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Undergrad Solving Antiderivative of arcsin(x^0.5)/(x^0.5)

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Undergrad How to Apply the Composite Trapezoidal Rule When Integrating y dx?

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Gunning and Rossi's several complex variables

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High School How to Find the Indefinite Integral of sin(pi x) dx?

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High School How Do You Find the Antiderivative of \( \frac{2}{2x+1} \)?

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Undergrad How do I Antidifferentiate e^r/2 using Integration by Parts?

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Graduate Fourier Transform: Why is this so?

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Undergrad Solving ln|(1-z)/(z+3)| = (ln|v| + c)2

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Undergrad Is dy/dx = 0 Always a Constant Function?

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Graduate Finding pole order and residues from Laurent series without negative powers

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Graduate What is the definition of D^m delta(e^D) in this formula?

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Graduate Multivariable factor decomposition

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Undergrad Can L'hopital's Rule be Applied to this Limit?

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Undergrad Need Help with These Integrals?

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Undergrad Integrating ((1-ω)a⁻¹ + ωa⁻²)⁻¹/²

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Graduate Dot product between grad f and an arbitrary vector

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High School What is the Derivative of -sinx?

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Graduate Multiplication of Maclaurin Series

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Undergrad How Does the General Leibniz Formula Apply to Integrals with Variable Limits?

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Graduate What is the formula for F(a, a+1/2, 3/2, z^2) and its general form?

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Undergrad Partial derivatives - textbook error?

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Graduate Ratios of integrals and its derivatives

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Undergrad Why do the limits for double integrals go from x² to x in some examples?

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Undergrad Why do double integral limits go from y to √y and x² to x, not the reverse?

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Undergrad Do you add surface integrals over dxdy, dxdz and dydz?

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Graduate Laplacian solution(page 2) to Jackson 1.5

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Undergrad How Does the Cartesian Plane Represent Functions Like z=f(x,y)?

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Undergrad Proof of a limit of a cubic like sequence.

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Graduate Approximating PI: Improving Arctan (1/√3) Approximation

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Undergrad Simplifying cos(2arctan(x)): Is this the most simplified form?

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Undergrad Why is the domain of arctan power series |x|<=1?

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Graduate Normal line to paraboloid and vector area decomposition

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Undergrad Finding the Identity and Inverse of the Operation *

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Graduate What is the Exact Value of Series Convergence and How Can It Be Calculated?

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Undergrad Calc III: Use of variables in functions

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Graduate Prerequisites for understanding Riemann's zeta function?

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Undergrad Partial derivatives of Q with respect to D, ΔP, ρ, and w

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Undergrad Does Green's Theorem Apply to Clockwise Oriented Curves?

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High School Solving a circle equation for Y

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Graduate Checking my values for a complex integral

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Graduate Dirac Delta Function - unfamiliar definition

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Undergrad Green's Theorem History question

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Graduate Negative values in covariance matrix

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Undergrad Formula to determine if a number is rational or irrational

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Graduate Confusing chain differentiation rule

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Graduate What Is the Name of This Relativistic Proper Velocity Equation?

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Graduate How can I find the scalar field from its gradient?

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High School How do I solve these trig expressions?

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High School Simplifying (sec 2x csc x)/(sec 2x + csc 2x)

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Undergrad Trapezoidal Rule for numerical integration

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Undergrad Is the integral of a non-negative function always positive?

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Undergrad Solving 400(2.2cosV-1)tanV = 20×9.81 for V

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Graduate How Do You Evaluate the Limit of an Integral with a Root Function?

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High School What is the Formula for Calculating Gravity Flow Rate of Water in a Can?

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High School What is the Monty Hall Problem and how does it work?

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Undergrad Dot Product Differentiation question

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Graduate Measure theory and the symmetric difference

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Undergrad How can I put this summation into a closed form?

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Undergrad What is the definition of a line integral?

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Graduate Int{x=0 to infinity}(exp(-x)*Ln(x)*Ln(x)dx)

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Undergrad Extrema of functions of Two Variables

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Undergrad Symmetric equations of tangent lines to curves

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Undergrad Functions of Several Variables, Temperature?

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Graduate Answers of the following integrals

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High School How do I understand infinite series well enough to solve homework problems?

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Graduate Is Manipulating Infinitesimals Algebraically Valid?

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Undergrad Why do two substitutions give different antiderivatives of sin x cos x?

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Undergrad Is h(x) Continuous at x=5 Given Conditions on f(x) and g(x)?

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Undergrad Teaching Calculus for the First Time

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Graduate Fiexed point theorem for contractions

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Graduate Why is a positive linear functional on Cc(X) always finite?

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Graduate Surface gradient equation with normal projection

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Undergrad What should we call the type of dervative that isn't a partial derivative?

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Undergrad 1-dimensional substitution rule for integrals

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Graduate How Do I Normalize a Quantum Mechanics Equation With an Integral?

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Graduate Learning to use the Lebesgue Integral

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Undergrad Geometric Sequence Sum with Non-Traditional First Term?

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High School What Defines a Constant Vector?

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Undergrad Proving Strange Function is Neither Even nor Odd

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Graduate How to Prove the Linear Independence of Exponential Functions?

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High School Finding constants in partial fraction decomposition

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Graduate Q. on Mittag Leffler theorem and analytic sheaf cohomology

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Undergrad Understanding Scalar Fields: Assigning Values to Space

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Graduate Trivial holomorphic first sheaf cohomology

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Graduate Visualizing 3D Geometry Through Algebraic Solutions

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Graduate Series Laws and Theorems and how they affect each other

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Undergrad How Do You Calculate Mass Flow Rate from a Rocket Motor Burn Graph?

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Undergrad Understanding Divergence and Gradient in Vector Fields

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Undergrad Limits of Complex Functions at x = 0

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High School Why does e^(ln x) equal x, and why is the integral of 1/x equal to ln x?

  • Andrew123
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Graduate Rudin's proof of Arzela-Ascoli teorem

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Undergrad Best way to approach sequences and series

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Graduate Does the integral notation need dx for a substantive difference?

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Undergrad Derivative of a square root fraction.

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Graduate Complex analysis of electrostatic problem

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Undergrad Strange Integral- Does it even exist?

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Graduate A question involving self-composition.

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Graduate What Defines Function Equality?

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Undergrad Can the Zeno Paradox be Resolved Through Infinite Divisions?

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