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Undergrad Surface Integrals: Finding Centroid & Inertia of Circle
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MHB 1.8.4 AP Calculus Exam Integral of piece-wise function
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Undergrad Using mathematical methods to trade Forex
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Graduate Help with independent random variables and correlation
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Undergrad Physical Motivation for Curl and Divergence
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Graduate What Is the Method for Conducting 2D Fourier Analysis of Complex Shapes?
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MHB Partial Fractions: Struggling to Remember? Help Here!
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MHB 15.1.34 Evaluate triple integral
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MHB Which Interval Shows f' Always Increasing?
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MHB Limit involving a hyperbolic function
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Undergrad Derivative of a function is equal to zero
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Undergrad How to find the maximum arc length of this equation?
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High School ##\int_a^b x^2\sin(2x)dx## by substitution
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Graduate How can we determine the limit of a sequence through stochastic convergence?
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Graduate George Green's Paper: Explaining the minus sign in area element
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Graduate Fourier Transform of a discrete function
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Graduate General expression for the derivative?
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Graduate Surface Stability Estimator in IR^3
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Graduate Proving Convexity of a Function with Directional Derivative
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Graduate Reexpressing double integral using parametric functions
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Graduate Delta function representation from EM theory
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Graduate Confusing variable change calculation
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Undergrad How would I explain what scenarios the squeeze theorem should be used in?
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Graduate Gradient in general co-ordinate system
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Graduate Integral of a vector valued function
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Graduate Is Smoothness the Key to Understanding Complex Projective Space?
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Undergrad The sum of these functions equals a constant
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Undergrad A problem about differentiability
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MHB 2.2.1 AP Calculus Exam .... derivative with ln
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Graduate Non-convergence counter example?
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Graduate Multivariable confluence hypergeometric function
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Graduate Can this represent rotation? Why?
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Graduate Prove combination of two sets contains an open ball
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Undergrad Minimization and Variational Problems
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Undergrad Modeling mathematical representation for music signal
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Graduate Understanding vector calculus proofs
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Undergrad Calculate Ellipse based on 4 points
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Undergrad Tangent plane approximation via parametric equations
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Graduate How Do We Apply Boundary Conditions in the Euler-Lagrange Equation Derivation?
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Undergrad Any good resources that help you practice setting up an integral from scratch?
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Graduate What is the convergence rate of Fourier series?
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Graduate Proof - Substitution, Jacobian, etc.
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Graduate Finding average slope using Fourier
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Undergrad Real Analysis 101: Tips for Writing Good Proofs
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Graduate Question about baire class 1 functions
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Graduate Intuitive / self-apparent derivation of gradient in curvilinear coords
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Graduate Series expansion of an integral at infinity
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Graduate Can functions with infinite derivatives at infinity be local homeomorphisms?
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High School Does the Limit Hold for f'(x)>g'(x) Even if f(x)/g(x) is not a Constant?
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High School Why the Sign Changes from < 0 to > 0 ?
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Graduate How Does Fourier Analysis Explain Frequency Changes in Time Series Data?
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Graduate Parameter Scaling for Optimization
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Graduate Solving equations by inversion formulae
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Graduate Summation of a series of bessel functions
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Graduate X in Boundary => x Isolated or Strict Limit (topological space)
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Graduate Integration of Bessel's functions
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Undergrad Question regarding notation when omitting terms
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Graduate What is the meaning of Green's Theorem via Curl?
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Graduate Can Laurent-Puiseux series be computed for annular regions?
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Undergrad What is the interpretation of the Fourier transformation?
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Graduate How Can Continuous Group Theory Be Applied to Solve a Differential Equation?
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Graduate Proper handling of witnessing constants in epsilon-delta proofs
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Graduate Learn Tensor Calculus: Understand Tensor Invariance
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Graduate Lagrangian Multiplier with Matrices
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Graduate Did I Deduce Problem 4-25 in Spivak's Book Correctly?
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Graduate Proving Curvature at Point (a,f(a))
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Graduate When is fourier series non-differentiable?
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Graduate Partition of an infinite-dimensional interval
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Undergrad The condition for an inflection point
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Undergrad Analysing the dependence of a variable on other variables
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Graduate Can Borel Resummation Solve Complex Series Summation?
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Graduate Proof of G(D)(e^{rx}Y(x))=e^{rx}G(D+r)Y(x)
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Graduate Are There Sophisticated Methods for Proving Uniform Distribution of Sequences?
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Graduate Is the Set {aX : a is in L_infinity} Necessarily Closed in L1 Spaces?
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Graduate Can a 'periodic' function be used to derive these two sums using Fourier series?
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High School Modelling Logistics, Polynomials using data.
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Graduate Iterative integration in several variables
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Graduate Is There an Easier Way to Find the Nth Derivative of Curvature?
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Graduate Strafe and translation vectors in a 3d physics simulator
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Graduate Tensor gradient and scalar product
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Undergrad Tetration except each repeated exponent increases by 1
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Undergrad Parseval's theorem and Fourier Transform proof
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MHB Square Sheet of Cardboard Problem
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Graduate Criticism about resummation methods.
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MHB Limit of integer part function using Sandwich rule
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MHB Calculus III is SO MUCH EASIER than Calculus II
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Undergrad Do 4-divergences affect the eqs of motion for nth order perturbed fields?
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MHB AP calculus exam tikx graph of e (tan x ) -2
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MHB 303 AP calculus int with initial value
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Graduate Existence of a function vs being well-defined?
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Graduate Can Green's Theorem be extended to three dimensions?
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Undergrad Camera Translations: Find Translation &amp; Rotation
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Graduate Is There a Better Way to Parametrize a Special Region in n-Dimensional Space?
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Graduate Identity for the cross of a curl?
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Graduate Def'n of holomorphically convex domain
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Graduate Alternate form of Dirac-delta function
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Undergrad What are the differences between cylindrical and cartesian coordinates?
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Graduate Roots and Weights in Lie algebras
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Graduate Change of variables in integrand
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Graduate Can You Taylor Expand a Dual Integral with Variable Limits?
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