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Graduate Which Positive Integers Can Be Written as x4 + 4y4 to Form Prime Numbers?

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Undergrad Testing the Usefulness of Prime Number Test

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Graduate Prove PGL(V) Acts 2-Transitively on P(V) Projective Space

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Graduate Here f:Z36 to Z4 x Z9 is group isomorphism given by f(n+36Z)= (n+4Z,

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Graduate Shilov's Linear Algebra determinant notation.

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Graduate Why do all eigenvalues on the unit circle not imply an orthogonal matrix?

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Graduate Is (2^(p-1)) * ((2^p) - 1) a perfect number if (2^p) -1 is prime?

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Graduate Proving Sum of Two Primes is Never Twice a Prime

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Graduate Exponential of nonconstant matrix

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Undergrad In how many ways can I write n as a sum of integers?

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Graduate When Should Direct Product and Direct Sum Be Used in Group Theory?

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Undergrad Inverse matrices with scalar multiplication.

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Graduate Unique representation in graded modules

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Graduate What is the meaning of \textbf{nn} in matrix multiplication?

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Graduate Convolution with a normalised function

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Undergrad Can you Prove that {2}_{}an+1 = _{}an _{}an+2 =(-1)n for the Fibonacci series?

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Graduate Is there a formula for calculating the derivative of the largest eigenvalue?

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Graduate Do position-space kinetic energy matrix elements depend on representation?

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Graduate Tetraktysal Kissing Triangle construction for sphere packing bounds to D=10

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Graduate Why doesn't the projection formula A(A^T A)^-1 A^T reduce to I?

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Graduate General form of an inner product on C^n proof

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I don't know how to make a thesis, how to present it, and my

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Graduate Prove the product rule for double inner products of second-order tensors

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Graduate Decomposing a vector parallel and perpendicular to a fixed vector

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Graduate How to Find a Basis for W in P4[x] Using the Gram-Schmidt Process?

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Graduate Group action on cosets of subgroups in non-abelian groups

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Undergrad DIVISIBILITY CONGRUENCE question

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Graduate Category Theory Used in Physics.

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Graduate Prime factors of (2^(mn)-1)/((2^m-1)(2^n-1))

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Undergrad What's the difference between polynomials and polynomial functions?

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Graduate Linear least square method for singular matrices

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Undergrad Prime factorization of A + B when A and B are coprime

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Graduate Proving 2+2=4 Using Field Axioms

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Graduate Relation between Primes: Proving (2m-1, 2mn-1/2m-1) = 1

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Graduate Are the eigenvectors of A and A^T related?

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Graduate What Can be Said About the Kernel of a Tensor Product of Linear Maps?

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Undergrad Invertibility of a product of invertible matrices

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Graduate Are Units in R[x] Exactly the Same as Units in R When R is an Integral Domain?

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Graduate Tensor product vector spaces over complex and real

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Graduate How to Prove a Congruence in Modulo pq with Distinct Primes?

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Graduate System of 4 quadratic equations with 4 unknowns

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Graduate Torsion-free modules over a Discrete Valuation Ring

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Graduate How to Derive the Inverse of the Sum of Two Operators?

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High School No real number x such that x<|0| where

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Undergrad What is the dimension of a set in general context?

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Graduate If f ∘ h = h ∘ g with bijective functions, does f = g?

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Graduate Elegant proof of fermats last theorem 2. try

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Graduate Is Every Rootless Polynomial Over a Finite Field Prime?

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Graduate Quaternions and metric of the 3-sphere

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Undergrad Rearrange Formulae to Find u, v, and a

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Graduate Can the Fermat's Last Theorem be expanded to higher powers?

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Graduate Formula for the Number of Units in a Ring Modulo a Prime Power

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Graduate Distance between invertible elements of a normed algebra

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Undergrad How to prove injection and surjection for a function with 2 variables?

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Graduate Understanding SO(1,3) and Its Applications in Mathematics and Physics

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Undergrad Linear Algebra: basis and matrices

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Undergrad Linear differential operator / linear transformation

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Graduate Unique Factorization: Proving for Polynomials in x

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Graduate Elegant proof of Fermats Last theorem?

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Graduate Group of rigid rotations of cube

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Graduate Can two consecutive odd primes sum to a product of three integers?

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Graduate Proving Simultaneous Diagonalizability of nxn Matrices A and B with AB = BA

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Undergrad How Can a Number Be Written as a Sum of Squares or Primes?

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Graduate Did I make a mistake in finding the third generalized eigenvector for A?

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Graduate Isolating vector b from equation in form (axb)xa

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Graduate Why are the tensor products over Q and Z_n equal?

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High School Difference between a standard and metric?

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Graduate Show that all simple groups of order 60 are isomorphic to A5.

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Undergrad Mathematical notation for elementwise multiplication

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Undergrad What is a Regular Transition Matrix

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Undergrad How do I solve for the unknown matrix Q in this equation?

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Graduate Algebra of Physical Space vs. Spacetime Algebra

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Graduate Proving G Abelian iff G/Z(G) is Cyclic

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Graduate Prove A and B are similar iff they have the same rank

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Undergrad Why do factor differences follow patterns modulo 4?

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Undergrad Linear Transformations,Find basis of kernel and range

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Undergrad Solving a system of 6 linear equations in 6 variables

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Graduate Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix product

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Graduate Are Non-linear Functions Also Homomorphisms Between Modulo Groups?

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Graduate When is a group the direct sum of its normal subgroups?

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Graduate Definition of integral domain from Herstein

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Undergrad Relationship among LCM, GCD, and coprimes

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Graduate How to Use the First Isomorphism Theorem to Show Z/(4Z) is Isomorphic to Z4?

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Graduate Counterexample: linear operator on infinite dimensional space with no eigenvector

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Graduate Abelian Group Order: Find Largest Possible # of Subgroups

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Graduate Proving Isomorphism of Z4 / (2Z4) to Z2

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Graduate Congruence Class Relationships in \mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{3}]

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Graduate A Tetrahedral Counterpart to Ramanujan-Nagell Trinagular Numbers?

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Undergrad Looking for a proof using matrices

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Graduate What Are the Surrogate Number Congruences for Moduli Other Than Its Factors?

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Graduate Group Theory: Is A a Left Coset of G?

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Graduate Integral of Log det(1-A(x).B(x)) wrt x

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Graduate What does it mean for a subgroup to be maximal, and how do I compute the product S7 × Z7?

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Undergrad What Are the Possible Forms of the Kernel in Linear Transformations from R3?

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Graduate Does the Matrix xyTA Have More Than One Non-Zero Eigenvalue?

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Graduate Homomorphism Construction Using Symmetry Groups

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Graduate 26 is unique between a square (5^2) and a cube (3^3)

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Graduate Simple Abelian Groups: Can They Be Classified?

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Graduate How to Determine the Order of an Element in a Factor Group?

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Graduate How can the ideal generated by ab-ba force a ring to commute?

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