Talk:Linear relation

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Greg at Higher Math Help in topic Possible error in the history section?

About the Title

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It seems to me that "Syzygy (mathematics)" is a better title for this page. Mojtabakd «talk» 07:21, 5 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

I disagree. AFAIK, the common use is "linear relation" for individual relations, and "syzygy" is used almost only for the module of all the linear relations, and for relations between relations (2d syzygies). Moreover, for most readers, the current title explains clearly the subject of the article, while "syzygy" is meaningless. Also, it is always better to have a title without disambiguating parentheses, as this allows linking without piping. D.Lazard (talk) 08:29, 5 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

"Stably isomorphic" listed at Redirects for discussion

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  An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Stably isomorphic and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 8#Stably isomorphic until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Jay 💬 01:21, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Possible error in the history section?

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I was curious to know if Cayley explicitly cited astronomy when introducing the term to math, so I looked up Cayley's collected works, and a search for the character string "syz" had only one match. It was the term "syzygetic," and it appeared in the title of a paper by Sylvester that Cayley cited. Does anyone want to take the next step and try to dig up that paper?

-- Greg at Higher Math Help (talk) 16:20, 11 February 2023 (UTC)Reply