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Graduate Understanding the Dimension of a Variety in Algebraic Geometry

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Graduate Which Interpolation Method for Complex Numbers Is Most Accurate?

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Graduate Sum of 2 normal numbers still normal?

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Undergrad Relationship of an invertible matrix in spanning set and linear independence

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Graduate Dimension of SL(2,H), SL(2,R), SL(2,C), SL(2,O) - Proving 15 & 45

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Graduate Linear Independence: Polynomial Example

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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?

  • John Creighto
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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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