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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
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MHB Problem-Solving Strategy for Dynamics Problems
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High School List of Online Calculators for Math, Physics, Earth and Other Curiosities
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What Topics Do These Math FAQs Cover?
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High School Area of Overlapping Squares
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Undergrad Erroneously finding discrepancy in transpose rule
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Undergrad Finding the inverse tangent of a complex number
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Insights What Exactly is Dirac’s Delta Function? - Insight
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Undergrad Trigonometry problem of interest
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High School More similar triangle problems
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Undergrad Significant figures for inherently bound values
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Undergrad Polynomial vs. Exponential time
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Undergrad There are only finitely many primes
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Undergrad Midpoint(s) of the unbounded number line
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High School Arithmetic and our place value system
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Unit Circle Double Angle Derivations
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High School Can Six Pencils Be Arranged to Each Touch the Other Five?
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Undergrad Video on imaginary numbers and some queries
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High School Imaginary Pythagoras
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Undergrad Non-orthogonal bases
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Insights Fermat's Last Theorem
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High School An exact Paraxial equation derivation, 100% Cartesian
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Undergrad Useless continued fraction for 1
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Undergrad Proving Newton's forward difference interpolation formula
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Undergrad Geometry problem of interest with a 3-4-5 triangle
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High School What could prove this wrong? I'm having a dispute with friends
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Undergrad Software for entering Mathematics Equations
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Undergrad Am I misapplying something here? (Exponentials; Euler's identity)
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High School Videos of 4D Die and Sphere
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High School Is this the right set mapping notation for a limit in two variables?
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Insights Fixing Things Which Can Go Wrong With Complex Numbers
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Graduate Is this Recursive Pattern in the Collatz Sequence Known?
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Undergrad Why fixed point iteration of ##x^3 = 1-x^2## doesn't converge when ##x_0= 0##
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High School How does the Riemann Hypothesis/Riemann Zeta function even work?
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Graduate Question about intersection of coordinate rings
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High School Excel: converting a 3-ish week count into a monthly count
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High School Geometry Puzzle with 20 points in a cross pattern
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High School Death Rally: an intricate probability problem?
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High School Solving equations but getting an identity - what mistakes were made?
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High School About a definition: What is the number of terms of a polynomial P(x)?
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Graduate Leibniz Rule Videos on Digital-University
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Undergrad Solving a system of equations with 5 unknowns
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High School "Land capture" graph paper game
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High School In a triangle, is the angle between the points of contact of the inscribed circle with the sides 120 degrees?
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High School How do you multiply fractions again? My brain just froze 😅
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Undergrad How to convince someone that an event repeating an infinite number of times does not guarantee every outcome?
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Undergrad Can Angular Velocity Accurately Control Ragdoll Limbs in Game Physics?
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Undergrad ##x\lt y \lt z## positive integer numbers and if ##\dfrac 1x+\dfrac 1y+\dfrac 1z=\dfrac 13##
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High School How Many Straight Lines to Connect an N by M Array of Points in a Closed Loop?
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High School The Pitcher's Mound
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High School Is It Better to Run or Walk in the Rain?
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Undergrad (0,1) is uncountable using binary expansions?
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Undergrad How were "e" and "pi" found?
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Undergrad How was this substitution possible?
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Graduate Challenging integral involving exponentials and logarithms
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High School Are there English names for these formulas? (binomial formulas)
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High School 1lb cube of 99% pure copper?
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Undergrad Proof of a fact about real numbers - transcendental and algebraic
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High School Which conditions should I check to see if a quadrilateral is a square?
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Undergrad Finding the Largest (or smallest) Value of a Function - given some constant symmetric errors
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High School How is it that law of sines does not work in this exercise?
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Graduate Expansion with respect to ##z_1##
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High School How to prove this for every Arithmetic Progression?
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High School Mass estimate only through mass rate of change
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High School Modelling object w/ functions, how to find volume loss from indents?
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High School Given an equation, find the value of this expression
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Undergrad How to see that cos(z) is unbounded, but cos(xy)+isin(xy) is bounded?
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High School Understanding the Pythagorean Theorem
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Insights Why Vector Spaces Explain The World: A Historical Perspective
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Undergrad Billard balls on table
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Undergrad How is the Euclid Math Contest marked?
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High School Estimating ##\pi## with darts
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High School Probability of future event as predicted by laws of nature
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Undergrad Exploring Interesting Mathematical Puzzles
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Undergrad Can I add any number of zeros to 0.00 ... 1?
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Undergrad Calculating the odds of drawing 3 "no" notes from a hat with 3 "no" and 3 "yes" notes
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High School Sine Multiplication
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MHB (Seemingly) Random Sequences
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Undergrad Open problems in continued fractions
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Exploring Unconventional Addition: Can Mathematics Embrace New Foundations?
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High School Is this a new theorem?
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Undergrad Fermat point for quadrilaterals
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Undergrad ABC triangle with integer sides
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Graduate Fourier series approximation of a discontinuous eddy function
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High School "Half of normal distribution"
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High School Confused about ciphers in the book 'Arithmetic for the Practical Man'
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Graduate Possible number of chess games
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High School Nonsense can be truth in logic?
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Undergrad Change of variables clarification
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High School Question about PEMDAS/BODMAS ambiguity
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High School Need an on-line calculator for a simple calculation
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High School The mathematics of transforming images in Adobe Premiere - Part 1
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High School When are two vectors collinear and coplanar?
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Undergrad Transforming coordinates between Cartesian and spherical
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Solving simultaneous equations
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Undergrad Can anyone solve this age problem?
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High School Fractional/decimal powers
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Undergrad My attempt to understand horizontal transformations of functions
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Undergrad Relation between a circle and line in complex plane
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Graduate Integral Points of an Elliptic Curve over a Cyclotomic Tower
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Undergrad Proving that fractions are the same as division
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Graduate Proving Goldbach's conjecture by induction (or why it doesn't seem to work)
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High School A simple trigonometry problem: Put eight coins around a central coin
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High School Tips on developing and improving number sense and basic math skills
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