zero?

  • alexmahone
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Is <L^2> always greater than or equal to 0 for a Hermitian operator?

  • ognik
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Undergrad Difference between scalars and one-dimensional vectors?

  • Mr Davis 97
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Undergrad Help: All subspaces of 2x2 diagonal matrices

  • kostoglotov
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Graduate Norm indueced by a matrix with eigenvalues bigger than 1

  • Diffie Heltrix
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LU Factorization - Solve with Carter Barker

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Undergrad Onto equivalent to one-to-one in linear transformations

  • HomogenousCow
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Graduate Proving the Vector Triple Product Identity: A x (B x C) = (A x C)B - (A x B)C

  • Karol
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Radicals and Radical Ideals, Dummit and Foote Proposition 11, Section 15.2

  • Math Amateur
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Graduate Converse of Lagrange's Theorem for groups

  • jackmell
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Terminology - Hermitian, adjoint ....

  • ognik
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Graduate Transform that maps points from any quad to an reactangle

  • Estanho
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Undergrad What exactly are matrices and determinants?

  • A.MHF
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Undergrad Complex number and split complex number

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Undergrad Can This Formula Identify All Prime Numbers?

  • DaMeekie
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How is the Map $\tilde{\varphi}$ Well-Defined in Algebraic Geometry?

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad How to construct a vector orthogonal to all but one?

  • td21
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Graduate Relation between covariance and rank

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What Makes Hilbert Space So Confusing?

  • ognik
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Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors of $t: M_2 \implies M_2$ Matrix

  • ognik
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Graduate Showing any transposition and p-cycle generate S_p

  • jackmell
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Help to understand this eigenvector case

  • ognik
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Did my book do this wrong? (Vector Cross Product)

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Graduate Can a Group of Order 20 with Elements of Order 4 Be Cyclic?

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How Do I Navigate Change of Basis in Linear Transformations?

  • ognik
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Proving $(G,*)$ is a Group: Hints and Tips for a Simple Group Theory Problem

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Graduate Examples of infinite nonabelian groups not GL_n(G)?

  • jackmell
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Graduate Finding pairs of operator-related vectors

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Graduate Can the Induced Matrix Norm be Proven with Triangle Inequality?

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Undergrad What is this Matrix question asking me to do?

  • kostoglotov
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Kirchoff's Law equation 3 unknowns Help

  • JonB
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Graduate Degree of liberty of a matrix 2x2

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Solving a system of linear equations with one unknown value

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Undergrad What Changes in the Third Pivot When a3,3 Shifts from 7 to 11 in Linear Algebra?

  • kostoglotov
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Find the error in the following argument

  • alexmahone
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Algebras - k-algebra and R-algebra - reconciling two definitions ....

  • Math Amateur
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High School What is the principle of algebra called?

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Graduate Modern Algebra: Stabilizers and Conjugacy Classes of Dodec

  • nateHI
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Graduate How to find generators of symmetric groups

  • jackmell
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Is that correct so far ... ?Yes, that is correct. Good job!

  • Math Amateur
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When Does Such a Short Exact Sequence Exist?

  • caffeinemachine
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Elementary Algebraic Geometry: Exercise 23, Sect 15.1 Dummit & Foote

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Planar angle between two vectors

  • Philosophaie
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Solve System of n Equations: Can You Help?

  • Mathick
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Elementary Algebraic Geometry: Dummit & Foote Ch.15, Ex.24 Coordinate Ring

  • Math Amateur
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Coordinate ring of an affine algebraic set - k[A^n]/I(V)

  • Math Amateur
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Arbitrary Subset of A^n - Is it necessarily an affine algebraic set?

  • Math Amateur
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Subsets in the Affine Plane and ideals of K[A^n]

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Ideal of functions disappearing at (a_1, a_2, .... .... , a_n)

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Can the entries of a Matrix be elements of an unordered set?

  • CSteiner
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Graduate Finite field with hard discrete log for both groups

  • Dragonfall
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Graduate Is this in general true (about projection matrices)?

  • td21
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Undergrad Linear Dependence/Independence and Wronskian

  • KleZMeR
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Undergrad Could there be only one lower and one upper triangle?

  • annoyinggirl
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Graduate Software for drawing group lattice diagrams?

  • jackmell
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Undergrad Main Idea Behind Determinant & Its Purpose

  • vktsn0303
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Is the Lemma True for All Fields?

  • mathmari
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All basis' go to standard basis?

  • ognik
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Graduate Finite Field Structure: Prime Order Cyclic Group

  • Dragonfall
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Prime Ideal in a Commutative Ring - Rotman Proposition 7.5

  • Math Amateur
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Correspondence Theorem for Groups - Rotman, Proposition

  • Math Amateur
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Correspondence Theorem for Groups - Yet Another Question

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Is R^n Euclidean Space a vector space too?

  • bacte2013
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Arithmetic for Quotient Groups - How exaclty does it work

  • Math Amateur
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Graduate Question about Cyclical Matrices and Coplanarity of Vectors

  • kostoglotov
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Prove Nonzero Integer Lemma in $F[t, t^{-1}]$

  • mathmari
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Undergrad Determinant of 3x3 matrix equal to scalar triple product?

  • Erithacus
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Graduate Proving dependent columns when the rows are dependent

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Undergrad How are the x1 and x4 values determined in the solution to the matrix equation?

  • kostoglotov
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High School Vector Space Prob: Show Linear Dependence

  • Raghav Gupta
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Undergrad Matrix Representation of a Uniform Sphere Centered at the Origin

  • PhysicsChode
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Undergrad Beginner: understanding an answer

  • kostoglotov
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Graduate Does Dirac notation apply to tensor product in tensor analysis?

  • jk22
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Undergrad Parametric vector form of cartesian equation

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Irreducible Polynomials and Quotient Rings - Rotman Proposition 3.116

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Mohr's circle and formula for eigenvectors

  • Bruno Tolentino
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