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High School Is this proper or it is abuse of notation?
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Undergrad Deriving Notations for Differentials in Time-Evolving Systems
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High School "Onion proof" of the area of a circle
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Undergrad Calculus problem differentiation.
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Undergrad Sum of Binomial Expansion | Spivak Chapter 2, Excercise 3 part d
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High School Why Is 0/0 Considered Indeterminate If Division by Zero Is Undefined
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Undergrad Divergence Theorem: Gauss & Cross-Product Integration
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High School Finding Multiple Ways to Integrate
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Undergrad Area of the intersection of two regions in the plane
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Undergrad Why is Mu Differentiable in McInerney Example 3.1.5?
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Undergrad Is there such a thing as an antiderivative of a multivariable function?
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MHB Evaluate the product ∏(1+10^(-2^n))
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Undergrad Multivariable Differentiation .... McInerney Definition 3.1.1 ....
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Undergrad Proving a property of an integral
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Undergrad Gaussian Integral Coordinate Change
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Undergrad Proof that the sum of all series 1/n^m, (n>1,m>1) =1?
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MHB Advanced Functions Average vs. Instantaneous velocity
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Undergrad Fixing My Calculus Mistake: Need Help for Midterm Review | No Quotation Marks
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Undergrad Faking a Formula For Movement Through Gravity
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Graduate Multi-variable function depending on the Heaviside function
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MHB Integration ∫ [√(sin^2 x-3sin x+2))/√(sin^2 x+3sin x+2))]dx
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Undergrad Converting 2 COD (x,y) into 1 Hilbert curve COD?
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MHB Volume of Solid Revolving Region About Line: 32pi/5
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High School How can I accurately calculate pi using polygons and the concept of infinity?
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Undergrad Why can an infinite area have a finite volume or SA?
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Undergrad Why is this volume/surface integration unaffected by a singularity?
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MHB Evaluate the double sum of a product
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Undergrad When and How Does an Integral Have a Cauchy Principal Value?
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Graduate Fourier series equation derivation
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Graduate Proof of Parseval's Identity for a Fourier Sine/Cosine transform
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High School Can you help me see why these integrals are the same?
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Undergrad Does the sum of all series 1/n^m, m>1 converge?
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Undergrad How to apply the disk/washer and shell methods
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Graduate Inverse Laplace of an Overwhelming Function
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Undergrad What is the value of the integral for higher order poles in the real axis?
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MHB Force normal and force along the incline
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MHB What Tension is Required for a 10 kg Mass to Hang Motionless?
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High School 1 to the power of infinity, why is it indeterminate?
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Graduate Finding a specific amplitude-frequency in the time domain
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MHB How Accurate Are the Calculations for Plane Speed and Cable Tension?
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MHB (e^ix)-1=(2ie^(ix/2))x(sin (x/2))
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MHB Limit of $x_n$ Sequence: $\pi/2$
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High School Can a function become surjective by restricting its codomain?
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Undergrad Resultant vector field as sum of many sources
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Undergrad Looking for help to understand the Integral Test
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Undergrad Fourier transform, same frequencies, different amplitudes
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Undergrad Why the different terminology: Sequence versus Series?
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Undergrad Are two independent functions constant?
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High School Sum of Series 1/n: Is it Infinity?
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Undergrad A question regarding the ratio test for limits
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Undergrad Polar coordinates and unit vectors
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Undergrad Question about divergence theorem and delta dirac function
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MHB Why Doesn't the Limit of \(xe^{-\frac{1}{x}}\) Exist as \(x \to 0\)?
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MHB Calculating the Limit of Sequence $(y_n)$ with $(x_n)$ Limit = $\frac{\pi^2}{6}$
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Undergrad Finding the value of the integral on this t-shirt
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MHB Gaussian Quadrature Formula for Integrating Polynomials of Degree 6
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Undergrad Unable to show the radius of convergence of a numeric series
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MHB Finding Constants for a Piecewise Defined Function
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High School How to set up an integral to integrate over a sine wave?
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Undergrad Understanding the Chain Rule Equation: Explained with Examples
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MHB Derivatives in Higher Dimensions
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MHB Evaluate Limit: $\frac{0}{0}$ - Can Someone Help?
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MHB Limits of Recurrence Relations with $0<b<a$
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MHB Gaussian Quadrature: isolated roots
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MHB Limit of $(x_{n})_{n\geq 1} with Given Conditions
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MHB Evaluating Limit $$\frac{\ln2}{2}+\cdots+\frac{\ln n}{n}$$
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MHB Find the Limit of a Sequence: Tips & Techniques
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MHB Understanding the Inequality for Solving Limits with Exponential Terms
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MHB The minimum and maximum of a sequence
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MHB Square root n limit ( sum question )
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Undergrad Proving Alternating Derivatives with Induction in Mathematical Analysis I
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MHB Find Limit of Sequence $(a_{n})$: $a_{2n+1}$
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High School Questions regarding polynomial divisions and their roots
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MHB Solve My Constant Problem: Integral Sign + -2
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MHB Why Does $$\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{n^{2016}\cdot 2^{n-1}}{3^{n}}=0$$?
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MHB What is the limit of $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty }(2-2^{\frac{1}{n+1}})^{n}$?
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MHB Limit with x in both base and exponenet
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High School Understanding the basics of integration
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High School Usage of variable in integration
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MHB How to proof stirling approximation
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Undergrad How to differentiate with respect to a derivative
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Undergrad Can anyone justify this derivation of Stirling’s approximation?
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Undergrad Parameterize a circle based on the contact angle with a wedge
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High School Integrating sec(x): Understanding the Answer
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Undergrad Determining an n for Numerical Integration
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Undergrad Proof of Log Convexity Theorem & Its Derivation
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MHB Joint probability distribution of functions of random variables
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Undergrad Is there a name for this approximation?
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MHB Solve Image of f(x)=-2(x+1)/(x-1)^2 in x from [0,1)U(1,3]
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Undergrad Invert a 3D Fourier transform when dealing with 4-vectors
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Undergrad Can function transformation result in a constant variation?
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MHB How Do You Solve Problems on Tangent and Velocity for a Sliding Ladder?
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Undergrad What's the point of Taylor/Maclaurin series?
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Undergrad Applying a constraint in the calculus of variations
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MHB Calculus: Understanding Infinity in Functions
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MHB 205.2.6.1-2 another implicit problem with tangent line.
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MHB Implicit Differentiation of 5=2x^2y+7xy^2
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High School Calculating (dr)^2: Formula & Examples
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Undergrad Volume of revolution -- Why use this integral?
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MHB Solving Limits of Integrals: Advice & Tips
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