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Dimension of the space of skew-symmetric bilinear functions

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Is the Function f Non-Singular and Positive?

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Undergrad Different Versions of a Plane in R^3 (The Plane, The Plane)

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Undergrad What Can Be Said About the Rows and Columns of \(A^TA\)?

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Orders of elements for rotational symmetries of cube

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Graduate Algebriac Geometry - Morphisms of Algebraic Sets

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Graduate Algebriac Geometry - Morphisms of Algebraic Sets

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Prove $R\ncong R\left[x\right]$ for Noetherian Ring

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Undergrad Row/Column space in relation to row operations

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Graduate Affine transformations and their inverse

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Graduate Can Linear Transformations Occur Between Infinite and Finite Dimensions?

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Graduate How to find the number of elements with a particular order in a group?

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Graduate Composition of Functions - in the context of morphisms in algebraic ge

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Condition Number of sum of Matrices

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Graduate How Do Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Connect to Fourier Transforms?

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Undergrad Direction of a vector relative to another vector?

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Undergrad Unit Vectors and Vector Components

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Graduate Does there exist a transformation between a line and a closed loop ?

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QR Decomposition and Full Column Rank of A

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Undergrad Calculating the transform matrix

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Graduate Abelian X-Groups and Noetherian (Abelian) X-Groups

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Graduate Affine Algebraic Sets - D&F Chapter 15, Section 15.1 - Example 2

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Graduate Affine Algebraic Sets - D&F Chapter 15, Section 15.1 - Example 3 - pag

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Injection, Surjection, Bijection

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When there is a double root for the eigenvalue, how many eigenvectors?

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Graduate Lazy Group Proofs and Efficiently Using Categories

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Graduate What Distinguishes Hilbert Spaces from Euclidean Spaces?

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Question about problem involving gcd

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Can this algebraic problem be solved without observation?

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Hint for a problem on condition number

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Undergrad Should Abelian Be Capitalized in Mathematical Texts?

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Defining Real-Valued Scalar Product in Vector Spaces

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Inverse matrix by row reduction

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Graduate Problem understanding operator algebra

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Eigenfunction of \frac{d^2}{dx}-x^2: e^{-0.5x^2} with eigenvalue x^2-1

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High School Where can I learn linear algebra online?

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Graduate 3D Rotations using complex numbers

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Undergrad Linear applications simple doubt

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Proving Singular Matrix and Non-Zero Solutions: A Tutorial

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Bilinear Function and Gramian Matrix

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Graduate Why do we need natural transformations?

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Undergrad Linear Operator vs Linear Function: Technical Difference

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Minimal Polynomial Finding Algorithm

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Graduate Lemma used to prove Von Staudt's Theorem

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Jordan Normal Form and Root Spaces

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Systems of equations - further understanding

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A challenging system of equations

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Question about Sets and Functions

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Why a group is not isomorphic to a direct product of groups

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Graduate Conditions for Index Size in A_5 and S_5 Centralizers

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Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors over a Polynomial Ring

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Finding the Matrix of a Linear Transformation

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Direct Sum Property: Proving Uniqueness

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Graduate What are the prerequisites for studying category theory?

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Undergrad How Can I Express x in this Logarithmic Equation?

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Graduate Why Does Sum of Matrix Elements x Cofactor in Different Rows Equal Zero?

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Linear Transformations & Dual Space Problem

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Need Assistance - Can Someone Help Me?

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Graduate Confused about choice of vector in a proof.

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Writing formulas to describe isometries

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Undergrad Understanding Isomorphisms in Linear Transformations?

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System of linear equations with a parameter

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Proving span of a Set with Scalar attached to First Element

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Field Theory - Nicholson - Algebraic Extensions - Section 6.2 - Example 15

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Field Theory - Algebraic Extensions - D&F - Section 13.2 - Exercise 7, page 530

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Field Theory: Nicholson Alg Ext, Sec 6.2 Ex 13 Pg 282 Explained

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Finding Jordan Normal Form of Matrices

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Graduate Understand Lemma Lucas Theorem & Its Proof

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Grouping terms to start factoring.

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Is the Irreducible Polynomial of u the Minimal Polynomial?

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Field Theory - Nicholson - Splitting Fields - Section 6.3 - Example 1

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Graduate Gaining Intuition: Linear Transforms & Coordinate Functions

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Undergrad Understanding Matrix Multiplication: A Vector-Based Explanation

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#23 intersecting vector equations of 2 lines

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Field Theory - Nicholson - Algebraic Extensions - Section 6.2 - Example 13

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Undergrad 3 x 3 determinant gives the volume of a parallelopiped

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Is the Function f a Homomorphism for Symmetry Group of a Circle?

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Undergrad Invertible matrix implies linear independent columns

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Graduate Normed linear space vs inner product space and more

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Field Theory: Nicholson, 6.2 Algebraic Extensions - Example 14 (p. 282) Solution

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Graduate Show that inner product is zero.

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Linear Transformation with No Eigenvector

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Graduate Solving a System of Multiplicative Matrices

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Field Theory - Nicholson - Algebraic Extensions - Section 6.2 - pages 281-282

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Diagonalizability of Linear Transformation

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Graduate The usefulness of proofs to a physicist: eg The Schwarz Inequality

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Differential equation with eigenvector (complex number)

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Differential equation with eigenvector

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Undergrad How Can I Get This Equation From These 3 Equations

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Eigenvalues of a Linear Transformation

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Graduate Variation of the triangle inequality on arbitrary normed spaces

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Graduate Creating noncyclic groups of certain order

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Proving Root Space Invariancy of Linear Transformation

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Assume that S and T are linear maps from the vector space V to itself.

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Undergrad Are x and ix linearly dependant or independant? (i=√-1)

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Graduate Beating linear LS on polynomials

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Undergrad Write the subspace spanned by vectors as a kernel of a matrix.

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