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46 votes
4 answers
2k views

Does the sequence $n+\tan(n), n \in\mathbb{N}$ have a lower bound?

37 votes
3 answers
18k views

Why is the norm of a matrix larger than its eigenvalue?

10 votes
2 answers
575 views

Why is Axiom of Choice "a convenient and safe labour-saving device"?

9 votes
2 answers
230 views

If $N$ is large enough, then $x^5-Nx+1$ and $x^5-Nx^2+1$ are irreducible over $\mathbb{Q}$.

8 votes
1 answer
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$a^n-1$ and $b^n-1$ have the same set of prime factors for each $n\in\Bbb{Z}^+$, show that $a=b$.

8 votes
2 answers
474 views

$\forall x\in [0,1]$, if $f(t)f(t-x)$ is integrable, then $f(t)$ is integrable?

7 votes
2 answers
3k views

Why is Axiom of Pairing needed?

6 votes
1 answer
232 views

For any positive integer $k$, there exists a prime $p$ such that ${x \choose k}\equiv -1\pmod{p}$ has an integer solution.

6 votes
1 answer
303 views

Infinitely many common prime divisors

5 votes
1 answer
275 views

Prove the coefficients of $\prod_{k=2}^{n+1}(1-x^{a_k})$ are $0$, $1$, or $-1$ where $(a_k)$ are Fibonacci numbers.

5 votes
1 answer
184 views

Can we remove the absolute value when doing Diophantine Approximation?

5 votes
2 answers
2k views

Points of a dense set are not limit points

5 votes
2 answers
254 views

How to prove $\sum_{i=1}^{p-1}\sqrt[p]{\frac{i}{p}} $ is an algebraic integer?

4 votes
1 answer
99 views

For any cardinal numbers $a\neq b$, is there a cardinal number $c$ such that $c^a\neq c^b$?

4 votes
2 answers
208 views

How to find the degree of the extension $[\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3+2\sqrt{5}}):\mathbb{Q}]$?

3 votes
3 answers
143 views

How to prove or disprove the following set is compact?

3 votes
1 answer
200 views

Show that the center of a group is an invariant subgroup using symmetry

3 votes
0 answers
50 views

How to prove if $\bigcup_{k=1}^{n}V_{k}$ is a subspace over $\mathbb{C}$ then $\bigcup_{k=1}^{n}V_{k}=V_{j}$ for some j? [duplicate]

2 votes
1 answer
122 views

How to prove by inudction if $\bigcup_{k=1}^{n}V_{k}$ is a subspace over $\mathbb{C}$ then $\bigcup_{k=1}^{n}V_{k}=V_{j}$ for some j?

2 votes
1 answer
153 views

Question about Hungerford's definition about cardinality

2 votes
2 answers
218 views

Question about the definition of a free abelian group

2 votes
1 answer
761 views

How to find all solutions of the ODE $x'=3x^{\frac{2}{3}}, x(0)=0$

2 votes
2 answers
148 views

Find the minimal maximal distance in a $n\times n$ square grid? [duplicate]

2 votes
1 answer
130 views

Find the maximal minimum distance in a $n\times n$ square grid?

1 vote
1 answer
70 views

Congruence equation with binomial coefficient

1 vote
0 answers
48 views

How to prove an ideal is prime in $R[x]$ when $R$ is not an integral domain?

1 vote
1 answer
77 views

How to show the following cubic graph is Hamiltonian?

1 vote
1 answer
315 views

Can the ''Galois group" for an inseparable irreducible polynomial of degree 4 be $S_{3}$?

1 vote
1 answer
82 views

The series$\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty}(\frac{(2n-1)!!}{(2n)!!})^p$ converges if and only if $p>2$

1 vote
1 answer
354 views

How to prove there is left\right adjoint for non-degenerate bilinear form?