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Graduate Wronskian and linear independence

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Graduate Complex Powers of an Elliptic Operator

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Undergrad Solving: Vector Subspaces Question in R3

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Graduate Why is the special orthogonal group considered the rotation group?

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Graduate Is There a Quadratic Equation for Polynomials in Z_n?

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Graduate What is a Quasi Upper Triangular Matrix?

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Introducing Inner Product Spaces: Real-World Examples

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Graduate Introducing Inner Product Spaces: Real Impact Examples

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The Significance of Row Space in a Matrix

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Undergrad Can a vector be a linear combination of itself?

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Graduate Largest gap between numbers coprime to the first N primes

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Graduate How to Find c in a Complex Logarithmic Equation?

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Graduate Conjecture regarding perfect numbers.

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Graduate Question regarding imaginary numbers and euler's formula

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Graduate Do reflections in D4 require the third dimension or can they happen in the plane?

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Undergrad Understanding Matrix Row Spaces: Why It Matters

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Graduate One-parameter group of transformations

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Graduate Eigenvectors of a symmetric matrix.

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Undergrad Are Non-Singular Column Vectors of X Linearly Independent?

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Graduate What Is the Mathematical Depth Behind Ramanujan's Integral Identity?

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Graduate Question on conditions for commutativity of subgroups

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Undergrad EASY QUESTION solving system of linear inequalities

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Undergrad Are A, B, and A+B Always Coplanar?

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Graduate Can Commutation between Subgroups be Achieved without Assuming Normality?

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Undergrad Solving the Clever Compound Cartoon Puzzle

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Graduate Any useful analog to finite differences for matrix products?

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Graduate Hamel vs Schauder bases in infinite dimensional spaces

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Graduate Kronecker product of infinite dimensional matrices

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Graduate Homomorphism as a Structure-preserving Map.

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Graduate Converting Rotation matrix to operate on fractional coordinates

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Undergrad What is the Rank of the Adjugate Matrix?

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Graduate Can a Non-Linear Map be the Inverse of a Linear Map?

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High School What Is an Efficient Way to Identify Composite Numbers?

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Graduate For which primes P is the following true?

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Undergrad How to count faces in a planar graph

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Undergrad Possible Triplets for (1+1/a)(1+1/b)(1+1/c)=3

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Solving a Coal Blending Problem with LP

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Is $f$ a function or a functional?

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Undergrad Question on Fermat's Last Theorem

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Graduate Understanding Group Structures: A Scientist's Perspective

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Undergrad Can someone explain zeros and zeta function for Riemann Hypothesis? (Yr13)

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Graduate Isomorphism of P4 and R5 in a given inner product space

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Undergrad How Does Google Work? Get Answers Here

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Graduate How does the author determine the elements of order p or 4 in the group?

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Undergrad Why can I factor double summations as a product of single summations?

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High School What is the difference between zero scalar and zero vector?

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Graduate Are eigenvalues of Hermitian operators always real?

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Graduate Abelian groups and exponent of a group

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Graduate If a, b, c are coprime, is (a^n + b^n + c^n) / abc always a fraction?

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Undergrad How do I solve a transcendental equation?

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Graduate Question on definition of Lie groups

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Graduate Why does {0, 2} + {1, 3} = {1, 3} in Z4/{0, 2}?

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Undergrad Are there any real life applications of the rank of a matrix? It need

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Real-life applications of matrix rank

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Undergrad How Does a Minimal Polynomial Differ from a Characteristic Polynomial?

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High School Solving for Data: Formula with OUTPUT Provided

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Graduate Prove the identity for odd primes using alternating binomials

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Undergrad Can you do the Cross Product Backwards?

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High School Algebra - Associativity and Commutativity

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Undergrad Where did this equation come from?

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Graduate Number theory divisibility question

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Graduate Does every linear functional arise from an inner product?

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Undergrad Why Use A and B in Partial Fraction Decomposition?

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Undergrad More than one identity element for absolute value?

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Undergrad What is eigen value, eigen vector etc and what is their physical significance?

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Undergrad Determinants of matrices greater than 3x3

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Undergrad Why Does Cramer's Rule Give Different Determinants for the Same Matrix?

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Graduate Interpretation of the determinant of an operator in complex vector space

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Graduate Matrix Derivation: 2x1 A and B with Dimension and dA/dB Calculation

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Undergrad What are some real-life applications of general vector spaces?

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Graduate Find Eigenvalues/Determinant of Infinite Matrix

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Graduate Direction of Goldbach Partitions

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Undergrad What is the determinant of a matrix?

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Graduate Understanding Vector Spaces in Real Analysis

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Finding contravariant components from covariant vector field

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Undergrad Finding all combination of portions of a number.

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Undergrad Does T: W → W imply anything about injectivity or surjectivity?

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Undergrad Which Mathematician's Theorem Linked Prime Numbers to Cryptography?

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Showing that Q(sqrt(p)) is in Q adjoined the pth root of unity

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"structure" on the cosets → normal?

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Graduate How to find 'self locating digits' in irrational numbers

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Graduate Must the Fourier transform exist for Dirac delta functions?

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Show that the abelian groups are isomorphic

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High School Is algebra necessary for everyone?

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High School What are the applications of permutations of a finite set?

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Generating a linear equation from the given expression

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Linear algebra. Rank. linear independence.

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Graduate Conjecture Regarding rotation of a set by a sequence of rational angles.

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Graduate Why don't polynomials with rational coefficients form a vector space over the reals?

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Undergrad Linear transformation and matrix transformation

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Graduate Looking for Properties of Low Discrepancy Sequences.

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Graduate 4th and higher dimension perpendicular

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Undergrad Finding Inverse from Known Linear System

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Graduate Proving n linearly independent eigenvectors for a tridiagonal diffusion matrix

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Graduate Is Q-P Symmetric Positive-Definite?

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Solve *-Algebra Problem: $\sigma(\lambda{e}-x)=\lambda-\sigma(x)$

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Undergrad Is MMT = I sufficient to test if a matrix is orthogonal?

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Graduate Negative determinants when calculating eigenvectors?

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