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The nth Legendre polynomial is proportional to the nth derivative of (1-x^2)^n.
Algebra: the Faustian bargain
divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/
'Algebra is the offer made by the devil to the mathematician ...' http://t.co/vLBuk4yM
RT @Jose_A_Alonso: "The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite." -- Gian-Carlo Rota
Eigenvalues of non-symmetric matrix and its transpose - MathOverflow
mathoverflow.net/questions/97733/eigenvalues-of-non-symmetric-matrix-and-its-transpose
Eigenvalues of non-symmetric matrix and its transpose http://t.co/bRfxpNmt
Forman Acton describes Chebyshev polynomials as "cosine curves with a somewhat disturbed horizontal scale."
johndcook.com/ChebyshevPolynomials.pdfJosh Cooper's Math Pages : Open Combinatorics Problems
math.sc.edu/~cooper/combprob.html
RT @mathematicsprof Here is a large list of fascinating (and hard) combinatorial problems
There are two groups of order 14: one abelian (Z_2 x Z_7) and one non-abelian (Dihedral(7)).
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