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Undergrad Strategies for Tackling Proofs in Spivak Calculus
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Graduate 1-norm is larger than the Euclidean norm
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Graduate Lebesgue integration over sets of measure zero
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Undergrad How Can I Best Relearn Mathematics for an Undergraduate Course?
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Undergrad When and why would you use Leibniz's rule?
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Graduate How to Derive and Verify the Taylor Series Expansion for log(1+x)?
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Graduate Taylor expansion, of gradient of a function, in multiple dimensions
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Undergrad Useful tricks for calculus and vector calculus
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Graduate Multiple integral with powers of sines from 0 to π/2
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Undergrad Why does d/dx (sin⁻¹x) give 1/√(1-x²) but the chain rule gives -sin⁻²x cos x?
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Graduate Proof that lim x->0 log(1+x)/x = 1
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Graduate Can open sets be written as unions of intervals?
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Undergrad What Are the Best Books for Learning Calculus Proofs?
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Graduate Is the Complex Number Identity True for Imaginary Numbers and Integer Powers?
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Graduate Exponential Power Series Expansion
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Undergrad A question in logarithmic differentiation
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Undergrad Parametrizing a Line Integral: Finding the Easiest Approach
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Undergrad Taylor expansion centering question
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Undergrad Why does sin(x)/x approach different limits in radians vs degrees?
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Graduate Analysis of Verlet integration method
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Graduate Existence of Limit with Integrals.
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Integration question
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Undergrad Are sequences and sets the same thing?
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Graduate Definition help (accumulation point/limit point)
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Undergrad When does return on interest, equal your annual principle savings
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Undergrad Finding equation for fishing line depth vs angle and speed
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Undergrad Factoring A difference of fifths
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Graduate Are Pointwise Convergent Functions Limited to Measurable Sets?
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Graduate What Does \(\pi^{-1}(\pi(V))\) Mean in Quotient Spaces?
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Graduate How did Jackson simplify the Taylor expansion for charge density in 3-D?
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High School Cos(x) question How would you call 'x'?
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Graduate Associative property of convolution
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Undergrad Volume calculation between two different trapezoidal areas
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Undergrad Vectors along surface of a sphere
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Graduate Silly Limit Question: Can We Replace x with t?
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Undergrad Surface area and volume of a sphere
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Graduate What, Physically is a Spherical Harmonic?
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Undergrad How to integrate a sinc function?
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Graduate Is There an Error in the Additive Inverse Definition in Rudin's PoMA?
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Graduate Convolution of two delta functions in frequency domain
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Undergrad Natural log of a variable times the variable
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Graduate What is the value of this complex line integral?
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Undergrad Trignometric Polynomial complex form
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Graduate Proofs with epsilon delta (real analysis)
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Graduate Exact value of truncation error
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Graduate Why is the gradient vector normal to the level surface?
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Undergrad How Can You Solve the Geometric Series Expansion for \(\sum n^2 x^n\)?
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Graduate Why do we need an m between -m2 and m1 to prove Theorem 1.20?
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Graduate Taylor's Upper Bound: f(x) 2x Diff. Function (0,∞)
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Graduate Is (2, 3) a Closed Set in the Phase Space X = [0, 1] ∪ (2, 3)?
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Graduate What is wrong with this proof? (lipschitz functions)
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Graduate Complex Line Integral Value for Natural Numbers n=1,2,3..
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Graduate How can I normalize a window function for accurate Fourier transforms?
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Graduate Proving infinite limit properties with constant factors
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Graduate How is the half-normal distribution associated with the c.d.f formula derived?
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Graduate Does directional derivative depend on the magnitude of the direction vector?
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Graduate How shall we call these types of integrals in Complex Analysis?
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Undergrad Integral of 1/x = ln(x) Problem has missing absolute value?
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Graduate Solving e^(a^2) x erfc(a) Equation”
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Undergrad Tell me about these basic powefull rules of calculas.
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Graduate Doubts on the Vitali Set - Marco's Story
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Undergrad Finding the period of trig series analytically?
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Graduate What does normalized (k + 1)th divided difference at distinct nodes mean?
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Graduate When Does Measurability Hold in Product Space?
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Graduate Is the Lebesgue Integral of sin x / x from 0 to infinity Nonexistent?
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Undergrad Monotonically increasing/decreasing functions
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High School Why is calculus not a required part of the high school math curriculum?
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Undergrad Ignoring positive/negative values with trig substitutions?
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Undergrad Is tan|x| periodic and how to check periodicity?
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Graduate Integration under the integral sign
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Undergrad Is Retaking Elementary Analysis Worth It for Applied Mathematicians?
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Graduate Dirac delta in Fourier transforms?
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Graduate Is there a pole at z=-1 in this complex integral problem?
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Graduate A conjecture about the rationallity of a definite integral
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Graduate Solving Complex Equation arcsin(z)=w
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Undergrad My satellite should go in a circle, not an ellipse
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Graduate Surface integral of normal vector
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Graduate From Fourier Series to Fourier Transforms
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High School Determining which coffee has a greater rate of cooling
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Graduate Is There a Non-Constant Periodic Function Under Dilation?
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Undergrad Can Limits on Variable a Be Determined Solely by p and q?
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Undergrad For tiny h, f(x+h) = f(x) + hf'(x) ?
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Graduate Why is the wedge product of vectors used in exterior algebra?
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Graduate What is the antiderivative of x^x?
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Undergrad Limit of a Step Function in Mathematica
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Graduate Integration of an energy balance equation, with respect to time.
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Undergrad Integrating volume flux measurements across a tube diameter
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Undergrad Initial-Value Problem Integration Question
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Graduate What are the branch points for \log (z^2 + 2z + 3)?
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Undergrad Why does the power rule work? [answer is probably :/ obvious]
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Graduate Can Theta Be Determined from Antenna Field Pattern Equations?
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Graduate Converting equation 21 to equation 5 by substituting q for -q
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Undergrad Proving Calculus:Invariant w.r.t. Integral function?
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Undergrad The partial derivatives of arctan(y/x)
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Undergrad Now to program a sine divid by a sine function in Excel?
- yungman
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Graduate Cauchy Sequence of Continuous Fns: Uniform Convergence?
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Undergrad Forcing a Least squares Polynomial through a fixed point
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Undergrad Why Does the Osculating Circle Formula Involve Derivatives?
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Undergrad In Wikipedia, it is said that[tex]\mathrm dy=\frac{\mathrm
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Graduate Infinite sum over exponentials
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