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Graduate Partial Derivatives of Vectors and Gradients
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Graduate Infinite series that converges to pi
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Graduate What is the mathematically correct way to write this summation?
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Graduate Closed Curves on the Riemann Sphere
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MHB Is the Calculation of the Integral Along the Curve $\gamma(t)=1+it+t^2$ Correct?
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Graduate Continuous Functions: Does f(x+δ) = ε?
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Graduate What is the Proof for the Relation Between Legendre Polynomials and Sums?
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Graduate Integrate mixture of multivariate normal distributions
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Undergrad How Does a Line Integral of a Scalar Field Differ from a Regular Integral?
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MHB Can all continuous functions be differentiated?
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Graduate Calculating Angle of Attack and Side Slip Angle for Flight Control Systems
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Graduate Equivalence of Completeness Properties
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MHB Series involving gamma functions
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Graduate Prove that a normed space is not Banach
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Undergrad Is This Proof Correct for the Area Under a Sinusoidal Graph from 0 to 2π?
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Undergrad What is the derivative of a vector?
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Graduate Why Do We Use |x-2| < 1 and δ = min{1,ε/5} in Epsilon-Delta Proofs?
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Undergrad Explain Euler's Theorem/Identity
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Undergrad Center of circle from two points and a tangent angle
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Graduate The limit of an almost uniformly Cauchy sequence of measurable functions
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Undergrad Finding the dimensions of a rectangular box
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Graduate I must understand connectivity wrong, because my book says this. The
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Undergrad Complex 3d vector intersection formula
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Graduate Convergence in Galilean space-time
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MHB Compute Fourier Series of f(x)=sin(x) & Parseval's Identity
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Undergrad Did I Solve the Integral x^2√(1-x^2) dx Correctly?
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MHB Yes, $\cos \alpha x$ can be considered a $2\pi-$periodic function.
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Graduate Proving inf A + inf B ≤ inf(A+B): Is it True?
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Graduate Convergence/Divergence of Tricky Series: Tips and Tricks for Ʃn=1∞ in/n
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Undergrad Integration of f(dx): Proving Area of a Circle Formula
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Undergrad Undefined points of a function
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Undergrad When to use shells, when to use disks?
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Graduate Functional Analysis: Open normed subspace
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Undergrad Continuous and differentiable function
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Graduate Triangle integral ∫∫dxdyf(x*y) how to reduce to one dimension?
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MHB Compute Two Series: Summation Notation
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Graduate Uniqueness of Limits of Sequences
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Graduate Zeta function the the orime counting function
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Undergrad I hope that helps! Proof of Definite Integral??
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Graduate Alt. approach to Taylor series of derivative of arcsin(x)?
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MHB Partial derivatives economics question
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Graduate Integral involving power , exp and exp(power)
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MHB Finding Taylor Series of $\dfrac{1}{z-i} \div \left(z+i\right)$
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Undergrad What is the Physical Interpretation of Infinite Series?
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Undergrad Differentiating with respect to a constant
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Undergrad When exactly does the tabular method for integration by parts fail?
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Graduate Derivation of least squares containing vectors
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Graduate How can I prove convergence and find the limit of this sequence?
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Undergrad Partial Fraction Decomp with a constant
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Graduate Contradiction of statement regarding monotonicity
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Undergrad Reduction formulas for integral of sin and cos
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MHB How to Simplify an Integral Involving tan x
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Graduate Riemann zeta function - one identity
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MHB Evaluate Telescoping Sums:a/b for Integer k>0
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MHB Yes, the 13's should be 12's. My mistake.
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Undergrad How Do You Simplify the Limit of (n+1)^(1/3) - n^(1/3)?
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Undergrad Interpreting Derivatives with Respect to a Constant: Do They Actually Change?
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Graduate @what pt. does y=e^(32x) have max curvature?
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Graduate Inner product-preserving map that isn't unitary?
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Graduate How Do I Compute the Derivative of an Integral with a Single Variable Change?
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Graduate Is the Implicit Function Theorem Applicable to F=K?
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Graduate Looking for an analytic mapping theorem
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MHB Determining the growth rate of a function
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Graduate What is the Dual Nature of Nabla in Vector Differential Operators?
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Undergrad Confusion in understanding Taylors theorem.
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Undergrad Partial Fractions Solving: Denominators having degrees more than 2
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Graduate Understanding L1 vs. Lp Weak Convergence
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Graduate Is integration theory supposed to be this hard?
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Graduate Complex analysis question: can't find similar question on internet
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Undergrad Are there better methods for finding the average value of a function?
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Undergrad Find dy/dx of x^2 − (y^2) x = (3x − 3)y
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MHB How can I integrate Sinh4(x) using the hyperbolic sine method?
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Graduate Troubleshooting Trigonometric Substitution for Circle Area Calculation
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Graduate Cauchy-Riemann: Is the Relation ∂x/∂y = -∂y/∂x True in General?
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Graduate Calculate Sum Series: 3^n+1/4^n+2
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MHB Can the Given Complex Summation be Simplified?
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Graduate How to Derive the Quadratic Form of a Vector Function?
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MHB Finding Bounds for a Tricky Complex Integral
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Graduate This summation sums to zero. Why?
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Graduate Integration of functions mapping into a vector space
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MHB Complex Integration: Solving $\int_0^1\frac{2t+i}{t^2+it^2+1}dt$
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Undergrad Is Derivative Notation Limited to Positive or Negative Values of dx?
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Graduate Trying to find the quotient of infinite sums
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Graduate Trying to find integral using laplace method
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MHB Simplifying Limit Problem - L'Hôpital and Algebra
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Undergrad Why do you Tack on The Negative For this Integral
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Undergrad Can u-substitution be described as a Jacobian?
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Graduate Involving Landau's 'big oh' notation
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High School A book for Intuitive understanding of Calculus
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Undergrad Leibniz Notation: Explaining dy/dx
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MHB Limits Involving Absolute Value: Solutions & Explanations
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Undergrad Geometric Interpretation of √(x^2+y^2+z^2) and its Derivative
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Undergrad How can I use IFT to find the inverse of a function?
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Graduate Question about Fubini's Theorem
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Undergrad Solve linear equations using simplex method
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MHB Solving Limit at Infinity Problem: x^(2/3) / (log^2(x))
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Graduate Transforming a summation into an anlytical expression
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Undergrad Can you have a formula for every degree of polynomial?
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Graduate Using surface waves to describe subsurface density.
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Graduate Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion
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