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Graduate Generating functions and summation
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Undergrad What is the approach for solving problems involving sums and limits?
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Undergrad Question about integral and Abs function
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Undergrad How can we know how many solutions an equation has?
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Undergrad Identifying cos^2 (wt+θ) in Signals Example Problem
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Graduate Solving a Serious Math Problem
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Undergrad Change of variable, why can I not multiply the differentials directly
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Undergrad Convergent and Divergent Integrals
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Graduate Finding the Derivative of Factorial Function
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Undergrad Absolute values in standard integrals
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Graduate Why Does the Contour Integral Contribution Vanish as Beta Approaches Infinity?
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Graduate Question on derivative of multi variable.
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Graduate Proving Finite Lebesgue Measure of A When B Is Contained Within
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Graduate Compute area using divergence and flux?
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Graduate Confused about the intergral over a sphere
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Undergrad How do you calculate integrals over ∂B(0,1) in R?
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Undergrad Calculating an Integral with the Limit of Infinity
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Undergrad Integral notation with short horizontal line
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Graduate Antiderivative of multivariable function?
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Undergrad Struggling with a Limit: Help Appreciated!
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Undergrad Does My Polynomial Integral Equation Hold for All Polynomials?
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Undergrad Solving Limits of Sums: Ideas Needed
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Graduate Line, surface and volume integrals
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Undergrad How Do You Prove the Chain Rule in Calculus?
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Graduate Help with Multiple Integrals Problems
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Graduate Why aren't all 3 numbers a vector?
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Undergrad Understanding Triangle Inequality and applying it
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Undergrad Relationship between Analysis and Computer science
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Undergrad Relationship between the derivative of f and the derivative of f inverse
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Undergrad Locating Local Extrema in a Polynomial Equation
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Graduate Permissibility of Limit Technique
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Graduate Reversing the Definition of Limit: Does the Error Alter its Meaning?
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Graduate What is the value of the Mellin transform ?
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High School Derivative and integral (inverse operations?)
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Graduate Simple integral, example or general solution correct?
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Undergrad Integration by parts, can you do this?
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Graduate Equations that satisfy requested properties
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Undergrad Total derivative: elementary question
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Undergrad Proving with Delta Epsilon: A Beginner's Guide
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Undergrad What Is the Geometric Interpretation of the Derivative of a Velocity Vector?
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Graduate Convergence of Infinite Sums and Limits: A L'Hopital's Rule Perspective
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Graduate Are Shifted Sinc Functions Orthogonal for Any Real Value of x_0?
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Undergrad Surface Integrals: Online Guide to Solving 3D Problems
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Undergrad Why does the definition of cosh and sinh contain division by 2?
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Graduate Trigonometric Limit: Solve the Expression
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Undergrad How can I solve inequations with logarithms?
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Graduate What is the Coarea Formula and How Can It Be Proven?
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Graduate Expotanial integration exp(ax^n+bx) ?
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Graduate A sum I wish I never came across
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Undergrad How do you calculate the sum of this infinite series?
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Undergrad Functions that cannot be integrated
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Graduate Converting a problem solved with numerical analysis to a simple exponential
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Undergrad The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part I
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Graduate How do I solve the integral of exp(-x^2) between -a and a?
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Undergrad What is the proof for the geometric series formula?
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High School Which AP Calculus Exam Should I Take: AB or BC?
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Undergrad When can I apply the idea of differentials?
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Undergrad Is the ordinary integral a special case of the line integral?
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Graduate On comparing norms in a linear space
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High School Ace Your AP Calculus Midterm: Tips & Tricks!
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Graduate How can I adjust the index in summation notation for the Frobenius method?
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Graduate Can someone explain this about gradients to me?
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Undergrad Formal statement of the right-hand rule?
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Graduate Competition Calculus Problems and Techniques
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Undergrad Can a function be continuous on a composed interval?
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High School Function of more than one variables
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Graduate Line integral with respect to arc length
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Undergrad A concept from calculus that has always bothered me
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Graduate Connection between cross product and partial derivative
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Graduate Change of variables in multiple integrals. What am I doing wrong?
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Undergrad How Do You Solve a Limit Involving Infinity in Polynomial Functions?
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Graduate Green's Thm: How am I not applying it correctly?
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Graduate Divergence of Newton's law of gravitation
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Undergrad The two meanings of the integral sign
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Graduate Mapping of multivalued complex function.
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Undergrad Why do we integrate a function to find the area under it?
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Undergrad How can you find the relative extrema of |1+\sqrt[3]{x}|?
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Undergrad Using delta epsilon. inequality manipulation
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Graduate Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Line Integrals: Does it Apply?
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Undergrad Arc Length Confusion: What is the Idea Behind it?
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Graduate Integral Evaluation: Jumping from 0 to ∞
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Undergrad Relation of the graph of a function with the graph of it's derivative
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Undergrad What is the general form and convergence of (k+1)r^k?
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Undergrad Trying to understand the dx after the integrand
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Undergrad Integrating Graphs with Two Intervals: How to Find the Mean?
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Undergrad No use of the tangent in Riemann sum?
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Undergrad Relative extrema of absolute functions
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Graduate Understanding Smooth Extension to Boundary of D in C (or R^2)
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Graduate First step to proof of convergance using Newton's root finding method
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Undergrad Integral notation in physics and mathematics
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Graduate Can You Solve These Integrals Involving ArcCos?
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Undergrad An equivalence? An equivalence??
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Graduate Is the Function |x| Locally Lipschitz?
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Undergrad What's a general way to integrate f(x)*exp(n*x)
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Undergrad Can All Integrals from -∞ to ∞ Be Written as Limits?
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Graduate Fitting Data to an Equation with a Series
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Undergrad When we use arc length as a parameter
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Undergrad A constant can be moved through limit sign-any intuitive way to understand this?
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Graduate What is 'completeness' (function space)
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Undergrad Proving Derivative of sin(x)/x is Zero at x=0
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