Recent content by Lucas Ayres

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    Undergrad Thoughts on vector spaces from my first linear algebra class

    Unfortunately, I failed :cry:. I guess it was my fault. But I'll try it again next year! Never give up!
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    Introductory Probability textbooks

    Loved those lecture notes by Professor Kennedy, thank you very much! :smile:
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    Graduate Papal conclave in the Vatican: too quick?

    I was wondering yesterday how much time it would take to elect a new Pope for the Catholic Church... Well, I reached a quite bizarre conclusion and it seems very strange to me that the whole election was settled in only two days. Since I am not an expert in probability, I would like to know if...
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    Undergrad Thoughts on vector spaces from my first linear algebra class

    Thank you very much! Heading for my second class in about an hour...
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    Undergrad Thoughts on vector spaces from my first linear algebra class

    Hmm, Wikipedia says it was Giuseppe Peano in 1888. "Calcolo Geometrico secondo l'Ausdehnungslehre di H. Grassmann preceduto dalle Operazioni della Logica Deduttiva, Turin"
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    Undergrad Thoughts on vector spaces from my first linear algebra class

    Who was the first mathematician to coin the term "vector spaces"?
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    Undergrad Thoughts on vector spaces from my first linear algebra class

    I just had my first Linear Algebra at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). The teacher talked about vector spaces, and I found it very abstract. I am starting to think about the subject, and any comments are welcome! I just need a place to vent my thoughts and frustrations, so I am...
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