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Amritanshu Prasad
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I am interested in representation theory, harmonic analysis, group theory, matrices over local rings, finite abelian groups, and combinatorics.

I have written a book: Representation Theory: A Combinatorial Viewpoint.

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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
Mar 23, 2013
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Why study Lie algebras?
Mar 17, 2011
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Simplest examples of rings that are not isomorphic to their opposites
May 9, 2011
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Is a matrix similar to its transpose over $\mathbb{Z}_p$?
Dec 15, 2018
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A slick proof of the Bruhat Decomposition for GL_n(k)?
May 2, 2012
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Which mathematical ideas have done most to change history?
Mar 16, 2011
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Do mutually dual finite vector spaces have the same orbit cardinalities under a linear group action?
Aug 2, 2013
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Old books still used
Dec 29, 2012
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Are wild problems related to undecidable ones?
Aug 29, 2011
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Examples of theorems misapplied to non-mathematical contexts
Jun 12, 2014
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What's an intuitive way to think about the determinant?
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Confused about the definition of a group as a groupoid with one object.
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Combinatorial proof of summation of $\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {n \choose k}^2= {2n \choose n}$
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How to prove: Moment Generating Function Uniqueness Theorem
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Does the Philips Air-fryer work as well as a standard deep-fryer?