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May 9, 2019 at 20:23 history edited Luc Guyot CC BY-SA 4.0
Use $\cdot$ for the dot product notation
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Jan 18, 2012 at 1:04 vote accept Carl
Sep 13, 2011 at 1:27 comment added Carl Thanks to both of you for the comments, I've specified my question.
Sep 13, 2011 at 1:27 history edited Carl CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 13, 2011 at 1:20 comment added Pete L. Clark @David: I agree with your injunction in general -- at least, when I write $\mathbb{Z}_q$ I mean the $q$-adic integers (although I know some algebraic topologists who take the other convention). But in this case the OP says he wants a "finite $\mathbb{Z}$-modules" which seems to imply that $\mathbb{Z}_q = \mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$. Anyway, he also doesn't say what kind of integer $q$ is -- e.g., is it necessarily prime? In view of my answer below, that's a more serious question...
Sep 13, 2011 at 1:19 answer added Chris Godsil timeline score: 4
Sep 13, 2011 at 1:16 comment added David White Be careful with your notation. I think it's safe to say most algebraists and algebraic topologists read $\mathbb{Z}_q$ as the $q$-adic numbers, not as $\mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$. Because not everyone adopts this notation, I generally explicitly define my terms. Which do you mean?
Sep 13, 2011 at 1:16 answer added Pete L. Clark timeline score: 4
Sep 13, 2011 at 1:10 history edited Carl CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 13, 2011 at 0:57 history edited Carl CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 13, 2011 at 0:44 comment added Carl Because my full name is Paul Thomas. Does it change anything?
Sep 13, 2011 at 0:32 comment added Yemon Choi Not that it's my business, but why Paul here and Thomas there?
Sep 13, 2011 at 0:30 history asked Carl CC BY-SA 3.0