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Sizes of kernels of homomorphisms

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Is the variety Z(xy - z) isomorphic to A²?

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Parametrization of a Reduced Matrix

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Graduate Why is det(A)≠0 an open condition for matrix groups?

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Partial Derivatives of Matrix/Vector Function: An Easier Way?

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Graduate Abstract algebra: elements of fiber writable as

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Graduate Difference between line vector and free vector

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Graduate Is R/kZ under multiplication a field?

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Graduate Why ||Tv||² = ||T*v||² for normal operators

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How Do You Convert Expressions into Bilinear Form?

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Dummit and Foote - Definition of Zn - Motivation?

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Graduate Lectures on Rings: Galois Theory

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Graduate Does a Group Action Always Use the Group's Original Operation?

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Graduate Why Doesn't the Tensor Identity Work Out?

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Graduate Is the other Gram-Schmidt process truly different from the usual one?

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Graduate Are functionals and operators the same thing?

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Can You Find a Counterexample for This Module Over a Commutative Ring?

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Existence of a Basis of a Vector Space

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Undergrad What is the difference between a field a subfield

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Graduate Irreducible central elements generate maximal ideals?

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Keller industries profits system of equations

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Undergrad Understanding Gauss-Jordan Method for Solving Equations

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Verifying Answers to True/False Questions about Matrices

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Canonical Isomorphism and Tensor Products

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Understanding Tensors: Finding the Value of a Tensor

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Exterior Power of Linear Transformation

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Direct Products and Quotient Groups

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Prove the following; (vector spaces and linear operators)

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Expressing elements of quotient group D_16/<r^4> as \overline{s}^a\overline{r}^b

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Graduate Triangle Inequality in 'Linear Algebra Done Right'

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Undergrad Does cosine similarity need absolute value for opposite vectors?

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Solving for $F(v,f)$ in Tensor $F$

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Solution: What is Decomposable Tensor?

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Graduate Conveying inner product with words

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Undergrad Are complex numbers vectors if multiplication doesn't work like vector multiplication?

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Undergrad Systems of equations with many equations, more than 3

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Graduate Multiplication bloards after factorization

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Undergrad Are matrix diagonalization and eigen decomposition the same thing?

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Undergrad Mean value(centroid) of a collection of vectors

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Graduate How Can Tensor Decomposition Be Achieved Using Linear Methods?

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Graduate Why is the Binomial Formula a Derivation?

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Graduate Ambiguity in the term 'dimension'?

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Graduate How to find the manifold associated with a Lie Group?

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Orientation-preserving isometry of R^n

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Transforming a Linear Transformation Matrix to an Orthonormal Basis

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Group structure on a sphere with stereographic projection

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Undergrad Span of a Set of Linear Transformations

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Finding GCD in Gaussian Integers

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Uniquely Determined Linear Operator

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Permutation representation argument validity

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Let f(x) = x^2 + 1 and g(x) = x^3 + 1.

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Undergrad What is the difference between inner product and dot product?

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Classifying quadratic surfaces using eigenvalues of A

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Graduate Difference between the A conjugate and A dagger

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Undergrad Determinants between two similar matrices

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Graduate Two linear transformations agree, subspace

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Graduate Cartesian Product of Permutations?

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Undergrad Explain why matrix multiplication is not commutative.

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Graduate Ring of Polynomials and Ring of Polynomial Functions

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Graduate Why is (x,y)^n primary in k[x,y]?

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Graduate Analytic expression to find the range of non-negative numbers in array

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Graduate Creating a matrix with desirable eigenvalues

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How to Find \(a^2\) from a Matrix Inverse Equation?

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Primary Ideals, prime ideals and maximal ideals.

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Finding element of inverse matrix

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Maximal ideal (x,y) - and then primary ideal (x,y)^n

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Normal Form and Canonical Form of a Quadratic

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Orthogonal Transformation in Euclidean Space

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Stabilizer subgroups - proof verification

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Surjectivity for permutation representation of a group action

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Is the Ideal (x) in k[x, y] a Prime Ideal?

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Graduate Why is (x) a prime ideal in k[x,y]?

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Is the Projection Operator Self-Adjoint Only with Orthogonal Subspaces?

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Why is (4) not a primary ideal in ℤ?

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Canonical Basis and Standard Basis

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Graduate Proving Primary Ideals in \mathbb{Z}: Peter's Challenge

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Eigenvector and eigenvalue for differential operator

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Undergrad Newbie question: Algebra of Mahalanobis distance

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Graduate What is the volume of these special n-dimensional ellipsoids?

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Why is rad M = M when M is a maximal ideal?

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Undergrad Simple conceptual misunderstanding

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Reducing Quadratic Form to Principle Axes

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Graduate Why rad M = M when M is a maximal ideal

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Graduate Isomorphic Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces

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Undergrad Parametric equations for the plane z=2

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Graduate Affine Varieties - the x-axis in R^2

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Graduate Primary Ideals, prime ideals and maximal ideals.

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Graduate Is SO(2) Considered a Lie Group?

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Finding (2a-b)·(a+3b) when a and b are unit vectors

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How Do You Invert This 2x2 Matrix?

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Graduate Proving Convexity of a Set: A Proof by Contradiction Approach

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Graduate Affine Varieties - Single Points and maximal ideals

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Undergrad Matrix transformations and effects on the unit square

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Questions about Jordan Normal Form

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Mapping and inverse mapping of open sets and their complements

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High School What is the notation for the distance between two position vectors?

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Indexes of inertia for the function

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Graduate Spinor representations decomposed under subgroups in Joe's big book

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