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For questions related to teaching mathematics. For questions in Mathematics Education as a scientific discipline there is also the tag mathematics-education. Note you may also ask your question on http://matheducators.stackexchange.com/.

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Why linear algebra is fun!(or ?)

My favorite elementary application of linear algebra is proving that the decomposition used in Calculus of rational functions into partial fractions works. Start with a polynomial $Q(x)=(x-r_1)(x-r_2 …
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Is Galois theory necessary (in a basic graduate algebra course)?

I am not a graduate student (yet), and don't really know about what first-year grad courses are like, but I don't think that Galois theory should be dropped because "it takes too long to develop", at …