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Undergrad Do you learn proofwriting in modern algebra or real analysis?

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Graduate Finding Area Under a Helix: A Stumper Problem

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Graduate The proof that an odd perfect number does not exist

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Graduate Matrix multiplication preserve order Block matrix

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Graduate Existence of Roots for Quadratic Forms Modulo Prime Numbers

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Graduate Orthogonal Basis in 3d is flipping.

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Graduate Why a torsion-free module over an integral domain need not be free

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Graduate Proving LCM Formula and GCD for Non-Integers

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Graduate Column Space of A'*A: Subset of A'?

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Graduate Matrix form - completing the square

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Undergrad How Can Analogies Simplify Group, Ring, and Field Concepts?

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Graduate Dot/bilinear product in C^n / Orthogonality

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Graduate Understanding Transvections:T_W:V->V Tv=v+w

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Undergrad When Does a Square Matrix Ensure Unique Solutions?

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Undergrad Can C= (pi)d Be Solved with Any Prime Values?

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Graduate Difference between algebraic closure in E and algebraic closure of F

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Graduate Is Q(√2) isomorphic to Q[X]/(X²-2)?

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Undergrad What was the motivation to define what a vector space is?

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Graduate Eigenvalues of a symmetric operator

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Graduate Why does [E:F] denote both field extension degree and subgroup index?

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Graduate Is the determinant a linear operation?

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Graduate Counting elements in S_5 conjugacy classes by cycle type

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Undergrad If a matrix has nullity 1, what spans its null space?

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Graduate Testing optimality via complementary slackness

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Graduate Brocard's Problem: No Solution for n! Containing Prime^2, n>7?

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Graduate Find the sum in this given question very interesting and analytical

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Graduate Finitely generated modules as free modules

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Graduate Transforming association matrix to a functional matrix

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Graduate How to Prove Aut(H ⊕ K) ≅ Aut(H) ⊕ Aut(K)?

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Graduate When p ≡ 1 mod 4, why does ((p-1)/2)!)² ≡ -1 mod p?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Is W a Subspace of R^3 and What is Its Geometry?

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Undergrad Determining whether sets of matrices in a vectorspace are linearly independent?

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Graduate Solving ai = bijkcjk for c without flattening indices

  • mikeph
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Graduate Word for one-to-one correspondence between ideals and modules of an algebra

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Undergrad Why Is the Transpose of a Matrix Important in Linear Algebra?

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Graduate Group representations on tensor basis.

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Undergrad Theorem of mutations in a numeral sequence

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Graduate Request for introductory book on graph theory

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Graduate Proof: n okay blocks burn completely by day n+1 in infinite grid fire

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Undergrad [Linear Algebra]- Simultaneous equation. Deriving the general solution.

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Graduate Find subgroups of finitely generated abelian groups

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Graduate Does the Picard Group Vanish for Semilocal Rings?

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Graduate Two Prime Fields Isomorphic to Zp and Zq

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Graduate Why Does H ∩ K = {e} Imply G Has Only One Element of Order 3?

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Graduate Convex set for similarity constraint

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Graduate Formulation of a linear programming model

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Graduate Calculating angles between matrices

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Graduate Sum of squares of prime factors

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Graduate Derived Subgroup (In particular Q8)

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Undergrad Formula for multiplication of trinomials

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Graduate Linear Transformation to Block-wise Stack Matrix

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Undergrad How to solve for matrix V ? A = V*S*V'

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Undergrad Hyperplane equation through point with normal vector in R4

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Graduate About Vector fields and vector valued functions

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Graduate How can the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality be applied to L^2 functions in a book?

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Graduate Does the Chain Rule Apply to Derivatives of Inner Products?

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Graduate Convolution and a specific function

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Undergrad Solve Linear Algebra Matrix Equation

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Graduate Explicit construction of SO(n)

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Graduate Brocard's problem: why my approach excludes 4, 5, 7

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Undergrad Setting up equations for investment portfolio allocation

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Graduate Physical meaning of Eigenvalues/vectors/functions

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Undergrad Finding k for infinitely many solutions in a 2×2 system

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Undergrad Why does the dot product formula axbx + ayby + azbz = ab*cosΘ work in 3D?

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Graduate Rank of Matrix A with Kronecker Symbol and Sum Condition

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Graduate What Engaging Real-Life Applications Can Make Abstract Vector Spaces Exciting?

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Undergrad Proposed proof of FLT for odd exponents using elementary methods

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Graduate What is the Visual Prime Pattern Based on Trig and Harmonics?

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High School Where Did the Binomial Theorem Originate?

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Undergrad Complex Numbers in Linear Algebra

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Graduate Effect on eigenvalues of multiplying by a diagonal matrix

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Graduate Why are adjoint operators important in vector and Hilbert spaces?

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Graduate Odd prime triples where p²+1≡0 (mod q), q²+1≡0 (mod r), r²+1≡0 (mod p)

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Graduate New Sieving Method, Goldbach's Conjecture

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Undergrad Divisibility question; consecutive numbers

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Undergrad Checking weather any positive number is zero or not

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High School Why do we need to normalize vectors for?Is it just to cut down on

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Graduate Structure theorem for abelian groups

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Undergrad Using a matrix to select specific elements from another matrix

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Undergrad Oriented angle between vectors

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Graduate Are the number of operations countable or uncountable?

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Undergrad Map rotated rectangle coordinates to axis-aligned rectangle

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Undergrad Find values for k in a system of equations

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Graduate Infinitesimal volume element in different coordinate system

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Graduate Change of coordinates for functions

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Graduate Therefore, (mn)! is divisible by m!(n!)^m.

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Graduate Computation of Continued Fractions of irrational numbers

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Graduate Why an odd perfect number, if exists, is not divisble by 3?

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Undergrad Linear maps between finite dimensional spaces

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Graduate Find a solution for a Pell's equation

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Graduate Complementation=orthocomplementation? (Distributive lattices)

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Graduate What's the motivation for coset and quotient structure?

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Graduate Diagonalization of symmetric bilinear function

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Graduate Rearranging redshift formula for v

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Graduate Extending automorphism groups to inner automorphism groups.

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Graduate Can this transformation matrix between spherical and Cartesian vectors be factored?

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Graduate Question in Proof of second order condition with linear constraints

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Undergrad Sum of first n Fibonacci numbers with respect to n?

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Graduate What Is the Arithmetic Gamma Function \(\gamma_{m}(n)\)?

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Graduate Are Order 1 Alternating Tensors Different from Normal Tensors?

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