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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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Graduate What is the nature of a differential form?

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Undergrad Calculating Position and Acceleration of a Test Car Under Microprocessor Control

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Undergrad How do I find the critical points for the absolute value of sine x?

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Graduate What are some good textbooks for advanced calculus with challenging exercises?

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Graduate Question on integration, in the Hartree-Fock theory for free electron gas.

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Undergrad Frustrated with Drawing Level Curves: Help Appreciated!

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Graduate How Do Lagrange Multipliers Relate to Critical Points of a Function?

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Graduate Derivative of |x|: Unit Step Fn Equal?

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Graduate Limit superior: definition and notation

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Undergrad Can Integrals Represent Negative Area?

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Graduate Dirac delta function as the limit of a seqquence

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Graduate Bounded integrable periodic function

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Graduate Learn Integral Equations for Self-Teaching | ODE Graduate at 19

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Graduate Calculating error of a multi-varialbe function

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Graduate For what values of M does this integral converge?

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Graduate How to Find the Sum of Power Series Without a Variable?

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Undergrad Can You Vary Sampling Points Within Subintervals When Calculating Integrals?

  • LucasGB
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Undergrad Solving quadratics and factorisation of polynomials using calculus

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Undergrad Does Swapping the Limits of Integration Change the Integral's Sign?

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Graduate Are Norms in Vector Spaces Continuously Linked to Limits?

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Graduate Dimension of subspace of V^n with orthogonal vectors

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Graduate Inverting Consequences of Uniform Convergence

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Graduate Lebesgue Integral - Get Answers to Your Questions

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Graduate Are Both Definitions of a Cauchy Sequence Truly Equivalent?

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Graduate Help Understanding Limit Property Proof on Spivak's Calculus

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Undergrad Complex analysis - prerequisites?

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Graduate Schmidt decomposition theorem proof

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Undergrad Help solving complicated integral

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Graduate Coefficients in the power series

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Undergrad Using differentials in the equation of tangent line to the curve x^2 at point 3

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Undergrad Greens Theorem for negatively orientated curve

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Undergrad How Can I Solve These Complex Integrals?

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Undergrad Does L'Hospital's rule apply to complex functions?

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Undergrad Can we prove the limit of sin(x)/x is 1 using the ε-δ definition?

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Undergrad Find Optimal Speed for Fuel Efficiency in a Car

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Graduate Looking for insights about this sequence:

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Undergrad Need help with Integral: e^(-1/x)?

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Graduate Proving A(xy) = A(x) + A(y) without Calculus

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Graduate Can an Entire Function with Given Conditions Have a Zero in a Specific Region?

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Graduate Is "All Subsets of R Measurable" Consistent w/ ZF Axioms?

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Undergrad Is the Chain Rule Proof in this Document Flawed?

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High School How to graph the tangent to a curve at some point?

  • Juwane
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High School In two equal complex numbers, what parts are equal to each other?

  • Juwane
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Graduate Is Inverting a Derivative Always Possible?

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Undergrad Having trouble differentiating this

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Graduate Why is the Injective Operator in L^2(0,1) One-to-One?

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Graduate Calculating Residues of Reciprocal Polynomials

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High School Integration and area under curve

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Graduate Function growing faster than a sequence of functions

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Graduate How is the order of points in an oriented curve determined?

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Graduate Uniqueness of limit by transitive property?

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Graduate Laplace Transform of Composition of Functions

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Undergrad Understanding Integration Mechanics: Why Can't the Constant Be Taken Out?

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High School Determining Independent and Dependent Variables in Calculus

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Undergrad How Do You Evaluate the Integral of (x^2 + y^2)^(-3/2) with Respect to y?

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Graduate Why Does the Supremum Definition Make Sense for Infinite Decimal Expansions?

  • kingwinner
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Graduate My Cousin's Challenge: Solve a Tough Limit Problem

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Graduate What is the difference between adherent points and accumulation/limit points?

  • kingwinner
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Graduate Struggling with Describing a Riemann Surface for log(z2 - za)?

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Undergrad Can integration and summation be considered equivalent concepts?

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Graduate How Can I Model a Damped Pendulum Using Runge-Kutta in C++?

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Undergrad Help with a definite integral property

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Undergrad Help integrating Abs(x-y) dydx

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Graduate Question about Fourier Transforms

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High School Why is dy/dx sometimes written as a fraction in mathematics?

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Graduate Can the Indefinite Integral of 1/(1+x^4) be Simplified?

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Graduate Analysis Applying Combination Rules

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Graduate Multivariable chain rule question

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Graduate Incompressiblitiy and unit length implies constants

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Undergrad Integrating Complex & Imaginary Functions - Answers Here

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Undergrad What Is the Correct Method to Integrate Cos^2(x)?

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Graduate A question about zeros of polynomials

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Undergrad Writing equation for integration regarding rate of change

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Undergrad Understanding & Using the Delta Function in Physics

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Graduate Complex integral representation of Dirac delta function?

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Undergrad Predicting Blink Times in an Arithmetic Series

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Undergrad Question about definite integral and orthogonal functions

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Undergrad Finding Volume by Cross Section Area

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High School How to find oblique asymptotes for any function in general?

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Graduate Family of Curves: Writing an Integral as a Summation

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High School Help Solving (y - a)^2 = p(x - e) Problem - Nicole

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Graduate Why are the trivial zeros negative even integers?

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Graduate Solving Integrals from Hell for n = 1, 1/2, 2, 3/2

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Graduate What Does the Risch Algorithm Solve in Mathematics?

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Graduate Area of Triangle with Cross Product: Equation Variations

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Undergrad How Do You Find the Limit of This Logarithmic Function?

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Graduate What is the best book for learning calculus of variations?

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Undergrad Why Are Exponential Growth Equations Different?

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Graduate Why is the derivative of a complex conjugate zero in quantum mechanics?

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