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Undergrad Linear equations for calculating position for the GPS
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Graduate Easy question on the Second Sylow Theorem
- Kreizhn
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Graduate Representing a function in a different space
- Apteronotus
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Undergrad What is the significance of rings in understanding Fermat's Last Theorem?
- lineintegral1
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Graduate Is Rank(A) Equal to Trace(AA*) and When Does AB-BA=I Hold?
- arthurhenry
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Undergrad What is the Relationship Between Sine and Inverse Pi as n Increases?
- dimension10
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Undergrad Why Rank is the Trace of a Projection
- arthurhenry
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Graduate Vector Spaces of Infinite Dimension
- mscudder3
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Graduate Is Every Matrix Similar to Its Transpose?
- arthurhenry
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Graduate Properties of Gl(n,R); R a ring/division ring
- Bacle
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Graduate Is the Leech Lattice a Lie Group?
- Aztral
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Graduate What determines the orientation of a vector space?
- yifli
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Graduate How to prove 'infinite primes' kind of problem
- l-1j-cho
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Undergrad All Square Numbers Follow a Recursive Series?
- IntegrateRSC
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Undergrad Is Multiplication Really Just Repeated Addition?
- JyN
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Graduate Orthogonal Matricies and rotations.
- SprucerMoose
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Undergrad Recurrence formula in Pell's equation
- basil
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Undergrad SVD vs Eigenvalue Decompositon (Diagonalizability)
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Graduate The mapping to alternating tensors
- yifli
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Undergrad What are the applications of group theory?
- battousai
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Undergrad What are some recommended books for learning linear algebra?
- achuthan1988
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Graduate Determining if Subset is a Subgroup by using Group Presentation
- Bacle
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Undergrad How to extend a set to form a basis?
- mitch_1211
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Graduate Would Number Theory Collapse if Riemann's Hypothesis is Proven True?
- l-1j-cho
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Graduate Can orthonormal columns lead to orthonormal rows in a square matrix?
- td21
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Graduate Quantifiers - does this order matter?
- gmmstr827
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Graduate Unique volume element in a vector space
- yifli
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Graduate What is the rotation group of a cube?
- lugita15
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Graduate Convex set : characteristic cone
- wjulie
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Undergrad Is √N Always Irrational for Non-Square Integers?
- bgwyh_88
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Graduate Grad textbook on abstract algebra
- ForMyThunder
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Graduate Irreducible Polynomials over Finite Fields
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Graduate Primes and arithmetic progressions.
- hansenscane
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Graduate Which is the Correct Jordan Form?
- arthurhenry
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Graduate Alt Tensor: If Alt(\omega)=\omega, Is \omega Alternating?
- yifli
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Graduate Matrix & Basis: Find D Matrix for V
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Graduate Proving Normality of a Quotient Group: A Shortcut Method
- Hjensen
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Graduate Invariance of scalar products on Lie algebras
- SergejVictorov
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Graduate How many ways to express a prime (= 1 mod 4) into sum of 2 squares ?
- lifom
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Undergrad Does the set of solutions for Ax=b form a subspace?
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Undergrad Does infinite solutions imply the row vectors are linearly dependent?
- mitch_1211
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Graduate What Are the Divisibility Patterns of Repunit Numbers?
- l-1j-cho
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Undergrad Expressing Matrix Product Ax as Linear Combination of Column Vectors in A
- mitch_1211
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Graduate Meaning of Eigenvectors in a Graph
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Graduate When p(A)=0 iff p(B)=0 for any polynomial,why same minimal polynomial?
- td21
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Undergrad Why is the minimum norm solution commonly used for underdetermined systems?
- ayvee
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Graduate Can Any Matrix Be Similar to Itself Without Being a Scalar Multiple?
- td21
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Graduate Is Q^{-1}AQ^{-1} Always Hermitian?
- td21
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Graduate Triangular Similar Matrix question
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Undergrad Prove the column space of AB is contained in the column space of matrix A
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Undergrad Proving Invertible Matrix A Creates New Basis from {X1,X2,X3..Xn}
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Undergrad Is There Always a Solution for b^x - b^y to be Divisible by a?
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Undergrad Approximating an area by rectangles
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Graduate Classes of polynomials whose roots form a cyclic group
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Undergrad Finding basis and dimension of W = {(a,b,c,0)} where abc are real numbers
- mitch_1211
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Graduate Is \mathcal S Equipped with a Convex Structure?
- Fredrik
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Graduate How Can You Accurately Draw the Riemann Xi Function Curve?
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Graduate Reciprocal basis and orientation
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Undergrad Proving AB & BA Have Same Characteristic Polynomial - Simple Ways
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Graduate Product of two systems of linear differential equations
- Leo321
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Undergrad What is a Closed Linear Subspace?
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Undergrad Finding values of t for which the set is linearly independent
- mitch_1211
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Graduate Understanding the Geometric Interpretation of the Gram-Schmidt Process
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Graduate Any fast way to compute the fixed vector of a Markov chain transistion matrix?
- samuelandjw
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Undergrad Does this set of polynomials span P3?
- mitch_1211
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Graduate Ken Ono and Hausdorff dimensions
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Graduate Congruence: Solving Let p be a Prime Number
- Bhatia
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Graduate Row reducing the matrix of a linear operator
- *FaerieLight*
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Graduate Differentiability of eigenvalues of a positive matrix
- Leo321
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Undergrad Finding eigenvectors of similar matrices
- Alupsaiu
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Graduate Is a 2x2 Complex Matrix with N^2=0 Always Similar to a Specific Form?
- Alupsaiu
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Graduate Can you prove this inequality involving factorials and powers?
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Undergrad Is this possible or am I dumb - Solving for u
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Undergrad Testing for linear combinations using matrices instead of vectors
- mitch_1211
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Graduate Question about Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions
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Undergrad Intuition behind rotation matrices?
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Graduate Does AA^\dagger=I Imply A^\dagger is the Generalized Inverse of A?
- NaturePaper
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High School Simple explanation of a vector space
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Undergrad Does there exists a matrix who's product is itself?
- mscudder3
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Graduate Self Adjoint and Anti-Self Adjoint questoin
- Alupsaiu
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Undergrad Sum of digits without regard to place value?
- marcuss421
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Graduate Column space of positive semidefinite matrix
- td21
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Graduate Coefficient of a polynomial in K[x] where K is a field of characteristic p
- rukawakaede
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Undergrad Matrix notation for vector stacking
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Graduate Why an Invariant Subspace Has an Eigenvector
- arthurhenry
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Graduate Conserving contiguity with a transposed progression
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Undergrad Understanding the Well-Ordering Theorem: A Simplified Explanation
- mlsbbe
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Undergrad Is 59,649,589,127,497,217 a prime no.?
- chhitiz
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Graduate Matrix Representation of a linear operator
- *FaerieLight*
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Graduate Understanding Group C*-Algebras: Intuitive Expl.
- Monocles
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Graduate Finding Fraction Field of Z[1/2]
- Metric_Space
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Graduate Symmetric bilinear forms on infinite dimensional spaces
- henry_m
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Graduate Adjoint versus classical adjoint/any relation?
- arthurhenry
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Graduate Algebraic and Transcendental irrational numbers
- KevB
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Undergrad Can Base 10 Logs be Evaluated Without a Calculator?
- Flexington
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Graduate How to Find the Basis of a 23D Subspace Using Maple or Matlab?
- uwowizard
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Undergrad Is the Similarity Matrix S of A always the Identity Matrix?
- td21
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Graduate Linear Functionals, Dual Spaces & Linear Transformations Between Them
- sponsoredwalk
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Undergrad Why Was the Determinant Defined?
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Graduate Requirements for a*b = 0 implying a = 0 or b = 0
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