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Undergrad Can the Nth Derivative Formula for ln(x) Be Extended to ln(x+c)?
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Undergrad Area Under Sine Wave: Anti Diff of -cosx
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Undergrad How Can the Kalman Filter Improve Position Sensor Data Analysis?
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Graduate Connectedness of coordinates with one rational point
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Undergrad Prove/Disprove: Inequality for x ≥ 0
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Graduate There's a distribution Tf for each function f
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Undergrad How Can You Use a Fact to Evaluate Limits?
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Graduate Calculating the Volume of a Toroidal Section: A Mathematical Exploration
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Graduate How to Approximate a Partial Exponential Sum?
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Undergrad Epsilon-Delta Definition of Limit (Proofs)
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Undergrad Generating McLaurin Series for ln (1+x^2)
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Graduate Cauchy integral theorem question
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Graduate Vector analysis: \nabla applied on integral?
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Graduate Calculating Volume of Sphere Intersection Using Cavalieri's Principle
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Undergrad Does Differentiating e^(-x) and e^(3x+4) Follow Standard Rules?
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Graduate Cauchy Criterion for Series limit
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Graduate What is the relationship between the Fourier transform and a gaussian function?
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Undergrad Integration of the binomial theorem
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Graduate Integrating a Vector Field Over a Circular Disk
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Undergrad Finding the Power Series Representation for x/(1-x)^2
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Undergrad Finding volume using polar coordinates
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Undergrad What is the method for evaluating integrals with linear terms?
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High School How Is the Equation of Motion Integrated?
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Undergrad Integrating Definite Integral: 3x^5 + 4x^4 + x^2
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Graduate How is Complex z Raised to a Power Equal to Exponential?
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Graduate Logorithms of negative numbers
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Graduate Solving Difficult Integral: \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}Exp(-x^2)*Erf(x^2 - a^2)dx
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Graduate Integrating Gullstrand-Plainleve Coordinates in Kerr Metric
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Undergrad Solving Summation Questions: Limits, Derivatives & Simplification
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Graduate A Solid Calculus and beyond Text
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Graduate Proof of Cauchy Sequence: e/2 Appearing in Proof
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Graduate How can the following integral be evaluated for x^2<1?
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Undergrad Finding Partial Derivative of an Integral
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Undergrad General question about growth function?
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High School Can any one example a function that has limit just in one point
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Graduate Convergent series. Is my logic correct?
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Graduate Integrating e^-|t|: Signals & Systems Demystified Help
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Graduate What Are the Radii of Convergence for a Laurent Series Around a Singular Point?
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Undergrad Regular derivative vs. partial derivative
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Graduate Integrate over all values of a vector
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Undergrad How can I find the critical points of a function involving fractions?
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Graduate Why Does Integration of Certain Functions Result in Infinity?
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Graduate Integrability of g, Nonnegativity & Infinite Points: Is it True?
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Graduate Taylor Representation of the Floor Function
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Undergrad Why Transform Integrals of Differential Functions?
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Graduate Why Is e/2 Used in the Cauchy Sequence Proof?
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Undergrad Anyone know how to integrate (Tanx)^2(Secx) thanks
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Undergrad Integration that leads to a inverse trig identity
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Undergrad Limit of x^x^x as x->0 from right
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Graduate Explanation of Cauchy Proof for Convergent Sequence
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High School Why does 2(sin(a)*cos(a))= sin(2a) ?
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Graduate Proof of Fubini's Theorem: Integrating h(x,y)
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Undergrad How to Write a Program to Solve an Integral with Subintervals?
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Graduate Sandwich theorem for lebesgue integral
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Graduate Derive integral of sqrt(x^2-a^2)
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Undergrad Solve for h or d in the Formula: y={1/2pi(d-h)}ln(d/h) – Get Math Help Now!
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Undergrad Unit Normal Vector normal, but not normalized?
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Undergrad How can I integrate Sqrt[x^2-a] using trig substitutions?
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Undergrad Integrating the Square Root of a Polynomial: (4 - x^2)^1/2
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Graduate Epsilon-delta test for continuity
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Undergrad Question about derivatives and continuous
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Graduate Confused about definition of derivative
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Graduate Uncountability of neighborhoods in R^n
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Undergrad Where Can I Find Vector Algebra Videos for Electromagnetic Studies?
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Undergrad How Do You Determine the Ranges of u and v in Multivariable Transformations?
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Undergrad Understanding Continuity and Intervals for Limits in Functions
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Graduate Prove periodicity of exp/sin/cos from Taylor series?
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Undergrad What Test is Used to Find Convergence in Series?
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Graduate Derivatives of Sine and Cosine Relationship
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Graduate Finding the Laurent Series for f(z): A Problem in Need of Help
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Graduate How to approximate this relation?
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Graduate Can a Set Be Measurable if Its Measure is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts?
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Graduate How to Derive the Integral of Sqrt[x^2-a] Using Trigonometric Substitution?
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Graduate Conjecture: Limit Formula for n Approaching Infinity
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Undergrad What is the integral of (dy/dt)^2 ?
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Graduate Is there a smallest closed ball containing a closed set in a metric space?
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Undergrad Quick Integral/Derivative question.
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Graduate Vector Analysis: Seeking Guidance on Identity and Calculation
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Undergrad Finding the Limit of Partial Sums for a Series
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Undergrad How can I integrate 1/(1+e^x) by substituting u = e^{-x} + 1?
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Undergrad LIMITS approaches o+ - how come?
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Undergrad A strange fact as well as big doubt
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Undergrad Solving inequalities in TWO variables?
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Undergrad What is the meaning of the dot product in calculus?
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Graduate Uniform Continuity Proof for Functions on Closed Intervals
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Graduate Solving Integral Proof: Let a<b<c, f:[a,c]->R
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Undergrad Proving Divergence of Harmonic Series
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Graduate Getting a delta function from an indefinite integral
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Graduate Is the Converse of Polynomial Convexity True in Complex Analysis?
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Graduate Conjugate of every variable is denoted
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Undergrad Concavity and the First Derivative Test.
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Undergrad What is the solution to this tricky series riddle?
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Graduate General Continuity Proof Question
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Graduate Convergence of the following series as N goes to infty
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Undergrad Explain how to compute this integral?
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Graduate Existence of Derivatives in a Neighborhood
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Graduate Are you interesting about average value if so trying here.
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Undergrad The idea about Pythagoras stairs?
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Graduate Substitutions for some trig integrals?
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Undergrad Online resources/notes/tutorials for sequences/series?
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