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DO NOT USE THIS TAG just because your question involves math! If your question is on simplification of a mathematical expression, please ask it at math.stackexchange.com The mathematics tag covers non-applied pure mathematical disciplines that are traditionally not part of the mathematical physics curriculum, such as, e.g., number theory, category theory, algebraic geometry, general topology, algebraic topology, etc.

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What are change of frame and change of coordinates?

What's the difference between a change of frame and a change of coordinates? I feel like both are transformations on the coordinates but change of frame changes also the vectors.
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A book about why do we need abstract math in physics

When I study math for physics applications I always have some trouble in understanding why it's necessary to abstract the objects we study (vector spaces, scalar product, manifolds, groups...). In the …
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Some clarifications about the ideas of representation of a group

I started to study group theory but I have many doubts about the topic, so I'd like to share my current understanding together with some questions, my aim is to understand the general ideas and concep …
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