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Graduate Calculating Derivatives and Traces to Solving for det(I + tA) = tr(A)
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Undergrad How Many Endomorphisms Exist for Z/2Z?
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Graduate Is Z[x]/(2x) Isomorphic to Z/2Z?
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Undergrad Find ||2w-v|| from <v,w>=-3, ||v||=2, ||w||=7
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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
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Graduate A problem in algebraic number theory
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Graduate Finding the inverse of an m*n matrix
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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?
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Undergrad Irrational numbers in infinite list of integers
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Graduate The Abelianization of a Group: Implications and Proofs
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Undergrad Reduce 3x3 Matrix to Scalor Quantity - Help Needed
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Graduate Proving the Isomorphism of [ ]B: L(V) to Mnxn(R) in Linear Transformations
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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
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Graduate Proving (AB)^{-1}=B^{-1} A^{-1} in Operator Algebra
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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?
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Undergrad Do Non-Square Matrices Span Spaces?
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Graduate Product Of Ideals - Why is the sum necessary?
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Undergrad Mathematical Induction on rationals
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Undergrad Help with Vector Line of Support: Can't Find It on Google
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Undergrad Linear Algebra Reference and Text
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Graduate Is There a Normal Subgroup K in Groups G and H with Index (G:K) ≤ n!?
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Undergrad Solve 1/a + 1/b + 1/c = 1: Find All Integer Solutions
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Undergrad How to Express Null(A) in Cartesian Form?
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Graduate Solving Isomorphic Rings: \mathbb{F}_5[x]/(x^2+2) & \mathbb{F}_5[x]/(x^2+3)
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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?
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Undergrad How do I determine a camera projection matrix?
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Undergrad Prove that every natural number is either odd or even
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Undergrad Unique solution of an overdetermined system
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Graduate Is an Ideal of Polynomials Without Constant Terms Finitely Generated?
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Graduate Is a Submodule of a Cyclic R-Module Also Cyclic if R is a PID?
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High School Product of any two even integers is a multiple of 4
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Undergrad Can this be done in a simplier way? Magic Squares
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Graduate How to prove that if A is a diagonalizable matrix, then the rank of A
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Graduate How Can We Prove the Transformation of Cross Product Under Orthogonal Matrices?
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Graduate Period of superposed cyclic integer rows
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Graduate Basis for kernel of linear transform
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Undergrad What are the properties of complex and conjugate matrices in linear algebra?
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High School Solving for x in terms of y: Methods and Alternatives
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Graduate Moment Problem: Unique Solution for Power Series g(x)=∑a(n)(-1)^nx^n
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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
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Graduate What Defines a Primitive Pythagorean Triple?
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Graduate What is the determinant of a block matrix?
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Undergrad How to get an input matrix from user?
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Graduate Can This Definition of Pi Work in More Abstract Algebras?
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Graduate Proof of e_r = #{d: d $\mid$ n and $d = p_r^k$, $k \in N$} for n = $p_r^{e_r}$
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Graduate Relationship between size of conjugacy class and the normalizer?
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Graduate Computing the Legendre Symbol (2/p) for Odd Primes: A Proof and Explanation
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Graduate Between two powers of an integer there is a power of two
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Graduate So it seems that GAP can do it..Identifying Groups in GAP: A Tutorial
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Graduate Does the floor function satisfy floor(x) = x + O(x^(1/2))?
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Undergrad Column swap in an augmented matrix
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Graduate Chinese Remainder Theorem, Solving For Multiplicative Inverses
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Undergrad Help me convert this relationship into a linear equation
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Graduate Linear operators, eigenvalues, diagonal matrices
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Graduate Need Euler phi function proof help
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Graduate I want to solve this eq. (k(x)*g(x)')'=p*g(x)
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Undergrad Linear algebra by Friedberg or Hoffman and Kunez?
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Graduate How Many Values of i Change the Degree of gcd(f(x,i), g(x,i))?
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Graduate Why coefficients in affine combination should add up to 1
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Graduate Can Riemann's Prime Counting Function Be Solved by Residue Integration?
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Graduate What Are Some Examples of Infinite Pairwise Coprime Sets?
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Graduate Questions about a projection operator in the representation theoy of groups
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Graduate Kronecker Delta Expansion: What is the Result of δijδkk?
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Graduate Let [tex]R[/tex] be a ring with [tex]1_R[/tex]. If [tex]M[/tex] is an
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Undergrad Solve Unknown b in Matrix C for No Unique Solutions
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Graduate Understanding abelian Galois groups
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Graduate Can Linear Operators A and B Affect the Rank of AB in V?
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Graduate Primitive roots & Reduced residue system
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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?
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Undergrad Vector Math: Squares, Roots, Logarithms
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Undergrad Proving 1. $\leftrightarrow$ 2.: A Matrix Invertibility Challenge
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Finding Chen's Paper: "On the Representation of a Large Even Integer
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Braket Algebra Refresher: Free PDF Download
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Graduate What is the Proper Way to Take Derivatives of Tensors?
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Graduate Order of a mod m & quadratic residues
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Graduate Inversion of this Vandermonde matrix
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Graduate How Do You Calculate the Derivative of a Matrix with Respect to a Scalar?
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Graduate What Is the Analytic Continuation of the Riemann Zeta Function?
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Undergrad Matrix Multiplication Explained: Why & What's the Pro?
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Graduate Proof of Inf. Riemann Zeta Function Zeros at re(s)=1/2
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Undergrad What Are the Left Cosets of H in S_3?
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Graduate Proof of Prime & Congruences: Solving x^2\equiv -2 \mod p
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Undergrad Proving Congruences of Primes: Show 2^((p-1)/2) = +1 (mod p)
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Graduate Is n Prime if Zero Products and Unique Solutions Exist in Modulo n Arithmetic?
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Graduate Wilson's Theorem Proof Help for p-1 to p-r Modulo p
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Graduate Levi-Civita symbol and Kronecker delta
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Graduate Galois Extension: Proving L is Galois Over K
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Graduate Spectral theorem for self-adjoint linear transformations
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