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12:14 AM
I did get my mathjax, and @DanielFischer no but I found a way...
I'm now looking at the nth root of n, minus one, all to the nth power.
I thought the root test was the straight forward approach… but now how do I got at the nth root of n….
 
@Anthony $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \left(\sqrt[n]{n}-1\right)^n\,?$$
 
Indeed.
 
n11
I'm looking for the formula for the number of ways to pick k items with repetition in a set of n
 
@Anthony Root test is good then ;) So you need to check whether $\limsup\limits_{n\to\infty} \sqrt[n]{n}-1 < 1$. What do you know about $\sqrt[n]{n}$?
 
n11
example $[a,b,c]$ n=3, k=1: 3 terms, k=2: $[a,b,c,a²,b²,c²,ab,ac,bc]$ 6 more terms, k=3 it will add 10 terms etc...
 
12:17 AM
Well I certainly feel like it is bounded, but I don't actually know why.
 
@Anthony Well, you don't need much. You can easily prove that $2^n > n$, for example, and that gives you $\sqrt[n]{n} < 2$ (but that is not enough, you need more), showing e.g. $n < \left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^n$ for all large enough $n$ however would be enough here.
 
@n11 I don't really know, it seems to be recursive though! # + (# choose 2)
 
n11
hmm
 
@DanielFischer Honest to god I had got up to that, and I didn't know how to show it.
 
@Anthony Under what conditions is $$n+1 \leqslant \frac{3}{2}n < \frac{3}{2}\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^n = \left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^{n+1}$$ valid?
 
12:27 AM
For the first ineq.
N 2 or larger?
 
@AlexanderGruber Heya.
 
The second…. not so sure.
 
@AlexanderGruber How's it going?
 
12:29 AM
alright. pretty average. you?
 
@Anthony Well, that holds if $n < \left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^n$. So if you can show that for any $n \geqslant 2$, induction gives you the desired inequality for all larger $n$.
 
Yeah
Just got that.
Thanks.
 
@AlexanderGruber Well, today wasn't awesome, but I had a phone call that changed my mood. Not gonna go into details though. =)
 
@PedroTamaroff heh heh, you go pedro
 
n11
@Anthony $\frac{(n-k+1)!}{(n-1)!*k!}$, Combinations with repetitions
 
12:39 AM
@AlexanderGruber I have something that might interest you.
 
what's that?
 
@AlexanderGruber Something that "gets together" Nakayama's lemma and Bernstein's basis theorem.
It's pretty cool.
Maybe you heard about it.
 
What's Bernstein's basis theorem?
 
Sorry, Burnside. =)
 
Ahh, the one about $p$-groups right?
 
12:44 AM
Yes.
@AlexanderGruber
So, suppose you have a group $G$.
Let $\Gamma$ be a finite subset of ${\rm End}\, G$.
 
(i'm listening)
 
Oh, OK.
Then call a subgroup of $G$ a $\Gamma$-subgroup of it is stable under each endomorphism in $\Gamma$.
Define "maximal $\Gamma$-subgroup" and "$\Gamma$-subgroup generated by" in the obvious ways.
 
Let ${\rm Fr}_{\Gamma}(G)$ be the intersection of all maximal $\Gamma$-subgroups.
Call it the Frattini $\Gamma$-subgroup of $G$.
Then the Frattini $\Gamma$-subgroup is always the set of $\Gamma$-nongenerators.
 
one question for a moment, what do you mean by $\Gamma$-subgroup generated by?
 
12:51 AM
@fernando can't watch til I'm home
 
@AlexanderGruber Smallest $\Gamma$-subgroup containing the set.
 
@PedroTamaroff ah alright
 
@AlexanderGruber (Describing its elements is a bit messy, but totally doable.)
The proof of my claim is verbatim the same proof as in the case of $\Phi(G)$, where $\Gamma=\varnothing$.
Now, check this out, @AlexanderGruber.
 
@PedroTamaroff sure - i see that.
 
12:54 AM
@AlexanderGruber Note for example, that left $A$-modules are $\Gamma$-groups where $\Gamma$ is the set of endomorphisms of "multiply to the left", and the Frattini is the intersection of all maximal submodules.
 
@PedroTamaroff i'm liking how that looks
 
@AlexanderGruber It can be shown that if ${\mathfrak R}(A)$ is the Jacobson radical of $A$, and $M$ is an $A$-module (left), then ${\mathfrak R}(A)M\subseteq {\rm Fr}(M)$
The proof is done by using the Jacobson radical kills simple $A$-modules.
 
@fernando Is every object in a category (need abelian?) a quotient object of a free object?
 
@AlexanderGruber This is basically the observation of Nakayama: if $N$ is maximal, then $M/N$ is simple, so ${\mathfrak R}(A)M/N=\frac{{\mathfrak R}(A)M+N}N=0$ so ${\mathfrak R}(A)M\subseteq N$. This means ${\mathfrak R}(A)M\subseteq{\rm Fr}(M)$.
 
ignore that. derrrr.
 
12:58 AM
I have no clue @Mike
 
or not. whatever.
Jeez @fernando I thought you were my category encyclopedia
 
Silly @Mike, thinking I know stuff
 
@PedroTamaroff what is $\operatorname{Fr}\left(M\right)$ without a subscript?
 
Jesus, Pedro, solve Twin Primes already
 
the gamma above?
 
12:59 AM
@AlexanderGruber Oh, I mean the Frattini of the module, i.e. intersection of maximal submodules.
Where $\Gamma$ is the set of left multiplicationes. =)
 
El $\Gamma$ de los multiplicationes
:D
 
Thus, if $\mathfrak a$ is an ideal contained in the Jacobson radical and $M={\mathfrak a}M$, then $M=0$; since elements of ${\mathfrak a}M$ are non generators.
 
Hi everyone. I have this question that I posted on math.SE, and it hasn't received any answers: math.stackexchange.com/q/704758/13524 I'm thinking it would be appropriate to move this question to Math Overflow, since it came up in the course of research.
Is there a way I can ask a moderator to migrate the question? Can I just flag it, or is there some chat room I can ask in?
 
@TannerSwett you want me to take the bounty off?
 
@AlexanderGruber I don't see any reason to leave the bounty on.
 
1:03 AM
Also, you appear to have answered the question already. Would that be better as an edit?
 
This doesn't give the stronger that if $M$ is finitely generated and if $\mathfrak a$ is any ideal with $M=\mathfrak a M$; then there is $x=1\mod \mathfrak a$ with $xM=0$, but it is enough to prove the "Nakayama lemma" as stated in my last comment.
Which I find friggin cool.
 
@AlexanderGruber I thought I had come up with an answer, but it turned out my answer was incorrect. I'm not sure if I should leave it as an answer, or delete the answer and incorporate it into the question.
 
Because go Group Theory.
 
@TannerSwett i'd go with the second option. Edit it in as further thoughts.
 
@AlexanderGruber All right, I'll go ahead and do that.
 
1:04 AM
@PedroTamaroff yeah :) i like that a lot
 
@AlexanderGruber Thanks for your help so far, by the way.
 
@AlexanderGruber Preach the gospel. =D
 
@PedroTamaroff if they ask me to prove nakayama on my phd qual i'll do it that way, hehe
 
@AlexanderGruber I think one should be careful about the finitely generated hypothesis, though.
But I don't think that proof uses that hypothesis.
That is, we need FG to prove the stronger result.
 
@PedroTamaroff You need your module to be Noetherian for maximal submodules to necessarily exist.
 
1:15 AM
@KarlKronenfeld Right.
 
(In particular you need it to be f.g.)
 
However, if there is no maximal submodule, the Frattini is all of $M$.
No hassle there.
The proof carries over too.
I think.
 
@PedroTamaroff ???
 
@KarlKronenfeld Well, $\bigcap \varnothing=M$.
For example, as a $\Bbb Z$-module, $\Bbb Q$ has no maximal submodules, so $\Phi(\Bbb Q)=\Bbb Q$.
 
I guess I should establish what exactly are you proving?
 
1:18 AM
@KarlKronenfeld That ${\rm Fr}(M)$ is the set of nongenerators.
 
Those elements that can removed from any generating set, right?
 
Then, it simply makes no sense for $\Phi(M)=M$ for any nonzero module $M$.
 
@AlexanderGruber All right, I've edited the wrong answer into the question.
 
@KarlKronenfeld But that's not the definition...?
 
1:21 AM
@PedroTamaroff You said you think the proof goes through.
 
@TannerSwett alright, my friend. ready to throw it over?
 
@AlexanderGruber Yep, I think so.
 
@KarlKronenfeld OK. Help me spot the error then.
Let's assume $M$ is a module that has no maximal submodules.
 
@TannerSwett It is done.
 
@AlexanderGruber Excellent. Thanks!
 
1:23 AM
@PedroTamaroff Were you relying your statement for general $\Gamma$?
 
@TannerSwett my pleasure
 
@PedroTamaroff here
 
@KarlKronenfeld I think the statement holds.
For general $\Gamma$.
 
Right, for finite $\Gamma$. I.e. for modules the ring would have to be finite for it to be useful.
 
@KarlKronenfeld I am not sure why I said $\Gamma$ must be finite.
It needn't be.
I wrote out the proof.
Some days ago.
 
1:26 AM
That's where the error should lie, I fear. The claim for modules is a particular case of that.
 
@KarlKronenfeld Come again?
The error where?
Let me tell you what I wrote.
Maybe you can tell me where the error is.
 
Well, I guess it is merely a matter of convention that $\bigcap\varnothing=M$, so the problem may actually be that your proof doesn't adequately handle the case where there are no maximal $\Gamma$-subgroups.
 
@AlexanderGruber I hope Alex is not dissappoint. Hehehehe.
@KarlKronenfeld Let me explain then.
 
@PedroTamaroff ok
 
Suppose $M$ is an $A$-module with no maximal submodules. It is clear the set of nongenerators is a subset of $M$. Now, pick an element $x\in M$, and suppose it is not a nongeneator. So there exists $Y\subseteq M$; $x\notin Y$ so that $\langle Y\rangle\subsetneq \langle x,Y\rangle =M$.
Let $\mathscr C$ be the collection of submodules $N$ of $M$ with the property that $Y\subseteq N$, and $x\notin N$.
This is nonempty, and we may order it by inclusion.
If we have a chain in $\mathscr C$, the union contains $Y$, doesn't contain $x$.
It is a submodule, since we have a chain.
So Zorn gives a maximal element, which has to be a maximal submodule, contra the fact there are none.
Where's the error?
 
1:32 AM
No, it's maximal wrt to the property that it does not contain $x$.
 
The error may be on the $k$th line
 
@KarlKronenfeld True.
But.
 
I'll try to give an example. I need a moment to think about it.
 
Let $M'$ be the maximal element.
 
Oh, the prufer group.
 
1:33 AM
If $M'\subsetneq M''\subseteq M$, $M''$ is a submodule, $M''$ must contain $x$.
 
Try it on that @PedroTamaroff
 
Since it contains $Y$, $M''\supseteq \langle Y,x\rangle =M$.
So $M'$ is a maximal submodule too.
 
oh, you are right that every element of $M$ is a nongenerator.
 
I was fallaciously believing some nonsense about what it means to not be a nongenerator.
 
1:35 AM
So indeed in any case, elements of the Frattini are the nongenerators.
I am happy I was not wrong... not that you're not right. Of course.
For a moment I thought @AlexanderGruber would be dissappint.
@KarlKronenfeld So this works even when $M$ is not finitely generated.
How cool is that?
Though only works for $\mathfrak a$ an ideal inside the Jacobson radical.
The stronger result needs finitely generated as far as I can see.
And I am a total n00b with modules.
Afraid Karl is working out a counterexample.
@EnjoysMath
 
Good evening folks
 
@PedroTamaroff That is indeed correct. I guess I don't fully appreciate the connection to Nakayama's Lemma.
 
@KarlKronenfeld Well, the connection is the following.
 
@PedroTamaroff surely not.
 
1:51 AM
Since ${\mathfrak R}(A)$ annhilates all simple $A$-modules, ${\mathfrak R}(A)M\subseteq {\rm Fr}(M)$. This means that if $\mathfrak a$ is in the Jacobson radical, $\mathfrak a M$ consists of nongenerators.
So $M=\mathfrak aM$ gives $M=0$.
 
Ah, you made the same fallacy I did.
 
@KarlKronenfeld Where...?
 
It is plausible that $X$ can consist of nongenerators and yet $\langle X\rangle\ne 0$.
The Prufer group is an excellent example of this.
 
@KarlKronenfeld If they are nongenerators, you can delete them, they are nongenerators of $M$.
 
You can delete them one at a time
 
1:54 AM
@KarlKronenfeld Oh, true, true!
So you do need finitely generated.
After all.
.
 
as usual, finite is good enough for me.
 
@AlexanderGruber ;)
 
@KevinDriscoll evenin'
 
@KarlKronenfeld So, this is settled yes?
 
@PedroTamaroff Yes
 
1:58 AM
Anyone got any tricks for integrating a complex function along a vertical line in the plane with is has the property that $f(-z) = f(z)$??
 
@KarlKronenfeld We don't need Noetherian, just finitely generated.
 
@PedroTamaroff Indeed
 
@KarlKronenfeld Good.
 
 
2 hours later…
3:37 AM
I'm depressed
 
Me too
The actor in The Amazing Spider-man reminds me of Ethan
 
3:55 AM
@Mike No, you're not.
=D
 
@Pedro I bought the wrong shampoo.
 
@Mike Oh, that's serious. Call a hotline, right now.
 
4:12 AM
1-800 rinse & repeat :D @mike
 
4:50 AM
@Karl There was another fkaw in my argument but I have corrected it. If M = aM, we cannot immediately conclude M=0 since.the nongenerator defn.allows us to remove an elt when the Y is nonempty. But we can reduce our set of fin many gens to one, hence N is cyclic. Un fact, it is simple, since we may choose any element as a gen, just add it and remove the other. Since a is an ideal inside the Jacobson radical, this kills M, so M=aM=0
Ib particular, since the rationals as a Z module admit no maximal subgroups, every finitely generated subgroup is cyclic by the above
SIGH disregard what I said about Q
The first big chunk is correct though
 
is it true the only congruence relation ~ on a group (G,*) is one that is induced by an homomorphism from G ( which says a ~ b iff f(a) = f(b) ) ?
 
@nerdy Yes, and you can prove it! Two steps: prove that the equivalence class of $e$ is a normal subgroup, and then recall the first isomorphism theorem.
 
5:11 AM
how do we prove that for any congruence relation ~ on (G,*), the equivalence class of e is a normal subgroup ? I'm kinda lost, we didn't define what the congruence relation is yet
nevermind and thanks for the help
i figured it out
with some help
 
6:09 AM
If I'm given two regions, could someone give me a tip for finding a bijective map from one to the other?
One of the regions is just the unit-sphere (the domain of the map) and the other is... well... I don't even know what it is: (7x - 3y - z)^2 + (-3x + 7y -z)^2 + (-x -y +3z)^2 <= 100
I have kind-of an idea of what to do, and I've solved problems like this before, but that last shape is blindsiding me. I'm not sure how to handle it in the slightest
I consider something like... I know that the map (call it T) will take boundary points to boundary points, so it must take things of the form "u^2 + v^2 + w^2 = 1" to things of the form... well... whatever that other thing is
The reason I don't ask on the main-site is because someone asked this maybe 10 hours ago and no one answered, so I figure I'd try my luck here. :)
Bah. x_x
 
6:36 AM
start by using latex mofo
$\LaTeX$
 
I uh... don't think it works in chat. ;)
 
mofo?
 
It's an acronym for "Please help AmagicalFishy with his math problem because he doesn't know what he's doing," I think.
 
Oh, neat.
 
6:51 AM
i have 3000 rep and stackexchange needs me to fill out a captcha?
 
You could be a really advanced robot (who doesn't know how to captcha).
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Isn't the answer to that bijection question to just use the Gauss map?
 
Huh. I'm not sure (but, from what I'm seeing on Wikipedia, it looks like it)
I've never heard of the Gauss map before
Thank you. :) I'm going to do some reading on this
 
7:12 AM
You can also do this using quadratic forms, but just using wolfram to expand the equations make it look a little messy
 
I'm not actually sure what quadratic forms are, either, haha. Are these things typical of a Vector Calculus course? (I haven't heard them in class; but I am interested in figuring out what they are)
What I've been trying to do is express the ellipsoid in spherical coordinates, solve for the coefficients, and basically create a map from the unit sphere in spherical coordinates to the ellipsoid by inspection (which should just consist of tacking on coefficients, right?)
 
divide by 100, shift the ellipsoid so that it is centered at the origin. write it in the form $X^{T}AX = 1$, orthogonally diagonalize A to that $A = P^{T}DP$, substitute it back into the quadratic form
I don't know, it's mostly linear algebra
 
Ah, huh. I haven't taken a linear algebra class passed the intro. one; I plan to do some studying in it over the summer. x_x
 
but I learned vector calculus from a geometer
 
I kind of wish I was, too. :v
I'm learning it from an engineer (well... mostly from a book)
I'm taking Geometry next semester, though, so hopefully these things will come up
 
7:22 AM
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Q: Is there a way to compute if(i < j) k := (a + b)c with polynomials over $\Bbb{Z}_p$?

Enjoys MathLet $p$ be a prime and let all variables be in $\Bbb{Z}_p$. Then you can write the result of if(i > 0) k = (a + b)c; (C code) as a polynomial $k := i^{p-1} (a+b)c + (1 - i^{p-1}) k$ (notice $:=$ and not $=$). But what about if (i > j) k = (a + b)c; ? If you try converting $...

@JessicaK @___@
 
Did I say something bad
 
yes, ure a bad girl
^_^
 
I was taught quadratic forms first because you need a little bit of linear algebra for dealing with the Hessians, mountain pass theorem etc anyway
Then the linear algebra class that uses it as a prerequisite uses them as examples of operators
 
Huh. Where do/did you go to school, if you don't mind my asking?
 
@JessicaK would you like a digital copy of Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms by Shimura??
 
7:27 AM
I don't think I'll end up reading it, but thanks
I go to school in Canada, but I don't want to get too specific
 
Oh, that's alright. The question was mainly focused on the country, not the specific school
 
I suppose if it has a yellow cover it must be worth reading
 
u bet ur ass
now read it and solve twin primes
 
8:03 AM
Good morning/evening everybody
 
@GabrielR. Afternoon.
 
@JessicaK Do you know quadrics as well ? I'm having a hard time learning about them
 
8:32 AM
Probably not well enough to help. I read a lot, but I don't try enough exercises to be good at actually doing anything.
 
9:07 AM
@JessicaK ah, you self-learn everything?
 
9:39 AM
Feeling good to be here after almost 44 hours. Hello everyone!
 
Any ideas/thoughts/comments/questions/retagging/criticism are appreciated.
0
Q: What's the best strategy to count the eggs in the jar?

AdnanIt's Easter time, and in my workplace we have a "Count the eggs in the jar!" kind of game. What would be the best mathematical strategy to get as close as possible to the correct count?

 
@robjohn You should be in bed
I have a sore on my tongue, ouch
 
9:57 AM
@Hawk HellO!
 
@Sawarnik Hello, I couldn't be back that day, nor yesterday.
 
@Hawk Why? o.O
You missed Khallil's hilarious lines yesterday!
 
@Sawarnik Fell ill...very ill...couldn't even sit up.
 
@Hawk Oh :( How are you now?
 
@Sawarnik Better, but not completely okay...
But, I am definitely fit enough to be here.
 
10:02 AM
Ok :)
Good enough to do maths?
 
Think so...
 
@Hawk Do you want to have some fun?
 
@Sawarnik Ya, sure...let's see then...
 
See what?
 
the fun element...
 
10:30 AM
Greetings
 
@Chris'ssis Greeting to you too!
 
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^n \zeta(2-2n)}{ n n!}=\frac{1}{2}$$
@Hawk Hi :-)
 
@Chris'ssis Greetings greatest one!
 
@Sawarnik Hello :-)
How are you doing guys?
@robjohn have you ever seen before the series above? (I just created it)
@robjohn This cannot be possible, but Mathematica says all is fine! :-)
brb
 
10:50 AM
@PedroTamaroff Hm, a simpler workaround would be to include $0$ in every generating set.
 
I too tried your formula in Mathematica:
NSum[(-1)^n*Zeta[2 - 2*n]/(n*Factorial[n]), {n, 1, Infinity}]
= 0.5
@Chris'ssis
 
@robjohn forget that series, I think I missed something there. It's OK the way Mathematica computed it.
@MatsGranvik Yeah, I had in mind a different thing. This is obviously 1/2.
@MatsGranvik I had in mind the derivative of the Riemann zeta function.
 
@Chris'ssis I see now what you meant:
Table[NSum[(-1)^n*Zeta[2 - 2*n]/(n*Factorial[n]), {n, 1, k}], {k, 1,
12}]
 
@MatsGranvik Yeah. :-)
I need to take some sleep.
 
11:10 AM
1
Q: A question on symmetric matrix with eigenvalues bounded away from zero

konradLet $A$ be symmetric matrix such that $\exists \lambda_0$ with $\lambda>\lambda_0>0$ for any eigenvalue $\lambda$. Then it is trivial to see that a) $A$ is positive definite and b) $\left\|A^{-1}x\right\|\leq \|x\|\lambda_0$. Any hint why this is trivial to see?

Am I delusional or the second claim should actually be
b) $\left\|A^{-1}x\right\|\leq \|x\|\frac{1}{lambda_0} $.?
 
Looks like it should be $\frac{1}{\lambda_{0}}$ to me too
 
If $f(x)$ converges to its Fourier series, must the Fourier series formed by differentiating each term wrt $x$ in the sum converge to $f'(x)$?
 
Hey, @Daniel. Are you there?
 
I'd think not on experience, but I don't know why (or, more precisely, for which $f(x)$ the statement is true).
 
11:28 AM
bahumbug
 
@Alyosha converges pointwise?
 
@GabrielR. I'm think about differentiating Fourier sums then setting x to be a certain value, so I think that's the type of convergence that would be useful to me.
 
@meer2kat bahumbug
@KhallilBenyattou Hi!
 
@Sawarnik Hey!
 
@Sawarnik yo
 
11:37 AM
@MattN. Now I'm here.
 
@Sawarnik @meer2kat How are you guys?
@Sawarnik I'm going to be quite busy today :(
I've got plans to go and watch a movie and I've gotta downgrade my phone back to Gingerbread because the new firmware sucks.
 
@DanielFischer Yay, awesome. Ok, here goes: The following is a problem from the Scottish book. The question is, whether a matrix is normal if and only if it is "finite in each row and invertible (in a one-to-one way)"
 
@Sawarnik Did you like my pick-up lines yesterday?
:P
 
@KhallilBenyattou Yup!
@KhallilBenyattou Oh :( Are you free now?
 
@Daniel and I'm not clear what it means. Obviously every $n$ by $m$ matrix is finite in each row. So I'm wondering if they are using matrix to mean a linear operator.
 
11:40 AM
@Sawarnik I know. I wish I could be here for longer because I have fun and learn loads :)
@Sawarnik I'm going to be doing the phone thing now :(
 
@KhallilBenyattou not bad. you?
 
@MattN. I was just about to ask what the heck that should mean ;)
 
@KhallilBenyattou $\int_0^1 \frac{x^4(1-x)^4}{1+x^2} \, dx =?$
 
@meer2kat Largely the same. Feeling a bit pressed for time too, since I want to downgrade my phone before I go out in 2 hours.
 
@DanielFischer It's problem 6, asked by Ulam and Orlicz. There are no comments.
 
11:41 AM
@KhallilBenyattou nice.
 
I've seen that question before. It applies the squeeze theorem doesn't it?
@Sawarnik
 
But the prize for a solution is a bottle of wine.
 
@KhallilBenyattou So lucky that I don't have a smartphone!
 
@Sawarnik You are!
 
I tried google but a brief search was inconclusive.
 
11:42 AM
@KhallilBenyattou Squeeze theorem? I don't think so, but maybe you have new solutions!
 
@MattN. Whatever. I could make one or two guesses, but they would likely be wrong.
 
@Sawarnik I might be thinking of another problem that can be found in a STEP exam. It shows that $\pi$ is greater than $\frac{22}{7}$ IIRC.
 
@KhallilBenyattou Yup! That is it.
@meer2kat Did you like his pick up lines as well?
 
Found something. Maybe they meant row finite matrices over a ring.
I need to figure out whether that would make sense.
 
@Sawarnik yes they were good
 
11:47 AM
@meer2kat :3
 
@MattN. Probably. But does "normal" mean "commutes with its transpose", or what?
 
@DanielFischer That's what I simply assumed. But it could mean something else.
What if, to make it a bit simpler, the matrix was both row and column finite?
Like for example a $2$ by $2$ matrix padded with infinitely many zeros. Surely then it's normal if and only if the non-zero submatrix is?
I think they must mean something else since otherwise the theorem would claim that any matrix with non-zero determinant would be normal.
 
Yes, so if that is what is meant by normal, you and I know that a normal matrix has no reason to be invertible. But that would make the question unworthy of a prize of a bottle of wine, so...
 
...so they must use normal to mean something else.
Maybe I should ask it on stackexchange.
I thought I'd try you first because it would have been fun to discuss the problem here.
 
@Sawarnik This is what I meant en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_that_22/…
It's not the squeeze theorem. Apologies, it's simply substituting in $x=1$ to get a lower bound, and substituting $x=0$ in to get an upper bound.
My mind automatically went to the squeeze theorem because of the 'general look' of the inequality.
 
11:56 AM
@meer2kat Hey, you are early again lol
 
@Alyosha you got pointwise convergence of the term-by-term derivative to $f'$ when 1)f is piecewise $C^1$ and regularized 2)$\sum c_n(f) e^{inx} $converges uniformly on any closed interval
 
@DanielFischer Actually, the original reads "Is a matrix, finite in each row and invertible (in a one-to-one way), equivalent to a normal matrix?" but that's the same as what I translated it to mean, right?
 
@MattN. I think "equivalent to" means "similar to" here.
 
Ok. But the rest is more or less what I took it to mean?
 

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