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Undergrad How Do We Calculate the Determinant of a Complex Matrix?

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Graduate What is the Basis for an Extension Field Adjoined with an Element?

  • Prometheos
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Graduate Order of Homomorphisms from Z to Z/2Z - Help Needed

  • jakelyon
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Undergrad Cartesian scalar equation of plane

  • yxj
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Graduate Elliptic Curve y^2 = x^3 +17; show N_p = p

  • kingwinner
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Graduate How to prove that the dim of two subspaces added together equals dim

  • gutnedawg
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Graduate Calculating Derivatives and Traces to Solving for det(I + tA) = tr(A)

  • jakey
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Undergrad How Many Endomorphisms Exist for Z/2Z?

  • jakelyon
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Graduate Is Z[x]/(2x) Isomorphic to Z/2Z?

  • jakelyon
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Undergrad Find ||2w-v|| from <v,w>=-3, ||v||=2, ||w||=7

  • DavidLiew
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Undergrad Origin of Vector Cross Product

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Undergrad Cross Product - Determinant form

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Graduate Construct a rotation matrix out of another rotation matrix

  • TravelGirl
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Graduate A problem in algebraic number theory

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Graduate Finding the inverse of an m*n matrix

  • John O' Meara
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Graduate Solutions of a diophantine equation

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Undergrad How to find the elements of a subgroup?

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Graduate Is the Cubic Formula More Complex Than the Quadratic Formula?

  • Char. Limit
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Undergrad Irrational numbers in infinite list of integers

  • GunnaSix
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Graduate The Abelianization of a Group: Implications and Proofs

  • Newtime
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Undergrad Reduce 3x3 Matrix to Scalor Quantity - Help Needed

  • frasool
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Graduate Proving the Isomorphism of [ ]B: L(V) to Mnxn(R) in Linear Transformations

  • sweetiepi
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Undergrad A Special System of Linear Congruences

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Undergrad The SOLUTION SET of a MATRIX is a point, line, plane or cube

  • math_maj0r
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Graduate Proving (AB)^{-1}=B^{-1} A^{-1} in Operator Algebra

  • ian2012
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Undergrad Independently & Linearly Confused

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Graduate A commutative ring with unity and Ideals

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Undergrad Are the Columns of Matrix A Linearly Independent?

  • scholesmu
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Undergrad Do Non-Square Matrices Span Spaces?

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Graduate Product Of Ideals - Why is the sum necessary?

  • jd102684
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Undergrad Mathematical Induction on rationals

  • mumatics
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Undergrad Help with Vector Line of Support: Can't Find It on Google

  • phymatter
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Undergrad Linear Algebra Reference and Text

  • Gabriel...
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Graduate Is There a Normal Subgroup K in Groups G and H with Index (G:K) ≤ n!?

  • emptyboat
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Undergrad Solve 1/a + 1/b + 1/c = 1: Find All Integer Solutions

  • xax
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Undergrad How to Express Null(A) in Cartesian Form?

  • canyonist
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Graduate Solving Isomorphic Rings: \mathbb{F}_5[x]/(x^2+2) & \mathbb{F}_5[x]/(x^2+3)

  • JackTheLad
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Graduate Determinants and Standard Orientation

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Undergrad Importance of the first 3 primes

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Graduate Are Complex Sinusoids an Orthogonal Basis for L^2(\mathbb{R}) Space?

  • mnb96
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Undergrad How do I determine a camera projection matrix?

  • BlueScreenOD
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Undergrad Prove that every natural number is either odd or even

  • Hobold
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Undergrad Unique solution of an overdetermined system

  • Shaybay92
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Graduate Is an Ideal of Polynomials Without Constant Terms Finitely Generated?

  • mesarmath
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Graduate Is a Submodule of a Cyclic R-Module Also Cyclic if R is a PID?

  • mesarmath
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High School Product of any two even integers is a multiple of 4

  • nastygoalie89
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Undergrad Can this be done in a simplier way? Magic Squares

  • Dustinsfl
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Graduate How to prove that if A is a diagonalizable matrix, then the rank of A

  • DavidLiew
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Graduate How Can We Prove the Transformation of Cross Product Under Orthogonal Matrices?

  • jostpuur
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Graduate Period of superposed cyclic integer rows

  • mahch
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Graduate Basis for kernel of linear transform

  • Takuya
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Undergrad What are the properties of complex and conjugate matrices in linear algebra?

  • sponsoredwalk
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High School Solving for x in terms of y: Methods and Alternatives

  • phymatter
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Graduate Moment Problem: Unique Solution for Power Series g(x)=∑a(n)(-1)^nx^n

  • zetafunction
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High School Abstract algebra - direct sum and direct product

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Graduate Subspace matrix, dimension and basis

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Undergrad Component Vectors: Finding Along Non-Perpendicular Lines/Axes

  • Ali Asadullah
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Graduate What Defines a Primitive Pythagorean Triple?

  • kingwinner
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Graduate What is the determinant of a block matrix?

  • maverick280857
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Undergrad How to get an input matrix from user?

  • goofy
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Graduate Can This Definition of Pi Work in More Abstract Algebras?

  • Gerenuk
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Graduate Proof of e_r = #{d: d $\mid$ n and $d = p_r^k$, $k \in N$} for n = $p_r^{e_r}$

  • ballzac
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Graduate Relationship between size of conjugacy class and the normalizer?

  • awetawef
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Graduate Computing the Legendre Symbol (2/p) for Odd Primes: A Proof and Explanation

  • kingwinner
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Graduate Between two powers of an integer there is a power of two

  • keniwas
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Graduate So it seems that GAP can do it..Identifying Groups in GAP: A Tutorial

  • krishna mohan
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Graduate Does the floor function satisfy floor(x) = x + O(x^(1/2))?

  • zetafunction
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Undergrad Column swap in an augmented matrix

  • Shaybay92
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Graduate Chinese Remainder Theorem, Solving For Multiplicative Inverses

  • cwatki14
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Undergrad Help me convert this relationship into a linear equation

  • kd001
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Graduate Linear operators, eigenvalues, diagonal matrices

  • bjgawp
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Graduate Need Euler phi function proof help

  • tarheelborn
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Graduate I want to solve this eq. (k(x)*g(x)')'=p*g(x)

  • simplex
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Undergrad Linear algebra by Friedberg or Hoffman and Kunez?

  • JayC
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Graduate How Many Values of i Change the Degree of gcd(f(x,i), g(x,i))?

  • e_to_the_i_pi
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Graduate Why coefficients in affine combination should add up to 1

  • martijnh
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Graduate Can Riemann's Prime Counting Function Be Solved by Residue Integration?

  • saltydog
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Graduate What Are Some Examples of Infinite Pairwise Coprime Sets?

  • sutupidmath
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Graduate Questions about a projection operator in the representation theoy of groups

  • bobydbcn
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Graduate Kronecker Delta Expansion: What is the Result of δijδkk?

  • cgstu
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Graduate Let [tex]R[/tex] be a ring with [tex]1_R[/tex]. If [tex]M[/tex] is an

  • math_grl
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Undergrad Solve Unknown b in Matrix C for No Unique Solutions

  • blackbear
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Graduate Understanding abelian Galois groups

  • bham10246
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Graduate Can Linear Operators A and B Affect the Rank of AB in V?

  • Zorba
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Graduate Primitive roots & Reduced residue system

  • kingwinner
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Graduate Second and third isomorphism theorem

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High School Is a Prime Number Always a Factor of a Product of Integers?

  • liangiecar
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Undergrad Vector Math: Squares, Roots, Logarithms

  • Char. Limit
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Undergrad Proving 1. $\leftrightarrow$ 2.: A Matrix Invertibility Challenge

  • ImAnEngineer
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Finding Chen's Paper: "On the Representation of a Large Even Integer

  • FunkyDwarf
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Braket Algebra Refresher: Free PDF Download

  • zwoodrow
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Graduate What is the Proper Way to Take Derivatives of Tensors?

  • quasar_4
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Graduate Order of a mod m & quadratic residues

  • kingwinner
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Graduate Inversion of this Vandermonde matrix

  • Gerenuk
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Graduate How Do You Calculate the Derivative of a Matrix with Respect to a Scalar?

  • sauravrt
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Graduate What Is the Analytic Continuation of the Riemann Zeta Function?

  • srijithju
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Undergrad Matrix Multiplication Explained: Why & What's the Pro?

  • jugalyash
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Graduate Proof of Inf. Riemann Zeta Function Zeros at re(s)=1/2

  • epkid08
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Undergrad What Are the Left Cosets of H in S_3?

  • BustedBreaks
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Graduate Proof of Prime & Congruences: Solving x^2\equiv -2 \mod p

  • kingwinner
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