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MHB Proving Abelianity in Groups with $g^{2} = 1$: A Simple Proof
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MHB Find subgroups of a group for a given order
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Graduate Enhance Your Calculus Skills with Recommended Books for Riemann Zeta Function
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Graduate Series of exponential prime reciprocals
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Graduate Linear transformations as tensor.
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Graduate Lie group actions and submanifolds
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Graduate Casting 2x2 matrix with unit determinant in another form
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Graduate Proving Cyclic Decompositions: Let T be a Linear Operator on V
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MHB Answer Sub Vector Spaces: U, W & V - Correct Answers
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Symmetery of a finite sequence of numbers
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Undergrad Understanding the Product of Elementary Matrices
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Undergrad A system of equations with more unknowns than equations
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Undergrad How to compute the rotation matrix
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MHB What Does Reducibility Tell Us About the Nature of Irreducible Elements?
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High School How do you find the coordinate of a vector with the unit vector?
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Undergrad How to Find the Smallest Integer with Specific Remainders?
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Graduate Sub-quotients and Gaussian Integer rings
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MHB Is a Mixture of Three Chemical Solutions a Group?
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Graduate Computing Integral Closure of Rings - Brian's Query
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Graduate Why is SL(2,Z) the Outer-Automorphism Group of Z^2?
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Graduate The fastest algorithm for linear equations
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Graduate Calculating Digits of Pi in Base-16 Using the Wolfram Formula
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Graduate AB=I vs. BA=I: Investigating Matrix Equality in Field F
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MHB Solution to complicated systems of three variables using matrices
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Graduate Exploring the Riemann Hypothesis and Analytic Continuation
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Graduate Estimating eigenvalue of perturbed matrix
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MHB How to Express Vectors of a Regular Hexagon in Terms of Given Components?
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Undergrad How do you count unique elements when multiplying integers from 1 to 1000?
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Graduate Test Lie Group: Show it Forms a Lie Group
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Undergrad Linear Algebra Symmetric Matrix Set Question
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MHB Lagrange thm: orbits as equivalence classes and cosets
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Graduate Splitting field of irreducible polynomial
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Graduate Elliott-Halberstam conjecture and the Riemann Hypothesis
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Graduate Primality Criterion for F_n(132)
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Graduate Ker A Subset Ker B: Finding a Reference
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Graduate Distribution of power congruence classes
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Graduate Approximation for -1 exponent expression
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Undergrad What is the significance of adding a constant in augmented coefficient vectors?
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Undergrad Change Basis: Reasons to Write Vector in Rn Other Than Standard Basis
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Graduate Abstract Algebra: Groups and Subgroups
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Undergrad Is Theta Commonly Used to Represent the Zero Vector in Linear Algebra?
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Undergrad Generating full sequence with complex numbers.
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Undergrad Clear up some cross product confusion for me
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Graduate General Linear Group of a Vector Space
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High School Complex Numbers - Forms and Parts
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Undergrad A few questions on abelian and normal subgroups
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Graduate Is Every Group of Order 15 Cyclic?
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Undergrad What is the mathematical topic related to finding gaps in a sequential list?
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Graduate Mathematically Precise Definition of Unit
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Undergrad How to show an isomorphism between groups?
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MHB More questions on psd and pd of matrices
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Undergrad How Do CAS and Programmable Calculators Evaluate Derivatives?
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Undergrad (Algebra) Isometries on the complex plane
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Graduate Algebraic Extensions, vector spaces
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Undergrad Can we still diagnolize a matrix if its eigenvectors matrix is singular?
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Graduate Polynomial Rings (Units and Zero divisors)
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Graduate Abstract algebra question (math olympiad)
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Undergrad How to Normalize a simulated dataset to fit the actual dataset?
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Graduate Question about sum of primes and sample size
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MHB If A is nnd, then show that I + A is pd
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Graduate Question on Remark in Axler's Linear Algebra
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Graduate Linear Algebra Technique for Identifying Impactful Elements in a System
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Graduate Proof of commutative property in exponential matrices using power series
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Undergrad Why Use Matrices for Linear Transformations?
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Graduate Explicitly describing the singular locus from a finite set of polynomials
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Graduate What are some other ways to solve the equation x^3+y^3+z^3+t^3=1999?
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Graduate Can graph spectrums be derived from incident matrices?
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Graduate Infinite-dimensional vector space question
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Undergrad Modern Algebra: Permutations and Cycles
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Graduate Discovering Ramsey Primes Under 1 Million
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MHB Degrees of a Field Extension: How to Find Basis and Degree of a Field Extension
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Undergrad Question about showing that a set is a vector space
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MHB Clearing fractions with row operations.
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Graduate Basic Symmetric Group Representation Question
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Graduate Counting function for powers of primes
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Graduate Understanding Young Diagrams from Physics 751: Solving Eqn 4.14
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Graduate Intro to Abstract Math Question about divison of integers.
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Undergrad Can the matrix be differentiated with respect to a vector
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Graduate Direct product of faithful representations into direct sum
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Graduate Multiple sets of linearly independent vectors
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Graduate Finding Positive Integers for Irrational Number Interval
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Graduate Are There Criteria for Proving Co-Primes of Vectors?
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Undergrad Finding the distance between a point and a plane using dot products
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Graduate How many elements of order 50 are there in this group?
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Undergrad Are There Two Types of Irrational Numbers Based on Decimal Expansion Patterns?
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Undergrad Counting with composites Please advise
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MHB Find LU-Factorization of A with 1's Along Main Diagonal of L
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Graduate Find rotation to align two vectors by rotation about two arbitrary axes
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Graduate What U(n) or SU(n) or their multiplication isomorphic with SO(8)?
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Undergrad What Is the Span of a List of Vectors in Linear Algebra?
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Undergrad Does ef|g Imply e and f Are Both Factors of g?
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Graduate Prime Ideals of direct sum of Z and Z
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High School Linear Equations (General and Standard forms: From Wikipedia)
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Undergrad (x^k) - 1 = (x - 1)*(x^(k-1) + x^(k-2) + + x + 1)
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Undergrad Is Every Square Integer of the Form 4n or 4n+1?
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Undergrad Calculating Tilt Angle for Mounted iPad Using Accelerometer Readings
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Undergrad What is the purpose of <-i> in a complex number subgroup?
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Undergrad Show that linear transformation is surjective but not injective
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Graduate The General Linear Group as a basis for all nxn matrices
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Graduate Questions about the prime counting function
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