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Undergrad Summing a Series: Grouping Terms Legit?

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Graduate Need help, soon please Integrating

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

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High School Derivative Sketching: Rules & Tips

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Solving Two Problems: What Am I Doing Wrong?

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Graduate Continued fractions and functions

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Graduate Get Better at Complex Analysis: Urgent Help Needed

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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 Calculating Car Speed: Melbourne to Moe

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Undergrad Learning Calculus with Apostol: Reviews & Advice

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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 The connection with zeros and primes?

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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 Help with IntegralS Very Important Quick

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Graduate Exercise from basic Fourier Analysis

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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 AP Calc BC Exam Help: Taylor/Maclaurin, Errors & Lagrange

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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 Discover the Secret to Solving Quartic Functions with Ease - Learn Now!

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Undergrad Solve Integral: 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 Precalc Math Help: Find (g o f)(-2)

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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 (Long): Questions about the field of mathematics and the RH from a newbie.

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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 Arc Length and Smooth Curves: Understanding the Basis for Assumptions

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Undergrad Integrate Area Function for Volume Calculation: Explained

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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 Can Someone Help with MATLAB Programming for Finite Difference Method?

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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 Help Needed: Understanding An=1x3x5... (2n-1)/(2n)^n Convergence

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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 Need help on laplace transform and PDE

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Undergrad Calculus Term Paper: Learn Essential Mathematical Skills

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Graduate Question about 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 Infinite Series: sigma (2^n)+1/(2^n+1)

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Graduate Explain Riemann Hypothesis: Imaginary Numbers & Interval

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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 Uncovering the Mystery of an Unlikely Limit Result

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

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Undergrad Proving the Convergence of (1+1/n)^n Sequence | Help Needed!

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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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Am i doing right for these two question

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High School Explaining the Substitution Rule: Easier Terms for Allison

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High School HELP, how do i integrate (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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Graduate Changing the order of integration: surefire method?

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