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Undergrad Is My Calculus Answer Correct?
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Undergrad How Do You Integrate Using Trigonometric Substitution?
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Graduate When Will the Population Be a Minimum and the Rate of Change Be a Maximum?
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Undergrad Calculating the Derivative of the Inverse Function Using the Chain Rule
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Graduate Integrate x^2/Sqrt[1 - x^2] - Solve 0=0
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Graduate What is the arg() function in complex analysis?
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Undergrad Can You Use Logarithmic Differentiation to Solve for a Base 2 Function?
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Undergrad Limit as x approaches 2 from the right
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Graduate Solve Convergence of Series Problem: Find Bounds for x_0
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Undergrad Newton's Solution to Zeno's Paradox of the Arrow
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Graduate Definitions of Measurable Functions
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Undergrad Integration by parts (i think)
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Undergrad Calculating Error in Algebraic Approximation: \Delta f(x,y)
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Graduate Does R-omega satisfy the first countability axiom?
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Graduate How Does the Strong Triangle Inequality Justify Equal p-adic Balls?
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Graduate Lagrange multipliers and triangles
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Undergrad Can I integrate this using only one integration by parts?
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Graduate Can anyone solve integral with variable limits
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Graduate Uniqueness of cubic interpolating polynomial
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Undergrad What the heck does a line integral mean?
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Graduate Calculating Volume of Cylinder with Double Integrals
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Undergrad Optimizing Integration: Tips for Faster Calculations
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Undergrad Finding Max/Min Points of f(x,y) in R^2
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Undergrad Coulomb's Law & Gradient Function: Can Anyone Explain?
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Undergrad Who else but pf could help me w/this prob.
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Undergrad Indefinite Integral Help - Sin[x]Cos[x]Cos[x] & e^(Sqrt[x+1])
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Graduate Is the Extremal Value Theorem Applicable to a Given Function on a Specific Area?
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Graduate How to Derive the Cosine Power Series Using Euler's Identity?
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Graduate Solve : 9 cosh9y dy = 4 sinh 4x dx
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Graduate Help Me Prove Two Expressions Equal: Can You?
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Undergrad What is the Integral of the Square Root of x^3 - 1?
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Graduate Can This Differential Equation Solution Be Simplified Further?
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Undergrad How can I integrate cos(3x)cos(2x) without using tables?
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Graduate Minimize Heating and Cooling Costs w/ Partial Derivatives
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Undergrad What is the Derivative of 1/(x√(x^2-1))?
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Graduate Finding Fourier Series for u(x): Challenges with Integration
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Undergrad Understanding Vector Division in Algebraic Structures
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Undergrad Another convergence/divergence question
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Undergrad Can you rephrase the question? What is e ?
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High School Displacement Calculation: Speed x Time
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Graduate Is the Cauchy-Hadamard Theorem Misrepresented on Mathworld?
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Graduate Are there any other ways of parametizing S?
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Undergrad Differential Calculus Problem Help w/ Complex Numbers
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Graduate Integral equation with kernel K(st)
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Graduate Why Are the Singular Points z=1/n Isolated in the Function f(z)=1/(sin(pi/z))?
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Graduate How can you tell if a specific topological space is compact?
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Graduate A function on a compact set is compact
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Graduate What is the asymptotic behavior of S(n) with the Li(x) function?
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Undergrad Simplifying a Limit with Factorization | Quick Help for Lim Questions
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Undergrad Proving the Limit of (3n)^{\frac{1}{2n}} as n Goes to Infinity
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Graduate Infinitie Series: Converge/Diverge question
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Graduate Proving the Relationship Between Integrals and Root Pi Using Multiple Integrals
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Undergrad Root of a complex number in cartesian
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Undergrad Calculus III: Confused about Critical Points of f(x,y)?
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Graduate Integrating $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\beta x-\alpha x^2}}$
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Undergrad Log n < O(n^ε) for Large n - Simple Function Growth
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Undergrad How to Use LaGrange Multipliers to Find Highest and Lowest Points on an Ellipse?
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Graduate Help with numerical integration
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Undergrad Determining the Solution for d^2r/dt^2 = G*M/r^2 with Constant G and M
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Graduate Does x->infiity (ln |cosx|)/x^2 exist?
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Undergrad The integral of (sin 3t)^5 cos t dt
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Graduate Where does the formula for dtheta in polar coordinates come from?
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Graduate What is the solution to integrating \int\cos^{3/2}x \ dx?
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Graduate Question about weak convergence in Hilbert space
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Undergrad Calculus Boredom: Is It Common in Undergrad Math?
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Undergrad Solving Telescoping Series with n Terms
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Undergrad Help with 0.999...=1 Project - Urgent Assistance Needed
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High School How Do You Verify This Trigonometric Identity?
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Graduate Find Mass of Ball B w/ Triple Integrals & Cylindrical Coordinates
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Undergrad Half vs Full Range Fourier Series: Odd & Even Functions
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Graduate Is There a Numerical Method to Calculate the Minimum of a Functional?
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Undergrad How do you deal with absolute values in your Integrals?
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Undergrad Finding limits of integration during a change of variables
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Graduate Is the Integral of (f(x)-q(g(x)))^2 Greater Than Zero?
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Undergrad Area of Sphere Calc: Archimedes Method
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Undergrad Is the Derivative of a Differentiable Function Always Continuous?
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Graduate Proving Cauchy Sequence Subsequences
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Graduate Find Min of f(x,y,z)=x^8+y^8+z^8 on x^4+y^4+z^4=4
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Undergrad What is the Geometric Meaning of Grad f for Functions of Several Variables?
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Average Value of a Function Between Two Points?
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Graduate How Does the Riemann Sum Approximate the Limit of an Infinite Sum to Pi/4?
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Undergrad Finding Concavity and Inflection Points of f(t) = 3cos^2(5t) on [-pi/5, pi/5]
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Undergrad What's the Origin of This Integral Inequality?
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Graduate How to Prove Log 2 Using Riemann Sums?
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Undergrad Find the area bounded by y^2=x and y=x=2
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Undergrad What Are the Real-Life Applications of Series and Sequences?
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Graduate What are the solutions of w=tan z if w doesn't equal +i or -i?
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Undergrad How to Calculate the Partial Derivative of a Function at the Origin?
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Graduate Is the Definition for Fractional Derivative Correct?
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Graduate Nonuniqueness of power series expansion
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Undergrad Does the Equation x^2 = xsinx + cosx Have Exactly Two Real Roots?
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Graduate Finding the Maximum Spread of Rumors Using Differential Equations
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Undergrad Graphes: Increasing/Decreasing, Concave Up/Down, Inflection Points?
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Graduate Why is del a Vector? Answers & Explanations
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Graduate How to Find Surface Area of Intersecting Cylinders with Different Radii?
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Undergrad Y=(x^2) +1 and y = - (x^2)? tangent
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Undergrad Why Are These the Formulas for Derivatives and Logarithms?
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Undergrad Integration by parts when a limit is infinity.
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Graduate Why Doesn't the Second Derivative Work Starting with y^2-xy=2?
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Graduate Can These Mathematical Proofs Determine the Limit of a Function?
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