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Undergrad How can I use Archimede's axioms to find the limit of sin(x) as x approaches 0?
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Graduate Smooth Mapping Between Unit Circle and Curve in R^2?
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Undergrad How can I find the maximum point on a function without using its derivative?
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Undergrad Solid Angles 101: A Crash Course
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Undergrad Calculating df/dg with Chain Rule: Romeo's Guide
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Undergrad What is the meaning of the indefinite integral of 1/x?
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Graduate Calculating the Limit of an Einstein Solid Specific Heat
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Graduate Why the sequence is not convergent?
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Graduate Need a lot of worked real analysis proofs (from easy to difficult)
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Undergrad Relationship between inequalities in proofs
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High School Calculus & Differential Eqns: 10th Grader Guide
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Undergrad Why Should We Care About Integrals?
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Undergrad Perimeter of an elipse - exact formula
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Undergrad General question about parameterized equations for lines
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Graduate Computing Series Product: a-i+1^a-i+1
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Undergrad Failed Calculus Quiz: Did I Get the First Question Right?
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Undergrad Small change in constants, big change in integral
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Graduate Explanation of Limit Superior/Inferior
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Undergrad Can lines in 3D be parametrized by the same variable?
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High School Significance of a plane equation
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Undergrad Need example of real application of differential equation
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Graduate Fourier transform of non-decaying functions
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Graduate Is There a Constant \( c \) for the Moduli Sum of Complex Numbers?
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Undergrad Why does the graph of the integral of x^3e^x^2 do this?
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Graduate Archimedean property for unbounded sets
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Graduate Question about nowhere dense sets
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Graduate Finite expansion at infinite
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Graduate Caucy-Riemann equations and differentiability question
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Undergrad Understanding the Limit Definition of the Derivative: A Search for Mistakes
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Graduate Need help with solving this hard integral
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Graduate Point-Set Topology Question: Convergence on Open and Closed Intervals
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Undergrad Help with an integral that has differentials inside of it
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Undergrad How can I simplify this Taylor expansion?
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Graduate Calculus of Variation: "Help Me Understand a Step!
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Undergrad What is the derivative of max(u(x),v(x)) when u(x) and v(x) are given functions?
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Graduate Question Fourier Transform Smoothness/Compactness
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Undergrad Not understanding some integration results
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Undergrad Points of Inflection, The Second Derivative Test.
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C3PO Equation: Awesome Math Problem | SpikedMath
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Undergrad The rate of convergence of a sequence
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Undergrad Proving Unboundedness of B if A is Unbounded
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Graduate Limit of compositions at infinity.
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Graduate What is meant by functional derivative?
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Graduate Finding a Parametrization for SU(3) in Terms of Angles
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Undergrad Why is the Gradient Vector Normal to the Surface?
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Undergrad Understanding Epsilon: Why a+e<b for all e>0 implies a≤b
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Undergrad Definite integration by parts with sub
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Graduate Can I Choose Any Branch for the Derivative of sqrt(z) in the Principal Branch?
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Undergrad How Do I Approach Solving the Differential Equation dy^2/dx = 62y - 0.2?
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Graduate The Levi-Civita Symbol and Its Relation to the Kronecker Delta: A Closer Look
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Graduate Is Tan(x) Locally Lipschitz?
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Graduate Gradient of a Vector Dot Product
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High School Simple Integration: Make Your Life Easier
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Graduate Question about a scientific paper - Fluid Mechanics - Perturbation Theory
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Graduate Solve Highest/Lowest Points on Curve of Intersection with Lagrange Multipliers
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Graduate Differential forms and visualizing them
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Graduate Recast of an expression containing Diracs [tex]\delta[/tex]-function
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Graduate Integration of incomplete gamma function
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Undergrad Find Length of Segment AB in Circle Co-ordinate Question
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Undergrad Proof of the total differential of f(x,y)?
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Graduate Discovering the Fourier Series of a General Expression: A Comprehensive Guide
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Graduate A very tough convergence: (-1)^n * [e-(1+1/n)^n]
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Graduate How is Integration over SU(3) Defined?
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Graduate I'm trying to figure out how to prove this inequality
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Graduate What is the Limit of Z_n as n Approaches Infinity in Cascaded Resistors?
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Undergrad Help Growth Models - Derivates
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Undergrad Second-order nonhomogeneous diff-eq
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Graduate Approximating sinh through taylor's series
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Undergrad Integrating arctan(y) with respect to x
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Graduate Why Does the Missing Lagrange Multiplier Matter in Differential Forms?
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Undergrad What are some online resources for learning Fourier expansion/series?
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Graduate How can the Newton-Raphson method be used to solve a curved triangle equation?
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Undergrad Fourier Transform of a signal for which no function exists
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Undergrad Limit Question: Calculator Discrepancy
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Undergrad General formula to find δ, given ε, c, f(x), and L
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Graduate I need a method to calculate ln(x) for small x, other than Taylor series method
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Undergrad What is the Correct Notation for Infinity when Taking a Limit?
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Graduate Rate of convergence for functions
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Graduate Why is the last term on the RHS missing in my evaluated triple integral?
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Graduate Understanding the RK Derivation Intuitively
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Graduate Unclear on Riemann Zeta Function
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Graduate Is the Change of Variables in this Integral Well Defined?
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Graduate Measurable Sets: Proving Open Subsets of Closed Unit Square are Measurable
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Undergrad Can We Use the Product Rule for Limits in This Scenario?
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Graduate Analysis curious on how to prove
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Undergrad Image of f(x) = x/(1+|x|): Find the Range
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Undergrad Residues for a Complex Analysis Noob
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High School Who was the first to prove the fundamental theorem?
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Undergrad Rusty of Calculus: Please check this derivative for me
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Undergrad Elementary exponential integral
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Graduate Kalman Filter for State Estimation
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Graduate A quesiton about multidimensional Fourier transform
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Graduate A Question in a proof on Lebesgue integral under diffeomorphism
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Undergrad Need a proof about convergence of a series
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Undergrad Minimizing Volume in 3-Space: Plane Equation?
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Graduate Least-square optimization of a complex function
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Graduate Indefinite integral for the square root of a quartic function
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Undergrad Is the statement 'int x^n from 0 to 1 = 1/(n + 1)' true?
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Graduate Linearizing dynamics - derivative of matrix wrt vector
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Undergrad What is the solution for cos(ax)/a when a approaches 0?
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