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Undergrad Taylor series radius of convergence
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Undergrad Understanding the Relationship of Integral Calculus: A vs. (x-A)f(x) = 0
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High School Bisection or Regula Falsi Method
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Undergrad Robotics Yaw Pitch Roll Euler Angles
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Graduate What Happens When You Multiply a Vector by Its Gradient Squared?
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Undergrad What happens when the integrand approaches zero in an integral?
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Graduate Proof of Integer Parts of Real numbers
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Undergrad Why Use Trigonometric Substitutions in Integration?
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High School Is it possible to calculate the prices of stock market trends with calculus?
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Undergrad Propagation of Error/Uncertainty
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Undergrad Getting the image of integration
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Undergrad Can someone explain a polar coordinate conversion?
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Graduate What is the Simplest Series that Sums to 1/pi?
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Graduate Tabular and Recursive IBP don't agree
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Graduate Is Using Distribution Theory Overkill for Differentiating Under the Integral?
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Graduate Partial Derivatives for Functions f(z) of a Complex Variable.
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Undergrad Uniform Continuity: Polynomial of Degree 1 - What is \delta?
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Graduate Proving Holder Continuity for Composite Functions
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Graduate How can this discrepancy be explained?
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High School What is the purpose of an integral in calculus?
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Undergrad Big O notation (for calculus, not computer science)
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate Noninteger Fractional Exponents?
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Undergrad Formula for Normal Unit Vector on Ellipse at (x,y)
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Graduate Help with Integral Problem: f(t), r, h, a
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Graduate Technique of decomposing a real interval into intervals
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Undergrad Calc 1 topics to prepare for Calc 2
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Graduate Symmetry of higher order partial derivatives
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Graduate Is It Correct to Express a Limit of an Integral as a Function Value Times dx?
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Graduate Can you take the Laplacian of a vector field with cylindrical coordinates?
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Graduate Differential in the arc-length formula for curves
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Graduate What is the proper way to integrate a vector?
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Graduate Convolution of a gaussian function and a hole
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Undergrad Where Can I Find the Rules for Manipulating Infinitesimals?
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Undergrad Why Does WolframAlpha Give Different Results for Differentiating (cos(x))^x?
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Undergrad Why Are Hyperbolic Functions Defined Using cosh and sinh?
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Undergrad What is the Integral of exp(-kx^2)?
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Graduate Non-commutativity of a limiting sum
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Undergrad Could someone be a great person and answer a few questions?
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Graduate Calculation of a certain type of contour integral
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Graduate Asymptotic formula for a power series
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Undergrad Can h(x)=(cos x)^x be written as a composition of two functions f and
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Undergrad Difference between the value of function at A and the limit
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Graduate Is it Possible to Find the Domain of a Discretized Function for Minimization?
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Graduate Notation of m(B_n) & m(A): Explained
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Graduate What is the Correct Equation for Finding the Centroid of a Circle?
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Undergrad Solving a Puzzling Limit Problem
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Undergrad Understanding the Two Solutions for Integrating (sin(t)cos(t))
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Undergrad Integral of cumulative age distribution curve
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High School Just starting calculus, noob question on limits
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Graduate I am taking issue with the Riemann Integral
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Undergrad Double integral, change order of integration, int(0,1)int(y,1)(e^(-x^2)*y^2)dxdy
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Undergrad Natural Log Composed with Hyperbolic Tangent & this Ratio
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Graduate Linear Operators in Hilbert Space - A Dense Question
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Graduate How Does Rotating a Complex Integral Prove an Inequality?
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Graduate Comparing Convergence Rates of Sequences of Numbers
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Undergrad Question on differentials (afraid to ask)
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Graduate Double integral to single by magic substitution
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Graduate Can a Function Have a Limit of 0 and Derivative of 1 at Infinity?
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Graduate A question on proving countable additivity
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Graduate Homogeneous Fredholm equation of the second kind
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Undergrad Integration By Parts VS U-Substitution
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Graduate How Do You Compute This Double Integral Correctly?
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Graduate Is the conjugate gradient algorithm susceptible to getting into local minima?
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Graduate How can imaginary numbers be integrated on the Argand plane?
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Undergrad Can I Teach Myself Calculus Before College?
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Undergrad Integration of a exponential squared function
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Graduate The Heaviside Function and its Derivative: A Distributional Perspective
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Undergrad Analytic and continuouse functions
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Undergrad I know that 1^(+/- infinity) is indeterminate.Is c^(+/- infinity)
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Graduate Is This Calculation for the Volume of a Solid of Revolution Correct?
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Graduate Integrating derivate of Dirac: Where is my fault?
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Undergrad Integral of 1/x: Proving Invalidity of Method
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Graduate When derivates w/ resp to complex variables differ from real derivatives?
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Undergrad Finding Volumes by using the Disc and Washer Method
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Graduate Proving \lim_{x \to a} f(x) = \lim_{h \to 0} f(a+h): Analysis & Feedback
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Undergrad Understanding Integrals: A Basic Question on Integral Calculus
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Graduate Naive sign function for real numbers - challenge
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Graduate Uniformly equivalent metrics on finite set
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Undergrad How to Compute Coefficients of Complex Fourier Series?
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Graduate Taking second derivative of a derivative
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Undergrad Need Help Finding Calculus Integral List Book
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Graduate Are d1 and dp Metrics Uniformly Equivalent in R^n?
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How Can I Delete a Question on a Forum?
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Graduate Proving Metric Space Equality: B(x1, r1) = B(x2, r2)
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Undergrad Integral Help: Solving $\int \frac{1}{(a+x^2)\sqrt{2a+x^2}}\,dx$
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Graduate What happens to the inverse function at infinity?
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Graduate Extimation of displacement in Frontal plane from sagital plane
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Graduate What is the fractional derivative of exp(-x) * (x^-1)?
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Graduate Centrifugal acceleration over a changing curve?
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Graduate Cartesian components of ellipsoid's gravity field - looking for info
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Graduate Calculating Integral of e^x/x - Find My Mistake
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Graduate Proving an Integral Problem: Kepler's Law Derivation Help
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Undergrad Geometric Series: Finding the nth Term
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Graduate How Can We Prove \( f(x) + f(y) = f(xy) \) Using Integral Definitions?
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Graduate Understanding Dirichlet Integral Proof
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Graduate Derivative of a integral function?
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Graduate Riemann lebesgue lemma. wikipedia. 2010-06-26
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Graduate How to compute the derivative with respect to a vector in index notation?
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Graduate What is a Diffeomorphism and Its Existence in Starlike Sets?
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Graduate Proving f(x) <= g(x): Choosing Epsilon
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