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Undergrad What is the Physical Significance of Curl and Div Operators in Physics?
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Undergrad Differentiability and continuity confusion
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Graduate Can high school students know calculus better than Newton?
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Undergrad Complete ALGO to solve a indefinite integral ( classroom questions )
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Undergrad Is There a Trick to Simplifying Integrals of Complex Numbers?
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Undergrad Tricky trig integral (calc 1/2 level)
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Undergrad Solving a Logistic Model - Population Data
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Undergrad Undergrad project in calculus III
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Undergrad Why Are Epsilon-Delta Proofs Important?
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Graduate What is the solution to this heavy integral?
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High School Can saomebody explain me whats differential mean?
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Graduate Can a function's continuity be described by a uniform value of delta?
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High School Is 1 divided by infinity equal to zero?
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Graduate Logarithmic Series Expansion Using Taylor's/McLaurin's
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Undergrad Jacobian in change of coordinates
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Graduate What is the inner product of two piecewise-defined functions?
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Graduate Upper function and lebesgue integrals
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High School Can I Trust Blind Substitutions in Integration?
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Undergrad Understanding First-Year Calculus Concepts: Integrand and Antiderivative
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Undergrad Proving 2^n via Induction: 1+n!/1!+n(n-1)!/2!+...”
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Graduate Integral of x^m/(x^n+a^n)^p: Contour Integration
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Undergrad How can I find the maximum value of a function on a specific interval?
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Undergrad Integration Series: Investigating a Puzzling Relation
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High School Why can horizontal asymptotes be crossed?
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Graduate Counting Integer Roots of a Polynomial Using Sturm Sequences
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Graduate Seeking Advanced Differentiation & Integration Books
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Graduate Metrization Theorem: Understanding Munkres' Proof
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Undergrad For f(x) = x^n, I have to prove f'(x) = 1/n x^{n-1}
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Graduate One integral (square root and gaussian peak)
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High School Motion on a Curve: Velocity Vector Always Tangent
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Graduate Is the Derivative w.r.t. a Function Different from the Classic Chain Rule?
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Graduate What does it mean for a function to be N-times differentiable?
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Graduate Square integrable/vanish at infinity?
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Graduate Differentiability of the mean value
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High School Do you leave radicals in the denominator?
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Undergrad How do I solve an implicit differentiation problem with two different answers?
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Undergrad What is the meaning of a line integral and how is it calculated?
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Graduate Fourier Coefficients: A_n & B_n Explained
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Graduate Changing variables in integrals?
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Undergrad Limits - Please provide some good reading materials
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Undergrad Understanding Cardinal Splines - Formula Explained
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Graduate What is the integration process for this integral?
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Graduate Parametric equation of a line and a plane
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Undergrad What Happens at the Cusp on the Original Graph When Viewing the Derivative?
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Undergrad What Topics Are Covered in Calculus III?
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Undergrad Finding bend(maxima/minima) in plotted curve
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Graduate Understanding Functional Spaces in Mathematics
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Undergrad Where can I find practice problems for Integral Calculus?
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Graduate I on solving ∫e^(z^2)* fn(z) dz, where fn(z) =. .
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Undergrad Integrate x^3/(x^5-1): Solutions
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Undergrad How Do You Determine When Acceleration Is Zero in Particle Motion Calculations?
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Undergrad Monotonic bounded sequence theorem
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Graduate Is There a Simpler Proof for the Vector Distance Formula from a Point to a Line?
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Undergrad Is there a way to determine if a polynomial has only real roots?
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Graduate Can Borel resummation be applied to integrals ?
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Undergrad Understanding the Exact Differential Notation in Multivariable Calculus
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Graduate Where Can You Find Information on Sets with Mass Zero?
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Undergrad What is the physical significance of the divergence?
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Undergrad How Should Absolute Value Be Handled in Trigonometric Integrals?
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Undergrad Building a Piecewise Function with Elementary Functions
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Graduate How Can We Approximate the n-th Derivative Using the n-th Difference?
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Undergrad Why can sqrt(1+x) be approximated by 1+x/2 for small x?
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High School L Hospital Rule Explained: Origins & Meaning
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Graduate How to Differentiate Cross Product?
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Undergrad Definition of limit n continuity
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Graduate Continuous functions on Munkres's book
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Undergrad How Do You Find the Closest Point on a Surface Using Lagrange Multipliers?
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Undergrad Max-Min Problem: Finding Max Length Horizontal Bar Around 90 Degree Corner
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Graduate Defining the Product of Linear Functionals: Is It Possible?
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Undergrad Understanding the False Position Method and Its Iterations
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Undergrad How Can You Prove If Two Planes Are Perpendicular Analytically?
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High School How Can I Prove the Reciprocal Derivative Identity?
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Undergrad Calculus, Stewart - Calculus both Single & Multivariable?
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Graduate Infinite dimensional vectorial (dot) product)
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Graduate Help understanding proof of isoperimetric inequality
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Is the Quality of Apostol International Edition Books Comparable to US Versions?
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Graduate Is Boundedness a Necessity for Double Integral Proofs?
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Graduate Fourier transform of distributions.
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Graduate Is Integral Equality Paradox Possible in Mathematics?
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Graduate Can You Calculate the Derivative of a Function that is a Sum of n Terms?
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Undergrad How can Newton's method be used to solve exponential equations iteratively?
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Undergrad The significance of orthogonal relationships
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Graduate Geometrical interpretation of Taylor series for sine and cosine?
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Undergrad What does it mean when critical points have non-real answers?
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Graduate Finding Shortest Paths on Surfaces
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Graduate Solve Integral: ln x tan⁻¹⁴ x / 1 + x²
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High School Derivatives in my calculus class
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Graduate Definitions of Fractional derivative
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Undergrad Books for Proofs in Limits & Infinite Series Course
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Undergrad Can e be accurately calculated using the limit definition?
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Undergrad Finding the Orthogonal Projection of a Vector onto Another Vector
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High School Notation, i.e. making your post look like math
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Graduate Fractional Calculus :New Tools for Physics
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Graduate Integral over 4D Metrics: Volume Element?
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Graduate What is the underlying concept behind this non-existent function problem?
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Undergrad Finding Imaginary Roots for X2 –3X +C
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Graduate Can a Double Integral be Simplified Using a Substitution of Polar Coordinates?
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Graduate Generalizing Functional Integration for Piecewise-Smooth Manifolds
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Undergrad How Do Linear Approximations Differ from Tangent Lines in Calculus?
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Undergrad How Do You Sketch Level Curves for f(x,y)=3-y-x^2 at k=0, 2, 4?
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