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Graduate Genericity of Linear Independence

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Graduate How to state fundamental theorem of arithmetic in a formal way?

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Undergrad Rotation matrix vs regular matrix

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Graduate What is the nullspace of (A-2E)^2?

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Graduate Need help explaining what I've done

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Graduate Discovering the Prime and Factored Parts of Positive Integers

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Undergrad Splitting apart bases with a power

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Undergrad Projection of vector on a plane

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Graduate Is the Gradient Vector Always in the Radial Direction?

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Undergrad How Can We Prove Linear Dependence in Vector Spaces?

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Undergrad Found Some Pattern in prime numbers

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Graduate Orientation consistency of a group

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Graduate How Can You Find Prime Ideals in Products Like Z/3Z x Z/9Z?

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Graduate Finding Primes: A Divisor summatory function

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Graduate Inherent negativity of seemingly symmetric finite integer sets

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Undergrad Rotation is combination of shearing and scaling

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Undergrad Linear transformation being onto or not (Three problems I understanding)

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Graduate Problem about Fermat numbers and order of an element

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Graduate Does differentiation preserve linear independence?

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Graduate Do tuples exist which aren't elements of a cartesian product of sets?

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Undergrad I forgot what the formula for this is.

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Undergrad Linear Algebra in Analyzing Finance

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Undergrad Concepts of Eigenvectors/values

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Graduate How can I find a solution valid for all cases?

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Undergrad Find Basis for Subspace of R^4 Spanned by Vectors

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Undergrad Reducing the operation by using the modulo

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Graduate Primes as Energy levels (eigenvalues of a certain operator)

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Graduate What is the relationship between rank and submatrices in a nonzero matrix?

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Undergrad Projections onto a plane and parallel to a vector

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Graduate Sum A+cB of invertible matrices noninvertible?

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Undergrad Inverse matrix with whole numbers

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Graduate Writing a Linear program as a semi definite program

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Undergrad What is the difference between Field and Set ?

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Undergrad Discriminant of a quadratic equation in 2 variables

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Undergrad Question about finding dimensions

  • sam0617
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Undergrad Combine upper, lower, and diagonal matrix?

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Graduate Characterizing Affine Independence

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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between Exterior and Cross Products

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Graduate Norms and Units of an Integral Domain

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Graduate How to Prove a Matrix is Diagonal?

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Graduate Tensor product and infinite dimensional vector space

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Undergrad What does this statement even mean?

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Graduate Is the Units Group of Z Modulo 34 Cyclic?

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Undergrad Determine whether the function is a linear transformation (Attempt inside)

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Graduate What Other Iterative Methods Can Be Used If A is Not Positive Definite?

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Undergrad When to Solve for dimH vs. Column Space or Null Space?

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Undergrad How Do You Find Non-Parallel Vectors in a Plane Defined by an Equation?

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Graduate Are these vector spaces isomorphs?

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Undergrad Variable power as an axis, nonsense? please comment

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Graduate How to Prove a Group with 2n-1 Subgroups is Trivial or Isomorphic to Z2?

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Graduate Is there a formula for calculating partitions with restrictions?

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Graduate (Q,+, .) is a commutative ring : confusion

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Undergrad Trouble understanding spans of vector spaces

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Graduate Why is this always the case A=[itex]\begin{array}{cc}1 & 6

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Undergrad What are the prerequisites for learning Linear Algebra?

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Graduate Galois Theory questions: Homomorphisms

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Undergrad Spanning sets, eigenvalues, eigenvectors etc .

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Undergrad Solving Ax=b; when to use LU decomposition?

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Undergrad Inverting a function? f(y) instead of f(x)

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Graduate Shrinking down a^b mod m when b is huge and a is irrational?

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Graduate Are H Union K and Z(g) Subgroups in Group Theory?

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Undergrad Creating a system of equations consisting only of integers?

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Graduate How Many Homomorphisms Can Be Calculated Between Different Fields?

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High School How do I check if a 1x1 matrix is diagonal, lower/upper triangular?

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Graduate Zp[x]/(x^2 + 1) is a field iff p is a prime p ≠ 1 (mod 4)

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Undergrad How Are Rational and Irrational Numbers Distributed Along the Real Line?

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Graduate What can commute with a diagonal matrix?

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Graduate Composition of functions and operator algebra.

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Graduate Matrix of a Linear Transformation (Abstract)

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Graduate Quotient Field of the Positive Rationals

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Undergrad Modular arithmetic question about functions

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High School How can I visualize the plane y=z?

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High School Understanding Cosets and Subspaces in Linear Algebra

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Undergrad Is S4 a Subset of S5?

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Graduate How does the identity Ln(detA)=Tr(lnJ) hold true?

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Undergrad Find a prime divisor of 1111 (13 1's)

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Undergrad Simple question regarding polynomials

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Undergrad Collatz Conjecture: Plotting Integer Steps with Joe

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Graduate Understand Irreducibility in Zp: What is Zp^x? Order of Elements in Zp

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Graduate Exponential of jordan form involving distinct eigenvalues

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Undergrad How to Find Convergents of a Continued Fraction?

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Graduate Hello,The pseudoinverse formula for a matrix A is given by:P =

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Graduate Is the Riemann Hypothesis Equivalent to S=2Z?

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Graduate Inner product of vectors and covectors

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Undergrad Vector. Is there an inverse of dot and cross product?

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Graduate Constraining the element-wise magnitudes of a matrix

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Graduate Group Action of S3 on a set of ordered pairs

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Undergrad What is the Value of (p+q-2t) and (p^2+q^2-2t^2) in an Equation with Degree 3?

  • mahtaban
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Graduate Tricky complex square matrix problem

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Graduate Does anyone know the name of this type of map

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Graduate Left group actions involving SO(3) and the 2-sphere

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Undergrad Real Numbers vs Extended Real Numbers

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Graduate Factor Groups: Conjugation & 2 Conjugates

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Undergrad Integer values of this expression

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Graduate Abstract Algebra - Cyclic groups

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Undergrad What topics from linear algebra do I need to study tensors?

  • AdrianZ
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High School Why is not angle considered as vector?

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Undergrad Simple summation, difficult inference. (game theory)

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Graduate Principal ideals of rings without unity

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Graduate Power Series Expansion of Dedekind Eta Function: How to Expand η(τ)/η(3τ)?

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