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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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Undergrad Proving the Convergence of (2n^2+n)/(n^2) to 2
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Graduate Any important inequalities with convolutions?
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Undergrad Can a Non-Decreasing Function Have a Limit at Infinity?
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Undergrad Calc III Problem Integrating Sq Rt's in Arc Length Formula
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Graduate Integration of Dirac delta w/ different dimensionalities
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Undergrad Shouldn't a 3D vector be 6 numbers instead of 3?
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Undergrad How are we able to differentiate both sides of an equation?
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Graduate Isn't this definition ambiguous?
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Graduate Is A dense set in the reals and f(x)=0 for all x in A, does f(x)=0 for all x?
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Graduate Trying to find the measure of a set.
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Graduate Proving Claim 1: Metric Spaces (X,ρ) and (X,σ)
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