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Graduate How to Calculate Norms of Field Extensions in Galois Theory
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Undergrad Finding eigenvalues and eigenspaces with only this info
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Graduate What Is the Structure of Left Ideals in Simple Rings?
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Graduate Understanding the Direct Product of Groups: Applying Group Theory Axioms
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How Do Community Members Feel About Our Research?
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Undergrad A thread for learning RSA algorithm
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High School How Can You Verify the Definitions of Homomorphism and Subgroup?
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The Power of Group Theory to Success
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Graduate Arithmetic progression of prime numbers
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Graduate How Do Unit Quaternions Relate to Spheres and Even-Grade Subalgebras?
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Graduate Applying the Triple Product in n-dimension
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Undergrad Is W a Subspace of V^3 Given These Vectors?
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Undergrad Can Each Vector Be Made Orthonormal Directly in Gram-Schmidt Process?
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Undergrad What is the connection between row reduction and matrix inversion?
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Graduate Proof of the Inner Automorphism Theorem for Endomorphism Algebras
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How many prime numbers have we actually solved
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Graduate Semi-Positive Definiteness of Product of Symmetric Matrices
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Graduate Isomorphism between Order Ideals and Distributive Lattices
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Undergrad Linear Mappings: Examining Bijectivity
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Graduate Symmetry Groups in Euclidean and Hyperbolic Spaces: A Comparison
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Graduate Proof of I = R if I Contains a Unit in Commutative Ring
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Graduate Rational numbers and periodic decimal expansions
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High School What Programming Language Can Handle 30-Digit Integers and Matrices for Free?
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Undergrad Can a Group of Prime Order Be Proven Cyclic Using Only Basic Group Theory?
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Graduate How do I estimate complex eigenvalues?
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Graduate How can the prime number theorem be used to understand this proof?
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Graduate Curious for some insight: inverse of a random matrix is really ordered
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Graduate Does AB Equal G When |A| + |B| Exceeds |G|?
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Undergrad Beating an old horse .(9) question
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Undergrad Is finding the intersection of two lines in R4 using the same method as in R3?
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Undergrad K-th Prime Proofs & Co-Prime Numbers
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Graduate Why Is Abstract Algebra So Challenging to Visualize Compared to Calculus?
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Graduate Efficient LSV Approximation for Large Matrices | Conjugate Gradient Method Guide
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Undergrad How can I solve simultaneous trigonometric equations involving cosine and sine?
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Undergrad If a mxn matrix A, m>=n has a reduced QR-decomposition
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Undergrad Lowest Odd Multiple of 99999 > 99999
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Graduate Pleas, suggest a advanced+serious Number Theory book
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Graduate Squared norm in Clifford Algebras
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Undergrad Can the Dot Product of Two Unit Vectors Ever Be Less Than 1?
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Undergrad Importance of a vector space containing the origin.
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Graduate General Solution to a Singular System (or no solution)
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Graduate Manipulating 2nd Order Tensor Expression: Isolating Q
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Undergrad Is Using \leq for Subgroup Notation Incorrect?
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Graduate Which Clifford Algebras Admit Multiplicative Inverses?
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Undergrad Can Unique Arrangements of Two Primes Generate All Even Numbers?
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High School Simplify (a+b)^c | No Squareroot Needed
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Graduate Is the Continuum of Decimals Larger than the Set of Natural Numbers?
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Graduate Groups of prime order are cyclic. (without Lagrange?)
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Undergrad What is the Determinant and Why Does It Matter in Linear Algebra?
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Undergrad Concept of Matrix Multiplication
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Graduate Proving Inclusion of Vector Subspaces in W: A Scientific Approach
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High School Something interesting concerning parity
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High School Why is anything raised to the power zero, one?
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Graduate A problem in understanding distributions exercise
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Graduate Is R^2 a Field with Component Wise Operations?
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Undergrad Calculating Orbit Velocity Around a Star
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Graduate Any body ever fully diagonalize a 200,000 hermitian matrix?
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Graduate Group automorphism not a subgroup?
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Undergrad Square an inequality if both sides are positive
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Undergrad Prove Linear Independence of Vector Sums
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Graduate Is There a Single-Variable Solution to This Diophantine Equation?
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Undergrad How do you get rref with a variable in the last column?
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Graduate Silly question about matrices with matrix elements
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Undergrad Permutation as a Product of Transposition
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Graduate Uses of the Word "Form" in Mathematics
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Graduate Wedge/cross products and associativity
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Graduate Need Help in Direct Product and Quotient (factor) Group
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Graduate Can Linear Combinations of Primes Model Unique Solutions in Modular Arithmetic?
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Undergrad What is the sum of the series nCr . 2r?
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Sum of Squares: Get the Answers You Need
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Undergrad Relation between similarity of geometry and similar matrix
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Graduate Proofs for Two Sets of Questions
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Graduate What is the Equation for Flat-Out Annoying X?
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Graduate Field of Fractions: Proof it is a Field
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Graduate Terminology: free algebra with binary op, constant.
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Graduate Maximizing Pairs (k,l) in R^+: k+l+2\sqrt{kl}=4+\sqrt{7}
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Graduate Is Part (ii) of This Proposition Incorrect?
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Graduate Why Do I Get Three Kronecker Deltas Instead of One in Tensor Summation?
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Graduate Is the Lie Product Always Unique in Vector Spaces?
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Graduate Irreducible Polynomial (or not?)
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Undergrad What Does i^i Really Mean in Complex Numbers?
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Graduate Equivalence classes of Cauchy sequences
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Graduate Does this matrix come up anywhere?
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Graduate Proving Hom(Q/Z, Q/Z) is isomorphic to \hat{Z}
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High School Is my equation rearrangement correct?
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Graduate Optimizing Eigenvector Computations for Large Matrices
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Graduate Quaternions in Clifford algebras
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Graduate Cancellative set in a semiring that is not multiplicatively closed
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Graduate Algebra Isomorphisms: Definition & Examples
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Graduate Complex numbers and hamilton quaternions generate [tex]M_{2}(C)[/tex]
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Undergrad Relation of a Matrix and a System of Equations Question
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Graduate Prove gcd(m,n)=1 implies gcd(2m+n,2n)=1 (n odd)
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Undergrad Is (2^58+1)/5 a Prime or Composite Number?
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High School Discover the Next Number in a Series: Infinite Contiguous Pairs Revealed!
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Undergrad What Are Some Practical Applications of Group Theory?
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Graduate Show that a group of operators generates a Lie algebra
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High School What is a Matrix? - Examples & Explanations
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Graduate Patterns of remainders when dividing x^n/n
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Undergrad When do primes and integers in modulo 2^n form equal products?
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High School What Is the Next Number in This Mysterious Sequence?
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