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Undergrad Is There a Method for Integrating Sinx/x Between 0 and Infinity?

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Undergrad Summing a Series: Grouping Terms Legit?

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Graduate Integrating x^n e^(-x^(n-1)) dx

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Graduate Does Path Connectedness Imply Simply Connectedness in the Union of Two Subsets?

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High School Rules for sketching derivative graphs

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Two calculus problems giving wrong answers with the same approach

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Graduate Continued fractions and functions

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Graduate Struggling with complex analysis problem sets from Saff and Snider

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Undergrad How Many People Become Ill with the Flu During the First 10 Days of an Epidemic?

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Undergrad Surfaces/Areas of Revolution - Parametric

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High School Has anyone read A Tour of the Calculus ?

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Undergrad Strategies for Understanding Calculus Concepts

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Graduate How to Find an Analytic Function Given Specific Conditions?

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Undergrad What does the notation \vec A \cdot \vec\nabla \vec B mean in vector calculus?

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High School Finding least times speedometer reads 80 km/h on a 80 km/h average trip

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Undergrad Is Apostol's calculus textbook good for learning multivariable calculus?

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Undergrad Understanding Partial Derivatives: A Visual Explanation

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Graduate Is f/g Analytic in a Smaller Interval if f and g are Analytic?

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Graduate Connection between Riemann zeta zeros and prime distribution

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Undergrad Can the Inverse Function of f(x) = 2x + ln x Be Solved Algebraically?

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Undergrad Self-Study Calculus Course Outline to Pacing and Topics

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Graduate What is the relationship between holomorphic maps and elliptic functions?

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Undergrad Differentiating Complex Functions with Respect to x

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Undergrad 10 indefinite integrals homework

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Graduate Cesàro convergence of Fourier series with geometric series

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Undergrad Integrate (x^3 + 4x)/sqrt(x^2-4) dx

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Undergrad Problems with implicit differentiation

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Undergrad What is the geometric interpretation of the indefinite integral?

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Undergrad Why does Toricelli's Principle result in an exponential function for h vs. t?

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High School Taylor and Maclaurin series for AP Calc BC exam

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Undergrad Volume of a lozenge shaped pond

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High School How to differentiate (sinx)^2?

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Graduate Proving Integrability of F(Function): Boundedness on [a,b]

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Undergrad Converting an algorithm into an equation

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Undergrad Which Functions Are Integrable?

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Graduate Proving the Compactness of O(3) as a 3-Manifold in R^9

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Undergrad Is f''(x)=0 always a point of inflexion?

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Graduate Proving the 1:1.618:1 ratio for inflection points on W-shaped quartics

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Undergrad How to integrate e^x/(e^(2x) + 9)

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Graduate Does Convergence in C^oo Guarantee Convergence in All C^k Spaces?

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Undergrad Taking the Second Derivative w/ the Quotient Rule: What if Numerator = 0?

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Undergrad Differentiation anomoly-in need of setting straight

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High School Find (g ∘ f)(-2) where f(x)=4-x and g(x)=1+x²

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Graduate What is a 'MOllifier' (function)

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Undergrad Solving Differential Equation w/ Laplace Transform

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Graduate How to find this Laurent series?

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Graduate How can we use the integration trick for normalisation of wave functions?

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Graduate Does solving the Riemann Hypothesis require being an elite mathematician?

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Undergrad Two (possibly) simple derivations

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Graduate Non-Trivial Metric Spaces: Infinite Points by Convention?

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Graduate Computing ndA (dS) in Stoke's theorem

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Undergrad What do I need to know before studying complex number calculus?

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Graduate Why can't curve points go backward between partition points?

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Undergrad How does integrating cross-sectional area give volume?

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Undergrad Is my proof for the Chain Rule invalid?

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Graduate How Accurate Are These Inverse Laplace Transforms?

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High School What is the formula for finding midpoints on a graph?

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Undergrad How can I integrate these two challenging expressions?

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Undergrad MATLAB finite difference method for y''(t)=-exp(-2t)+5y(t)

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High School Find Critical Numbers: Easier Way to Solve

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Graduate Heine-Borel Theorem: Proving Compactness in Metric Spaces

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Undergrad How do I integrate these two functions?

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Undergrad Related rates problem with a twist

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Graduate Does the sequence (1·3·5···(2n-1))/(2n)ⁿ converge?

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Undergrad Find the inverse of following function

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Graduate Why the proof of Heine-Borel theorem doesn't work for open sets.

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Graduate Understanding Schwarz Inequality: A Primer on Real and Complex Spaces

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Undergrad Why the answers are different if theyre the same

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Graduate What exactly is a residue - what are its applications[complex analysis]

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Graduate Differentiate an integration of a function with respect to that function itself

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Graduate Laplace transform for y" + 4y with piecewise forcing and separation of variables PDEs

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Undergrad Is a calculus term paper a waste of time?

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Graduate Smallest function set closed under integration and containing elementary functions

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Graduate Which function suits this description?

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Undergrad Partial Derivative of an integral, how do you do this?

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Graduate How do I solve 6 complex integrals using contours?

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Graduate Is There a Little Theorem About Metric Groups You’ve Encountered?

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Undergrad Convergence of the series sum of (2^n + 1)/(2^(n+1))

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Graduate What exactly is the Riemann Hypothesis?

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Graduate Can g(w) Satisfy This ODE in Fourier Analysis?

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Undergrad What is the proof for du = f'(x) dx in substitution method for integrals?

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Undergrad Why does √(x²+x) - x approach 1/2, not 0?

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Undergrad Infinite Series: sigma n^2/(n^2 +1)

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Undergrad Proving (1+1/n)^n is bounded above by 4

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Graduate Proof: Group Action GxX -> X |X|=|X^G|modp

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Graduate Simplifying Taylor Formula: How to Generalize for Any Nth Derivative?

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Undergrad What is the equation of the tangent at (3, f(3))?

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Graduate How Can the Cauchy Integral Transform Be Defined to Avoid Singularities?

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Finding local extrema using partial derivatives

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High School Confused about the substitution rule in integration

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High School Integrating x^(1/3)

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Graduate How Can Sequences and Series Prove a Real Solution to the Equation x^11+2x^5=2?

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Graduate How can I integrate x^3 sin x without using integration by parts?

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Undergrad If xy^2=12 and dy/dt=6, find dx/dt when y=2

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Graduate Why are Laurent Series manipulated differently for different regions?

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Graduate Did not study for a long time. .

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Undergrad Calculate Volume of Bowling Pin Using Simpson's Rule

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Undergrad What is the Meaning of dx in Definite and Indefinite Integrals?

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Undergrad Determing range of x for which series converges or diverges

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Undergrad Evaluating Higher Order Poles: A Simple Download

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