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Undergrad Integrals: Unveiling the Logic Behind "Norm of the Partition
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Undergrad Solving Problem Involving Cross Product
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Graduate What are the practical applications of Lesbegue integration?
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Graduate Is There a Natural Isomorphism from V to V**?
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Undergrad Integral Calculus Bee: Antidifferentiating & Finding Primative Functions
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Undergrad How do you derive arcsin(1 - 2 e ^-t)?
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Graduate Why Set Lambda to 1 in Euler's Homogeneous Function Theorem Proof?
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Graduate What is the Nontrivial Residue Integral for the Function sin(bx)/(e^pi x-1)?
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Graduate Exact differential of scalar field
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Undergrad Shape of graph polynomial to the fifth degree
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Graduate A question regarding quotient space
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Graduate For the series sum(n=1)(inf) (-1)^n*a_n where a_n = 1/n when n is even
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Graduate How to evaluate this infinite series?
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Undergrad Max Vol Rect Solid Cut from Sphere: Find Dim & Vol
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Undergrad How to Calculate the Integral of e^{1/x}dx?
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Graduate True or false: Differentiability with vectors
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High School I don't believe that an area/volume can change based on a change in shape
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Undergrad Problem 1,v, Ch.1, Spivaks 4th Ed Calculus
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Undergrad Can the integration of sine be proven using Euler's formula?
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Undergrad Cross Post from Classical Physics: Calculus in Impulse Momentum Theorem
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Undergrad Self-teaching myself some calculus
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High School Reviewing AP Calculus 1999 exam instantaneous rate problem
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Undergrad Thank you in advance,I was just wondering if anybody knows why the
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Undergrad Epsilon-Delta limits, *not* for a straight line. Parabola example
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Graduate Understanding Triple Product Rules in Vector Calculus
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Graduate Is there a convention for roman d vs italic d, e.g. as in df
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Graduate Elliptic integral and pseudo-elliptic integral from Wikipedia.
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Undergrad Dot and cross product properties?
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Undergrad Understanding Leibniz Notation: What does i=dq/dt Mean?
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Undergrad Chain rule for 2nd derivatives
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Integral Tables: A Comprehensive Resource
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Graduate Is the derivative of y = x^i equal to ix^{i-1} and is y always real?
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Graduate Inverse function and fourier series
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Graduate Integrating the Unsolvable: $\int x^xdx$
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Graduate Is R^n x R^m Isomorphic to R^{n+m}?
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Graduate Why a chaotic system always bounded?
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Undergrad Is it mathematically sound to do this
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Graduate Can the Jacobian of an Inverse Transformation Prove to be 1?
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High School Preparing for AP Calc w/ Algebra FX2.0 Plus - Finding Area & Past Papers
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Graduate Discrete Fourier Transform: How does independent varialbe spacing change?
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Graduate How can the curl be calculated in polar or spherical coordinates?
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Graduate Numerical multidimensional integration over function of six variables
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Undergrad A succession with a serie
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Graduate Uniform vs pointwise convergence
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Graduate Fourier Series as (Generalized)Least Squares?
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Undergrad Can someone explain Laplace transformations
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Graduate Any superset of a support is also a support
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Undergrad How to integrate inverse functions?
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Graduate Analysis:Why does Weierstrass Aprox. Thm require compactness?
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Undergrad Topics that must be known for Calc I
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Undergrad What Is an Integrable Function?
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Graduate Implicit Differentiation Example: Finding Solutions for f(x,y) = 0
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High School If I'm heading into Calculus (self-study w/ Spivak-I think, not sure
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Undergrad Proof of divergence of (-1)^n sequence.
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Graduate Total derivatives-how to get them, what they look like.
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Undergrad How to find which z-value to cut at to get the appropriate volume of a sphere
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Graduate Theoretical integralclosed smooth contour
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Undergrad Am I ready to learn tensor calculus? And what's a good book for it?
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Undergrad James Stewart's Calculus 6th edition
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High School Is the Average Value of Cos^2 Indeed 1?
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Undergrad Find Irrational Exponents of 2^π
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Undergrad How a Absolute value Function can be continuous?
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Graduate Holder-Continuous Functions for a>1
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Graduate Vector calculus in higher dimensions
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Graduate The Consequences of Making Infinity a Number in Mathematics
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Graduate Is the Indefinite Integral of a Riemann Integrable Function Always Continuous?
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Graduate Spherical coordinates and partial derivatives
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Undergrad Why Doesn't the Squeeze Theorem Apply to lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{sin(x)}{x}?
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High School What is the relationship between trigonometry and physics?
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Graduate Integral of holomorphic function in 2 variables is holomorphic
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Undergrad Calculating Limits and Harmonic Series: A Straightforward Approach
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High School When is a function not differentiable?
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Undergrad Calculus Analysis for Newbies: Point vs Vector in Rn
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Graduate Real and Complex Analysis Textbook
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Graduate Prove that {q ∈ Q:q^2} is Everywhere Dense in Q
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Graduate Help me tie up loose ends in operator theory
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Graduate Continuity of f(x,y)=(x^3)/(x^2 + y^2) at (0,0)
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Graduate A function which is continuous on Z only
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Undergrad How would you integrate (1+x^30)/(1+x^60)
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Graduate Constrained Least Square Optimization
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Undergrad Can an Integral Be Transformed into a Triple Integral?
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Graduate Dot Product of a Vector with its Derivative
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Undergrad Learning calculus over the summer
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Undergrad Calculating Mass Ratios for Bodies Connected by a Linear Motor
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Graduate Is a uniform limit of absolutely continuous functions absolutely continuous?
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Graduate [complex analysis] are branch points always isolated?
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Graduate How Do You Integrate \(\frac{\cos^2 x}{(1+\epsilon\cos x)^3}\) in Trigonometry?
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Undergrad Am I missing something with exponential Fourier series?
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Undergrad Factoring 'h' out in difference quotient
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Graduate Associated Legendre functions and orthogonality
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Graduate Proof of orthogonality of associated Legendre polynomial
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Undergrad Integration by parts-I can't reproduce a given answer
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Graduate Delta function at integral limit
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Graduate Help with differentiating summations
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Undergrad Feynman's Calculus Method: When Can We Use It?
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Graduate Examples which satistfy f(x+y)=f(x) + f(y)
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Graduate Line integral of complex function
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Graduate Understanding Zero Sets: Real Analysis Examples
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Graduate Integral on R^3: Change of Variable and Montecarlo Integration
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Graduate Surface area of a sphere using integrals
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