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Undergrad How to Find Unit Tangential Vectors on a Surface?
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Graduate Inverse functions for f:R^m->R^m , or f:X^m->Y^m
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Undergrad Visualizing a strange quadric surface
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Graduate Proving/Disproving Curl(BF)=Bcurl(F)-Fxgrad(B)
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Graduate Derivative when you just have Constraints
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Graduate Can a Sequence of Polynomials Satisfy Given Conditions?
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Equation Graphing Software with Zooming & X-Y Readouts
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Graduate Is there an optimal way to check complicated definite integrals?
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Graduate Is there a way to express this summation as an integral?
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Graduate Continuous Functions f(x) Satisfying f(x)>1 and f(x) = x + ∫f(t)dt for All x
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Graduate Continuous Functions with Constraints: f(x) > -1 and f(x) = x + ∫₁ˣf(t) dt
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Undergrad So, what is the deal with differentials and infinitesimals in physics?
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Graduate Evaluate multivariate integral over a simplex - help
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Undergrad How can you use L'Hopital's rule to find the limit when x approaches infinity?
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Graduate Divergence theorem in four(or more) dimension
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Graduate Can a Discontinuous Function Be Imposed on a Continuous Structure?
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Graduate Numerical Integration of Functions with Poles
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Undergrad How does the chain rule apply to acceleration in the context of mechanics?
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Graduate Which Notation for Partial Derivatives Do You Prefer?
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Undergrad Finding Intersections Between Circles and Lines: A Programmer's Guide
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Graduate Inequality with absolute value of a complex integral
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Undergrad Evaluating Limit: x to Infinity
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Graduate Proving Maximal Symmetric Extension of a Symmetric Operator
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Undergrad Experiment to prove that limits exists
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Graduate How Do Lagrange Multipliers Extend Beyond Two Variables?
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High School Solving Rational Inequalities: A Simplified Approach
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Graduate Partial Differentiation in free Schrodinger Equation
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Graduate Can Contour Integrals Simplify Real Antiderivative Calculations?
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Graduate Could the theory of everything be a number?
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Graduate Tîny-tîm's Theorem: Overview & Proof
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Graduate Integrals with bessel functions
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Undergrad Area under graph when log-log scale gives straight line
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Graduate Does the Series \(\sum_n (\sin(n))^n\) Converge?
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Undergrad Area under the curve and its submission.
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Graduate Dirac delta function - its confusing
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Undergrad What Function Has All Real Numbers as Domain and Range [0,1]?
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Undergrad Question about integration shouldn't be too difficult
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High School Very basic - sinusoidal motion question
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Graduate Can You Subtract Vectors in Spherical Coordinates to Find Distance?
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Undergrad Integrals that can't be evaluated
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Undergrad Nested sequence of compact sets in Rn has a non-empty intersection?
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Undergrad Max and min in several variables
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Undergrad Vector Concepts: Questions & Answers
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Undergrad Absolute value of complex numbers
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High School Where can I find comprehensive derivative and integration tables?
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Graduate Is the Gamma Function a Closed Form?
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Undergrad Is Integration by parts the only way?
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Undergrad Is there a closed form for the harmonic series?
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Undergrad What are the conditions for applying L'Hopital's Rule?
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Graduate Simple quadratic optimization problem
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Undergrad Infinite Series without an x term
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Undergrad Evaluate an Infinite Series in Closed Form
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Undergrad Questions about aplications of integral.
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High School Is \frac{-1}{x_0^2} (x - x_0) Equivalent to \frac{-x}{x_0^2} + \frac{1}{x_0}?
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Undergrad Why is my graph not matching my hand-drawn graph?
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Graduate What are some methods for solving the integral of (4x^2-1)e^(-2x^2)?
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Undergrad Integer Power Sum for p = 0, 1, 2,
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Undergrad L'Hopital's rule for more than one variable?
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Undergrad What is the Taylor Series Expansion for f(x) = (sinx)/x?
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Graduate An open connected set is path(polygon) connected
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Undergrad Ïnverse functions and composition
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Undergrad Evaluating Integral Expressions - No Sq. Units
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Undergrad Find the partial derivatives of the function
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Undergrad Could someone please explain this (simple) fact about Taylor expansions?
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Undergrad How to take the derivative of implicit functions
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Undergrad Exclamation Mark Meaning in Calculus
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Graduate Ramanujan Summation & Riemann Zeta Function: Negative Values
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Graduate Eventual boundedness of nth derivative of an analytic function in L2 norm
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Undergrad Fourier Transform Question - Negative Frequencies?
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Undergrad Understanding Limits at Infinity: Conceptual Difficulties
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Undergrad What are some strategies for solving limit problems involving zero or infinity?
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Graduate Euler lagrange equation, mechanics,
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Graduate Complex Inverse Function Theorem
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Undergrad Solve Complicated Equation: K1=tan(K2*x)/tan(K3*x)
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Undergrad Finding the Distance of a Polynomial Function: Help Needed
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Graduate Continuity of complex functions
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Undergrad It is a good question about disk method Can you help me to solve
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Undergrad Finite Sum - Modified Geometric Series
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Graduate Could someone explain how to evaluate this horrible integral?
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Graduate A question about dense subsets of the real line
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Undergrad F(x) differentiable at / near x=0?
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Graduate Approximate Solutions to Non-Linear Differential Equations
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High School Derivative of a power, algebra problem
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Undergrad Curved Asymptotes: Is the Definition Extended Beyond Straight Lines?
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Undergrad When Can You Exchange the Order of Integration?
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Graduate Regularizing a divergent integral with a test function or convergence factor
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Graduate Numerical Integration of sin(1/x)
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Undergrad Variable Change in Limits: When is it Permissible and Accurate?
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Undergrad How Can You Integrate xsinxcosxdx Using Exponential Form?
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Undergrad Estimating Pool Area Using Simpson's Rule
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Graduate Is the characteristic function of the irrationals Riemann integrable on [a,b]?
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Graduate Even partial derivatives of a ratio
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High School Finding the Center and Radius of a circle
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Graduate Complex Analysis 2nd Ed. by Stephen D. Fisher: Q&A
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Undergrad Integral Calculation - Get Help Solving Problems
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Graduate How to show this series is divergent?
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Graduate WriterMaximization of Differentiable Real-Valued Function with Linear Variables
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Undergrad Definite Integral = Area Under curve(s)
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Undergrad Calculating Volume from Revolved Area
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Graduate Is there an easier way to solve this complicated integral?
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