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Graduate Residue of exp[i.kx] / [ 1 - k^2 ]: Find Answer & Fix Mistake

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Graduate Understanding the Dirac Delta Distribution

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Graduate Calculating Arc-Length Function for Smooth Curve g

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Graduate Continuous function on R at certain values of a

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High School Beginning self-study - one question

  • Laura Palmer
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Undergrad Is This a Differential Equations Problem?

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Graduate Solving an Integral Using Euler's Formula

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Graduate What determines the magnitude of a tangent vector?

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Graduate Calculus of Variation: Chain Rule and Formulation Proof

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Undergrad How can I use Archimede's axioms to find the limit of sin(x) as x approaches 0?

  • Ele38
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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

  • Rose Garden
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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?

  • inknit
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High School Significance of a plane equation

  • quietrain
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Undergrad Need example of real application of differential equation

  • Beth639
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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?

  • cheeez
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Undergrad Why does the graph of the integral of x^3e^x^2 do this?

  • MoarGrades
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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

  • m06antwe
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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?

  • Dansuer
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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.

  • MisterMan
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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?

  • RK1992
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Undergrad Understanding Epsilon: Why a+e<b for all e>0 implies a≤b

  • Seacow1988
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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?

  • Jennifer_88
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Graduate The Levi-Civita Symbol and Its Relation to the Kronecker Delta: A Closer Look

  • quietrain
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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?

  • jinbaw
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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

  • lolallday
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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

  • Gavin Harper
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Undergrad Limit Question: Calculator Discrepancy

  • Taiki_Kazuma
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Undergrad General formula to find δ, given ε, c, f(x), and L

  • TylerH
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Graduate I need a method to calculate ln(x) for small x, other than Taylor series method

  • hkBattousai
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Undergrad What is the Correct Notation for Infinity when Taking a Limit?

  • scoutfai
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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?

  • David Fishber
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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

  • Master J
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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

  • Master J
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Graduate Kalman Filter for State Estimation

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