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Graduate Taylor expansion of gaussian integral with respect to variance
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Graduate How Can Uniform Convergence Be Used to Approximate Continuous Functions?
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Graduate Euler's solution to the Basel problem
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Undergrad Difference Between \partial x and d x in Derivatives?
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Undergrad How Do You Find a Common Tangent Line to Two Different Functions?
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Graduate How Do You Calculate (x_i - x_i_-_1) in Summation Notation?
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Graduate What is the Limit of Complex Summation for Unity Roots as n Approaches Infinity?
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High School Create a Self-Study Schedule for AP Calculus AB
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Graduate Exponential integral with trigonometric argument
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Undergrad Geometric understanding of integration / surface area of sphere
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Graduate Proof of Green Theorem in Apostol's Analysis
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Graduate Find a Fourier Series representation
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Graduate Proof of Dieudonne Criterion for Univalent Polynomials
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Undergrad Integration of 1/2x & sinxcosx & x+1
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Undergrad How to Calculate Un-Ordinary Circumference?
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Graduate Weird Expansion: Fractional Power Series
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Graduate Complex Analysis: Cauchy's Theorem
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High School This is not A Homework problem, I am just wondering.
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Graduate What is the Limit of the Product of Roots as n Approaches Infinity?
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Graduate What values of p make \frac{1}{x^\alpha + x^\beta} integrable on (0,\infty)?
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Graduate Where can I find a proof of the supremum norm as a norm?
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Graduate Mathematica Integration Question
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Graduate Limit of x^n+y^n as n -> ∞: max(x, y)
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Undergrad Free Math Software: Find Area Under Graphs
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Undergrad What is the Total Variation of a Function?
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Graduate What is the derivative of f(t) when integrated with inverse trig functions?
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Graduate Approximating Pi with Power series
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Undergrad Prove sinx+cosx≥1 for x in [0,π/2]
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Undergrad Can Integrating to Infinity Determine Convergence or Divergence of a Series?
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High School Is There a Power Series for X^2?
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High School Looking for a Good Book on Functions?
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Undergrad Can e^jwt be simplified to 2cos(wt) using complex exponentials?
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Undergrad Can I Represent ln(1+x) as a Power Series?
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High School How can I find the equation of the tangent line at x=4 for y=2x?
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Graduate Definition of compactness in the EXTENDED complex plane?
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Undergrad What is the Simple Explanation for Radians and Trigonometric Functions?
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Graduate How Is the Tangent Function Applied in Calculating Curvature?
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Undergrad Is This Function Increasing for Any or Some x?
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Undergrad What is the Integral Average Value in Calculus?
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Graduate Determine Scalar Potential Function
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Graduate Undergrad Real Analysis video course from Harvey Mudd College
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Undergrad Any suggestion on how to integrate this trig equation?
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Graduate Maximum of a trigonometric function
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Undergrad Derivative using l'hopital's rule
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Undergrad Exponential Growth and Decay: Differentiating with Respect to Time
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Undergrad Finding the limit of a function as x approaches a.
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Graduate Understanding the Complex Bounds of the erf(x) Function
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Graduate Integrating the Exponential Function with a Polynomial Denominator
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Undergrad Function of a concave curve given pts and slopes
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Graduate Can you visually understand absolute continuity of a function over an interval?
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Undergrad In analysis what does |x,y| mean/represent?
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Undergrad Piecewise Quadratic Approximation
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Undergrad How does Rolle's Theorem prove that a function is constant?
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Graduate Fourier transform of a function
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Graduate Can the product of two integrals be simplified into one using dummy variables?
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Graduate Complex log and Winding Number in Pi_1(S^1)
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Undergrad Why Does This Mathematical Equality Hold True?
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Graduate What is the maximum of this expression (function)?
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Graduate Riemann Sums: Understanding Expression of Angular Coordinate Theta
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Undergrad What is the integral of Arcsin[x]?
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Graduate Derivative of monotone increasing and bounded f
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Graduate Solving Differential Equations: Sinh & Cosh Maclaurin Series
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Graduate What is E(X|sinX) and the Distribution of E(X-Y|2X-Y)?
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Graduate Convergence of a Sequence: Point-wise, in Measure, Lp, and Uniformly?
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Undergrad Volume using double integral and polar coordinates
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Undergrad Lim 1/2^x-1 as x goes to infinity.
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Graduate What Is the Limit Product Rule and Why Is It Confusing?
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Graduate Find Radius of Convergence of this Complex Series
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Undergrad Integrating x/(x^2+4) Made Simple
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Graduate How Can You Solve This Challenging Integral Evaluation Problem?
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Undergrad Convergence and Divergence of a Series
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Graduate Can Curl V Determine V? A Method for Finding Vector Fields
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Graduate (Complex) Analytic as opposed to Differentiable
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Graduate Uniform continuity of composite function
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Undergrad Line Integral: Understanding Scalar & Vector
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High School I am struggling so much with optimization.
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Graduate Pointwise Limits and Uniform Convergence Help
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Graduate Continuity proved by differentiation
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Undergrad Conceptual question: Green's Theorem and Line Integrals
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Graduate Unique properties of Gaussians
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Undergrad How do I Find \nabla in Spherical Coordinates?
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Undergrad Integral Help: Solving for (z^2+x^2)^(-3/2) with Independent Variable z
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Undergrad Flux of the vector field F = (1,1,1)
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Graduate Divergence Theorem: Find Outward Flux of F (x3,x2y,xy)
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Graduate Auction theory: reserves vs. take-it-or-leave-it
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Graduate Question about defn. of derivative
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Graduate What Is Wrong with This Differentiation?
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Undergrad Simplification of an integral please explain
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Graduate Is the Function x->|x| Differentiable at 0?
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Undergrad Volume, washer method and shell method
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Undergrad The derivation of pi using limits
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Undergrad D'Alembert Ratio Test: Convergence test
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Undergrad Question about the gradient of a function
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Graduate Some questions for entire function
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Graduate Proving Bessel to Legendre in Dodelson's Cosmology Book
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Graduate Proving Real Lipschitz Function Differentiability
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Graduate Given the function: f: (0,1) => (2x+1,4x)
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Graduate C^1 or C^2? Investigating Vector Identity
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Undergrad Reverse the order of integration
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