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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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Graduate How Do You Calculate the Area of a Fence Built Over a Curve?

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Graduate Gradient & Normal: Intuition & Definition

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High School How can I find the maximum and minimum of a Parabola polynom using Java?

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Undergrad Total differential integration help

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Undergrad Quick Question on Limit Comparison Test

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Graduate Torsion of space curves, why dB/ds is perpendicular to tangent

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Graduate Determining whether or not a set is open

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Undergrad Derivative of f(x)=(1-x)2(1+x)3?

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Graduate Integrating Along a 2D Line Segment

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Graduate Alternative to Arfken Regarding some Chapters

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Graduate Constructing u(t * omega) from U(t, omega)

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Undergrad How do epsilon-delta proofs prove the limit?

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Graduate Understanding the Lemma for L'Hospital's Rule: Analyzing the Proof

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Graduate I'm really confused about Winding Numbers in Complex Analysis

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Undergrad Can Anyone Prove why e^x= (1+x/n)^n as n approaches Infinity

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Graduate Convergence of Sequence in C[0,1] Norms

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Graduate Does the Reciprocal of a Derivative Always Hold True?

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Undergrad Self-Study Books for Calculus 2 & 3 | Examples & Questions

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Undergrad The ingerals of a function on two different measures

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Undergrad Which Calculus books are recommended for fun and in-depth learning?

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Graduate Solve Gaussian Integral: e^(-x^2)

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Undergrad What is the Cosine Double Angle Identity for Cos²(wt+a)?

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Undergrad Summation Algorithm: Understanding n/lgn-i = n/i

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Undergrad How Does Quadratic Approximation Improve Upon Linear Approximation?

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Undergrad Anti Derivative Issue: Is 1/2 Constant an Issue?

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Graduate Want to prove that limit of integrals diverges

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Graduate Closure & Closed Sets in metric space

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Undergrad Difficulty with Intuitional Understanding of an Area Problem

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Graduate Riemann Stieltjes Integral help

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Undergrad Unraveling the Mystery of Integration: Area Under the Curve

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Undergrad Need help with analysis (calculus, i think)

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Undergrad Integration Question: Deriving \int\frac{V_{x}}{V}=ln(V) | Homework Help

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Graduate Integrating Annoying Trig Integral: Help Appreciated

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Graduate A question on the definability of convolution

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Graduate Uncertainty calculation and variational calculus

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Undergrad Can x^2/2 + y Be Considered an Antiderivative of x?

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High School Calculating the Integral of (cos x)^2: Possible or Impossible?

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Graduate Quick question about the derivative of a complex-valued function

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Undergrad Help w/ double integration to solve common volume of two intersecting cylinders

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Graduate Can All Vector Fields Be Represented by the Vector Laplacian?

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Graduate (Re-) beginning Calculus and Analysis.

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Graduate Is a Cauchy Sequence in a Metric Space Characterized by d(xn, xn+1) → 0?

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Undergrad What is the Del Operator and Its Significance in Vector Calculus?

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Undergrad Find Global Extrema of Functions: Steps & Example

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Graduate What is an appropriate route to learn analysis?

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Graduate Determinant, dot product, and cross product

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Graduate Is there a method for solving complex series involving Bessel functions?

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Undergrad Fundamental theorem of calculus (something isn't right)

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Undergrad Is it possible to calculate hour-glass parameters using calculus?

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Graduate What is the Significance of the Cauchy Integral Theorem in Complex Analysis?

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Undergrad Is the Problem Proving x^4 + ax + b = 0 Incorrect?

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Graduate Volume of a simplex using delta function

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Graduate Fourier Transform question, is it correct to remove the correcting factor?

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Graduate Interpreting a vector expression

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Graduate Can You Determine a Vector if Its Curl is Given?

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Graduate Prove Continuous Function f(x) on Metric Space & Compact Set C

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Undergrad Integrating exponential functions

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Undergrad How Can You Simplify the Process of Calculating Partial Sums?

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Graduate The shape of infinitesimal objects

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Graduate Writing the value of an integral as a function of one of the integrated variables?

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Undergrad The proof of the volume of the truncated cone

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Undergrad Is there a Proof for the Rational Integral of x/(a^2+x^2)?

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Graduate Show Triangle Midpoints Sum to Zero

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What the hell is wrong with this?

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Graduate How to Solve 2=1.59E-1*e^(19.99t)*sin(40*t+3.09E-2) for t?

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Undergrad How does this integral become zero?

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Graduate Proving Convergence of Series in a Given Norm

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Undergrad A basic qn on the inner product of a vector with an infinite sum of vectors

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Undergrad My new U substitution approach? is this legal?

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Undergrad Dot Product: Explaining 1/2 Coefficient

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Undergrad Integrating sin^2x: Trig Substitution or Identity? | Quick Question"

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Undergrad Continuity: Definition & Inequality Signs

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Undergrad Sine wave with variable frequency

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Graduate Is the Fourier Transform of J0(x) a Rect Function or a Ring Disk?

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Graduate Why is the divergence like that?

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Undergrad When calculus fails Related rates question

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Graduate Proof of a definite multiple integral relation

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Undergrad How hard of an assignment does this look like for Vector Calculus?

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Graduate How Do You Correctly Apply Taylor Series Expansion for f(x-dx)?

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High School How Do You Algebraically Solve for X in a Dividend Formula?

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High School Derivitive of X with Respect to Time

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Undergrad Epsilon delta definition of limit

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Undergrad Integral of e^(-x^2): Does it Have an Indefinite Integral?

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Graduate Is Curl a Measure of Circulation Tendency?

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Undergrad Question about differential and discontinuity

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Undergrad What is Cusp and what are the values of derivatives

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Graduate Unexpected Behavior of (1+x)^1/x Near Zero

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Graduate Lipschitz functions dense in C0M

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High School Integrating x and xdx: What's the Difference?

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