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Undergrad What Are the Values of A and B to Make f Differentiable at 0?
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Undergrad Solving Advanced Math Problem | Checking Equations | College Knowledge Refreshed
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Undergrad Why Is My Simple Limit Calculation Giving Different Results?
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Undergrad What Is the Minimum Angle of Elevation for a Gun to Hit a Target 3000 ft Away?
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Undergrad Integrating x*(1/2b)*exp(-abs(x-a)/b) - Solution
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Undergrad Solving Practical Differentiation & Integration Equations
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Undergrad What Happens When You Calculate One to the Infinity Power?
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Graduate What is the derivation of the Zeta (2k) formula using the not so legitimate sum?
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Undergrad How to Prove a Matrix is Idempotent?
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Graduate Understanding Complete Function Expansion: A Confusing Concept
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Graduate Transversality Condition w/ Right End Point Free & Int. Constraints
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Graduate Lipschitz function and uniform continuity
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High School What is a piecewise-defined function and how do I write one?
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Undergrad Selecting diagonal elements from a matrix to make a vector
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Graduate Regarding epsilon proofs with N1,N2,Max,Min
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Undergrad Can the Value of e Be Found Using the Taylor Series?
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Undergrad How Do the Two Theorems of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Imply Each Other?
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Graduate Work vs Volume: Trig Integral Relation
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Graduate Calculating the Fourier Series of |sin x|
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Graduate Proving inf(x_n)=1 for x_{n+1}=2-\frac{1}{x_n}
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Undergrad Determine if lines are Parallel, Intersecting, or Skew
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Graduate How is the Series ε + 2 ε^2 + 3 ε^3 + … Equal to ε/(1- ε)^2?
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Undergrad How to Apply Leibnitz Rule When Integration Limits Depend on a Variable?
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Undergrad Two qn about integration (Understanding)
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Graduate Proving Independence of x in Line Integral for Vector Calculus Proof
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High School Need help learning Calculus on your own? Check out these resources!
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Undergrad Sum of infinite series - 1/n^2
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Undergrad Calculating the Area of a Parallelogram with Given Vertices
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Graduate Finding the locus of points for complex analysis
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Graduate Exponential Functions In Complex Analysis
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Undergrad LIMITS, continuity piece defined function
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Undergrad Good contour integral reference?
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Vector Calc Questions - Answers and Solutions
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Undergrad How Does the Initial Condition y(0)=1 Affect the Solution to dy/dx=(y-1)^2?
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Undergrad Find Unit Vector Orthogonal to a & b - Help Needed
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Undergrad Is This Integration of e^-x / (1-e^-1) Correct?
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Undergrad Differentitation - Why open set?
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Undergrad What is the depressed polynomial for f(x) with an obvious root?
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High School Decomposed into TWO simpler fractions
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Undergrad Can I Combine the Series for ln(x+1) and ln(x-1) to Expand ln((x+1)/(x-1))?
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Undergrad Equation of a line that is tangent to f(x)
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High School Is 1.230000... Equal to 1.230000...?
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Undergrad How to use derivatives and integrals
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Graduate Is (n!/n^n)*exp^n a Convergent or Divergent Summation?
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High School Why is the absolute value of x equal to -x for values under zero?
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Graduate Necessary and sufficient conditions: Fourier Transform
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Graduate Finding Two-Term Asymptotic Expansion for Real Roots of xe-x=epsilon
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Graduate Spherical Coordinates and Mathematica
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Graduate A Problem About Uniformly Continuous functions
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Undergrad Why Are Riemann Sums Confusing Without Function Curves?
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Graduate 2D Cartesian integral to polar integral
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Graduate What are some unusual functions that can approximate transcendental functions?
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Graduate Proving the Equinumerosity of Infinite and Countable Sets
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Undergrad Integral of (32/((x^2)(sqrt(16-(x^2)))))dx
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Undergrad Is This Logical Analysis of Mathematical Statements Correct?
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Undergrad LIMITS, complicated square roots and factoring
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Undergrad Trigonometric Integration and U Substitution
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High School Why Is +c Not Required in Definite Integration?
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Undergrad Proof by Induction: 1/1*2 + 1/2*3 + 1/3*4 +...+ 1/n(n+1) = n/n+1
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Graduate Integration by parts and coefficients
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Undergrad Finding Horizontal/Vertical Tangents for x=(3t)/(1+t^3), y=(3t^2)/(1+t^3)
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Graduate Intigration (volume of solids rotating about and axis)
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Undergrad Integrate 4x^2+2: Solve for x=3 to x=1 - 44/3
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Undergrad How do I integrate sqrt(t^2 + 8)?
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Undergrad What is the Method for Factoring Polynomials with Limits?
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Graduate Distributions and delta function
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Undergrad Differentiating sin^2[3x]: Chain & Product Rules
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Graduate How to Prove a Nonempty Set of Real Numbers is Not Sequentially Compact?
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Undergrad Is 0 < B < A Given 0 < A < 1 and B = 1 - √(1-A)?
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Graduate What is the relationship between the gradient of a curve and its normal vector?
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Undergrad Volume of Triangle w/ xy-plane Vertices - Help Needed
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Undergrad Solving the Limiting Issue: sin(x) / (π - x)
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Undergrad Area under y=x^2: Calculate the Antiderivative
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Graduate GRE Math Subject Practice Test #43
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Undergrad Linear acceleration as a fx of displacement
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Undergrad Mastering Analysis: Tips, Suggestions & Advice for Struggling Students
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Undergrad Is continuity a necessary condition for differentiability?
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Undergrad Are All Functions Dependent on Each Other?
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Undergrad Mastering Integrals: How to Solve the Integral of x^4*tan^-1(x) with Ease
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Undergrad Differentiating under the integral sign
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Undergrad Constant Variables? Understanding the Difference
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Graduate Steepest descent, non-analytic roots
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Graduate Do derivatives belong to unique functions?
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Graduate What is the meaning of K in |an|\leq K (n \in \mathbb{N})?
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High School Work Physics: Grasp the Concept & Pass Your Test
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Graduate Prove Countability: Algebraic Numbers
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Graduate Evaluating Residues: Finding 1/z Term & -e^iπ/n Solution
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High School What is the purpose of taking the limit of a function?
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Undergrad Recommendation for Calculus Book
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Graduate Linear indepedent functions and complex conjugation
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Undergrad Using Newtons notation V. Leibniz notation
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Undergrad How do you graph g(x) in terms of f(x) for absolute function?
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Undergrad Vector Calculus - Having trouble finding a Line
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Undergrad What does the infinitesimal surface area element in flux represent?
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Undergrad What is the correct way to do partial differentiation?
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Undergrad Q. f(x)=ln (12x-5/9x-2)So by using the chain rule, i can
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Undergrad How Do You Find the Integral of xe^-x?
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Graduate Triple integral and charge density
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Graduate Confused about computing Laurent series
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High School How Do I Calculate Time with Initial Velocity, Final Velocity, and Distance?
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