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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?
- sjaguar13
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Graduate Can These Mathematical Proofs Determine the Limit of a Function?
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Undergrad How Do Double Integrals and Polar Coordinates Relate to Symmetry Arguments?
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Undergrad How do I Find the Derivative of sin(2x)?
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Undergrad Irrational + irrational = rational
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Graduate What are some vector calculus questions about gradient, divergence, and curl?
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Undergrad General term of the sequence, if it exists
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Undergrad Distance from the origin to the curve
- physicsCU
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Graduate Finding Volume of a Bounded Cylinder with Double Integral
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Undergrad Can I Prove the Chain Rule with the Definition of a Total Differential?
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Undergrad I with the following questions.
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Undergrad Critical Points of f(x): -2x^3 + 39x^2 - 180x + 1
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Graduate Proving Pn(x^2) as the 4n+2-nd Taylor Polynomial of sin(x^2) using Rn(x) Limits
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Graduate Is There a Real Solution for a^n+b^n=c^n as n Approaches Infinity?
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High School Is there an easier approach for solving trigonometric identities?
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Undergrad Limit of Sum as n Approaches Infinity: 1/n * sqrt(1-i^2/n^2) = 0
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Undergrad Integrals of Rational Functions
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Undergrad How can I factor a quartic equation without a calculator for the AIME?
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Undergrad Finding the first 6 terms of the Maclaurin series for e^x·cos x
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Undergrad Prove that lim(x→0) x(ln x)^n = 0 for positive integers n
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Undergrad How do I calculate an integral with a square root in the denominator?
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Undergrad Integral of 1/(3cos x - 4sin x) with u = tan(x/2)
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Graduate Integral Test for \sum^{\infty}_{n=2} \frac{1}{n(ln\;n)^{2}} - 0.01
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Undergrad Finding absolute max and min of sin(x) + cos(y) on [0,2π]×[0,2π]
- mathrocks
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High School What is the series 1/1! + 2/2! + 3/3! + ... called?
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Undergrad Throwing an Object to Reach the Top of the Washington Monument
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Undergrad What is the limit of (e^x-1)/x as x approaches 0?
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Undergrad Proving Orthogonal Curves at Intersection Point
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Undergrad Why Pick Delta as 1 in Limits of Functions?
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High School Grr, deleted line in Newton's Method program
- Coldie
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Undergrad What is the Best Way to Determine x Given y in a Sine Wave Algorithm?
- webamoeba
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Undergrad Using polar coordinates for double integral over unit square
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High School Solución a Problema de Viga y Corredores
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Undergrad Does the sequence (2n-1)/(3n²+1) converge?
- Physicsisfun2005
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Who's done the most homework in shortest amount of time?
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Undergrad Wire wound on a cylindrical pole with variable radius
- Jameson
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Undergrad How do you determine which denominators to multiply in integrating fractions?
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Graduate Geom Series: Converge Radius 1, c Complex Num
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Undergrad Derivative of tanh with a composite argument
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Undergrad Computing ∫₀¹ x sin(x)/(1+cos²(x)) dx
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Graduate Proving Hodge Decomposition Theorem for Compact Riemannian Manifolds
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Undergrad Getting the Derivative of f(w) = ln[cos(w-1)]
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Graduate Is the Interior of A Equal to the Interior of the Closure of A?
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Undergrad How do you find the indefinite integral of xsinx
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Undergrad Why Does Summation Not Converge?
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Undergrad Is Advanced Calculus I Really That Challenging?
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Undergrad Explain how you can use these powers to define 3^( sqrt of 2 )
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Graduate Integrate this without gauss theorem
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Undergrad Can I Integrate e^[1 / (1 + t)] dt Numerically?
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Undergrad What is the number e and how is it related to logarithms?
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High School Finding bounds for area of one loop in polar curves
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Graduate Is there a simpler way to write the cross product of curl?
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Undergrad Double Integrals: Notation Question
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Undergrad Integrating x² over 1+x²
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Graduate How Do You Calculate Line Integrals and Center of Mass for Complex Shapes?
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Undergrad Implicit diff (2 var), error or what?
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Undergrad Problem on finding the second derivative.
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Undergrad Calculating Volume of Solid Using Cylindrical Shell Method
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High School Finding the limit as x approaches 0 from the left of 1 + 1/x
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Undergrad Curve sketching for f(t) = 3t⁴ + 4t³
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Undergrad How do I integrate (X/X+d)dX using substitution?
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Graduate Finding integration bounds in cylindrical and spherical coordinates
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Graduate Integrating csc(2x)ln(tan(x))
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High School Solving sqrt(x-1) + sqrt(y-2) = sqrt(5) for x and y
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Graduate Compactness contradiction physics
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Graduate Suppose in general a pair of functions
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Graduate How to Obtain A or U from Inverse Nabla Functions?
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Undergrad Paradoxical definition of the Derivative
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Undergrad F(x)={sinx for x<22/7 {mx+b for x>22/7
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Undergrad Is There Only One Intersection Point on the y=2^2 Curve for the Tangent Line at P(x0, x0^2)?
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Undergrad How Do You Solve a Differential Equation for Wildlife Population Growth?
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Graduate When will D(n!) and D(D(n!)) reach a googol or googolplex?
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Undergrad Appropriate Change of Variables for integration
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Undergrad Is the function continuous at x=2 in f(x)= (x^2-4)/(x-2)?
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Undergrad What is the proof of riemann integral?
- semidevil
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Undergrad Simpson's rule can solve cubics exactly
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Undergrad How can I prove that vector c bisects the angle theta between vectors a and b?
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Graduate Convergence of Harmonic Series with Omitted 9s in Denominator
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Undergrad Find the derivative of the function.
- klmdad
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Undergrad Someone with a math computer program
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Undergrad Finding the limit of a function with e and ln
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Graduate Numerical analisis and complex integrals
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Undergrad Is the derivative equal to one over the derivative of the inverse?
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Undergrad Calculating the exact value of an inverse
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Undergrad When to use Washer, Shell or Disk
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Graduate What is the inverse of the integral transform in complex analysis?
- eljose
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Undergrad Is the Putnam Math Competition More Challenging Than Other Math Competitions?
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Graduate Finding vector potential A from magnetic field B using curl
- TheDestroyer
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Graduate Finding the integral of cos(ax)/sinh(bx) from 0 to infinity
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High School Is x=0 Included in the Increasing or Decreasing Range of y=x^2?
- Kamataat
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Graduate Examples of complex analysis properties without proofs
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Graduate Help me understand this proof, so I can present it
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Undergrad Sin(5r)/r Limit Evaluation: How to Handle 5 in the Equation
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Undergrad How is the Area of a Polar Curve Derived from a Riemann Sum?
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Graduate How did ostrogradsky prove the divergence theorem?
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Undergrad Is ln(-x) Defined for Negative Real Numbers?
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Graduate Can contour integration always be used to solve integrals?
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