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Graduate Solving a Geometric Problem with Friends
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Graduate Homeomorphism between a 1-dim vector space and R
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Graduate How can I swap the order of a finite product of infinite sums?
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Undergrad Changing the Limits of Integration
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Undergrad Calc II: What is the I'th Subinterval?
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Graduate Series Boundedness: A Challenging Mathematical Question
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Graduate How to estimate the behavior of a solution of a differential equation at \infty?
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Graduate Riemann's theorem for complex series
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Undergrad Transforming Log & Exp Equations: Differentiate wrt x
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Graduate Complex analysis/holomorphic/conformal map
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Graduate Is the Elegance of Complex Analysis Tied to Its Algebraic Completeness?
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Graduate Is the Singularity of F(z) at z=0 Removable or a Pole?
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Graduate Proof of one of the properties of a matrix
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Graduate Are polygonometric functions related to trigonometric functions for all angles?
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Graduate Is there a version of complex analysis for p-adic numbers?
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Graduate Help with 1D Stress FE Model Analysis
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Undergrad Finding Power Series Representation of Derivatives: 1/x-9
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Undergrad How to determine this infinite sum
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Graduate Most effective non uniform mesh, composite trapezoidal rule. help pleaseee
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Graduate Taking the first derivative of a function with improper integral
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Graduate Exploring Fourier Transforms and Integrability for Different Functions
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Graduate How to connect the winding number's definition to geometrical intuition?
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Undergrad Method for finding non-obvious substitution in integration
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Undergrad I understand deltas and epsilon proofs for the most part
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Graduate Fundamental theorem of calculus in terms of Lebesgue integral
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Graduate Proving Constant Curvature of r(s) is a Circle
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Undergrad How to extract linear term from polynomial?
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Undergrad What is wrong with my derivation for the moment of inertia of a sphere?
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Graduate I can't see how to express those in simpler form.
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Graduate Some questions in Complex Analysis
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Graduate Chain rule for partial derivatives
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Graduate Weibull Integral Explained - No Quotes
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Undergrad Behavior of the natural log at large values of x
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Undergrad Using Green's Theorem for Clockwise-Oriented C
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Graduate Continuation of a real function into the total complex plane
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Graduate Analytic expession for the width of a wavelet
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Graduate How do you show that a complex function is analytical?
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Undergrad How to find out if a function is periodic or not?
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Graduate Third derivative and polar coordinates
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Undergrad Solve Parallelepiped Transformation Problem to Rectangular Box
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Graduate Surface Integral: Finding K = $\int\int_S z/2 dA$
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Graduate Numerical integration of improper integral
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Graduate Newton's method vs gradient descent
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Graduate Is the Coth Approximation Correct for Large x in a QM Textbook?
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Graduate How Do You Redefine Grad, Div, and Curl in a New Coordinate System?
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Graduate Proving Symmetric Continuity of a Function at X0
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Undergrad Can You Solve These Challenging Calculus Problems?
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Graduate How to Prove These Vector Integration Problems?
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Graduate Evaluating Volume of a Sphere in Cartesian Framework
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Graduate Cardinality: |R\N| = |R\C| where C is countable
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Graduate How Do I Apply the Chain Rule for Second Order Partial Derivatives?
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Graduate How Is the Length of Material Removed Calculated in a Generalized Cantor Set?
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Graduate Can we define arithmetic sequences in R^2 using two-dimensional indices?
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Graduate Effective half-life multiple exponential decay
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Undergrad Basic (I think) image/preimage questions
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Graduate Can One Prove the Lorentz Distribution Identity?
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Graduate Gradient function using matrix notation
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Graduate How Do You Calculate and Apply the Riemann Zeta Function?
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Undergrad Velocity and acceleration with velocity degradation
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Undergrad Index shifting in summation FORMULAS
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Undergrad Discrete Fourier Transform Frequency
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Graduate Riemman Integral: Path of \theta for \int^{\pi-\epsilon}_{-\pi+\epsilon}d\theta
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Graduate Pair of convergent subsequences
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Graduate Describing Biholomorphic Self Maps of Punctured Plane
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Undergrad The derivative of log and exp functions
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Graduate How to Solve the Integral of Sin(2Cos(θ))Cos(2nθ) from 0 to π?
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Graduate Operator Language: Why d/dx*x - x*d/dx = 1
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Graduate Two divergent series whose minimum converges?
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Undergrad Linear Combinations of Trig Functions - Finding Roots
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Graduate Property of radius of convergence
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Graduate Compact Sets, Unit Balls, Norms, Inner Products: Delightful Reads
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Undergrad What Is the Limit of n*sin(1/n^2) as n Approaches Infinity?
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Undergrad What are the best introductory books on Analysis for high school students?
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Graduate Solving Tough Integral with Log - Need Help
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Graduate What Do Divergence and Curl Reveal About Vector Functions in Electromagnetism?
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Graduate Does the Series ∑(1/e^(ln(k)^2)) from k=1 to Infinity Converge?
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Graduate Mapping the Unit Disk onto the Complex Plane: A Holomorphic Approach
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Undergrad Series converge/ diverges. determine sum of series
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Undergrad Gradient: Normal vs Direction of Increase
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Graduate How to calculate the volume of this space
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Undergrad What Does the 3 in the Integral Notation \int{d^3 r} Represent?
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Graduate Can we still use the ratio test if the sequence of ratios diverges to infinity?
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Graduate Sum of Series: Li_{-b}(e^{ia}) & Cesaro Sum C(k,a,b)
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Undergrad U-substitution - Where does the dx go?
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Graduate Is There a Relationship Between a Vector Field's Divergence and Its Curl?
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High School Is (0,0) a Point on the Graph of y=x^-1?
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Graduate Differentiable multivariable functions
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Graduate How do we define and calculate divergence in vector fields?
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Undergrad Calculating Limit at x=a: Not Equivalent?
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Undergrad How Do You Approach This Limit Problem?
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Graduate Weird Graph Behaviour - Analyzing a Root in Domain 2-4
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Graduate Does this make the function Transcendental?
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Graduate Why is a closed curve with a domain in 3D not always simply connected?
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Graduate A course in multivariable real analysis?
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Graduate Integral more general then Lebesgue integral?
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Undergrad Series Convergence/Divergence Proofs
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Graduate Analyzing Convergent Series w/Supremum & Integral Norms
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Graduate Convergence of x_n: Limit in Complex Field
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Undergrad What is the intuition behind integrating with respect to another function?
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Undergrad Constant rate of acceleration formula
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