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Undergrad Point P is a point of inflection?
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Undergrad Anyone knows website about vector calculus
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Undergrad Domain and Range of the functions
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Graduate Harmonic functions - complex analysis
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Graduate Find Distance to Curve for Arbitrary Point - Nille
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Graduate Can the sums of these strange series be calculated using this method?
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Graduate Can We Expand a Non-L^2 Function into an Orthonormal Basis?
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Graduate Understanding the Meaning of \delta W
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Graduate What Does It Mean for a Function to Be Holomorphic at Infinity?
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Undergrad Why are epsilon-delta proofs important in analysis but not in calculus?
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Graduate Another Complex Analysis Question
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Graduate How Does Analytic Continuation Affect Dirichlet Series?
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Graduate Uniform convergence of integrable functions
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Undergrad What is the Difference Between Log, ln, arg, and Arg in Complex Analysis?
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Graduate Solving Surface Integral: x(C - x^2/3)^3/2 dx
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Graduate Solving Taylor's Theorem for f(x)=ln(x+1) at x=1.5
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Graduate Does pointwise convergence guarantee the intermediate value property?
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Undergrad Find x: A Simple Formula to Solve x + x^2 + x^3 +...+ x^n = 1
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Graduate What is the Difference Between Limit Superior and Limit Inferior in Sequences?
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Graduate Complex Analysis and Change of Variables in Line Integrals
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Graduate Does the Bessel Function Identity J_n-1(z) + J_n+1(z) = (2n/z) J_n(z) Hold?
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Graduate Complex analysis - something really confusing
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Graduate Starting point not defined for contour integrals?
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Graduate Help on simple-looking ineqality
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Graduate Can Transcendental Functions be Solved Using Polynomial Equations?
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Graduate Proving Inequality Using Jensen's Inequality
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Undergrad Solving Power Series Limits: Find ak Value for S 4^n z^(3n)
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Graduate Limit of sequence equal to limit of function
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Undergrad Why is -1/(0²) considered -Infinity while 1/0 is undefined?
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Undergrad Approximating k with Shooting Method and Euler's Method
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Graduate What is the Method for Finding the Derivative of a Zeta Function?
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Graduate Cauchy-Riemann and Linear Independence
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Graduate Missing step in engineering problem
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Graduate Ellipse in intrinsic coordinates
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Graduate Can We Simplify the Rotating Energy Sum in Statistical Mechanics?
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Graduate Legendre polynomials application
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Graduate Complex Analysis: Cauchy-Goursat Theorem & Independence of Path
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Undergrad Solve using the quadratic formula
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Undergrad Can roots be at the same points as POI's?
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Graduate Vector Derivative: Unifying Calculus on Manifolds and Complex Analysis
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Graduate Back Transformation for Legendre Polynomials
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Graduate Closed curve and orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system
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Graduate Advanced Calculus: Frenet Formulas & Radius of Curvature
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Graduate Oddball Zeta functional equation: uh?
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Undergrad What are the interesting points on the graph of sin(x/2)?
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Graduate What is the Definition and Equivalence of the Norm of a Bounded Operator?
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Graduate Can Analytical Continuation Extend Asymptotic Expansions to Lower Values of x?
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Graduate Irrational Number and the Borel Sets
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Graduate Solving the Laplace Nightmare: Inverse Transform of an RL Circuit
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Graduate Can we construct the functions a0,a1,a2,... by knowing G(x) for big x?
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Graduate Riesz lemma for Lebesgue differentiation theorem
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Graduate Can Poles of Integer Order be Eliminated in the Redefinition of Integrals?
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Graduate RH involves limits of mobius transformations
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Undergrad What are some interesting math questions to explore?
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Graduate Are there specific conditions for functions in a non-documented metric?
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Undergrad Problem with these types of integrals
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High School Is Asymptote a Visualization of Limit in Mathematics?
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Undergrad Product rule instead of quotient rule?
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Average Value of a Function Using Integrals?
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Undergrad The Fundamental Theorems of Calculus
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Undergrad Finding the particular solution of DE
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High School Why is the change in y different than expected when using derivatives?
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Graduate Asymptotic expansion of complex integrals?
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Graduate Average value of a function sent to infinity
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Graduate Can Complex Analysis Techniques Split Double Poles into Isolated Singularities?
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Undergrad How to Integrate the Motion Equation?
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Graduate Find Potential Integral: Solve \frac{(r')^2 - 2 (r'') r}{r^2}
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Undergrad Is the Example for Series in Wikipedia Incorrect?
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Graduate How can I construct a C^{\infty} approximation to a tent function?
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Graduate Mastering a Tricky Integral: Solving Linear 1st Order ODEs with x, Log, and e
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Undergrad What is the Role of Calculus in Mathematical Modeling for Physics?
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High School How Do You Find the Derivative of an Inverse Function?
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Graduate Exploring Royden's Real Analysis: Measure Theory vs. Riesz Approach
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Graduate Convergence question on analytic continuation of Zeta fcn
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Graduate Proving Double Sum Equivalence
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Graduate Primes, Complex-Contours, and Reimann
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Graduate Help with an integration problem
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Undergrad What is the Integral of a Function with a Constant in the Denominator?
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Undergrad Express sin4x in terms of sinx?
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Graduate Highest element of the expression n^(1/n)
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Graduate Simplifying a Complicated Double Integral?
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Undergrad Derive the limit of an expression (1+1/n)^n
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Graduate How to Interpret Multidimensional Limits?
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Graduate Summation Equation, Trying to solve this recurrence forumla.
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Graduate Convolutions, delta functions, etc.
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Graduate Images under exp in complex plane
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Graduate What is the geometric interpretation of the partial derivative?
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High School How Do You Differentiate the Function y = 2^x + x - 4?
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Graduate Are the complements of homeomorphic compact connected subsets homeomorphic?
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Graduate Wrong Corollary? Weierstrass M-Test & Power Series
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Graduate I'm writing my senior thesis on Dirichlet Series
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Graduate Rational Functions: Max Roots & Poles
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Graduate Can a Continuous Function Map Reals to Rationals?
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Undergrad Improper integral of 1/x from –1 to 1
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Graduate Proving A_n(r) with Integer Coeff Polynomials: Q&A
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High School Calculating the First Derivative
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Where Was the Mathematician Offering Riemann-Roch Theorem Lessons for Food?
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Undergrad How can I find the minimum value for the sum of absolute values?
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High School Integral of 2/(Y+1) - Solution without Calculator
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Graduate Evaluation of a Sinc Integral: Solving a Common Problem in Communications Theory
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