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Undergrad Determining Whether Solution is Vector vs Scalar?
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Undergrad Equivalence of alternative definitions of conservative vector fields and line integrals in different metric spaces
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High School Graphing trip efficiency - distance over time
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Undergrad How to manipulate functions that are not explicitly given?
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Graduate How to take the spatial derivative of quaternions
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Undergrad Derivative of the area is the circumference -- generalization
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Undergrad Question on an infinite summation series
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Undergrad Antipodal points and temperature and other angles
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High School Why instantaneous velocity formula doesn't give infinity
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Graduate How do I apply the method of steepest descents to this integral?
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Undergrad How to find a point that corresponds to hyperreal number?
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Undergrad Landscape Fabric Roll
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Undergrad What does dv/dt mean, how is it used, and when?
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Undergrad ##L^2## square integrable function Hilbert space
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Undergrad Uniform convergence of f∘Γ to ζ in conformal mapping proof
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Undergrad Monad in non-standard analysis
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Undergrad Did Math DF's integral calculator make a glaring mistake?
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Undergrad Question on Lambert W function
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Undergrad Taking the derivative of a function
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High School Change of variables in circle area proof using x = r cos(θ)
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High School Left and right derivatives in the fundamental theorem of calculus
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Undergrad Is g(x) Equal to g(a) If Their Integrals Are Equivalent?
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Undergrad Differentiability of a Multivariable function
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High School Why does integrating x³ give L⁴ when area should be L²?
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High School Can we use the tangental point to find gradients?
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Graduate Can you cancel a function from both sides of an integral equation?
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High School Change of variables limits for integral with x = r cos θ
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Undergrad Can a function inside the integral be erased?
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High School Having trouble deriving the volume of an elliptical ring toroid
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High School Why does integrating πr² give the wrong sphere volume formula?
- Chenkel
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Undergrad Determination of error in interpolating polynomial
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Undergrad Definite integral is undefined and not undefined
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High School Calculating shaded area: I'm getting discrepancies between methods
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Undergrad What's my mistake in this integration problem?
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Undergrad How do I format equations correctly? (Curl, etc.)
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Graduate Is the functional derivative a function or a functional
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Undergrad Why Does an Integrand Equaling Zero at x=1 Not Determine the Integral's Value?
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Undergrad Double integral over a rectangular region
- Martyn Arthur
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Undergrad Integration with different infinitesimal intervals
- JohnnyGui
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High School How Do You Derive the Formula for sin(x-y)?
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Undergrad Continuity of Mean Value Theorem
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Undergrad Finding position vector in general local basis
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Undergrad Inner product vs dot/scalar product
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Graduate Memory issues in numerical integration of oscillatory function
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Graduate An interesting series - what does it converge to?
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Undergrad What is the third term in the Laplacian of a cross product?
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Undergrad Integrating a product of exponential and trigonometric functions
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High School How do I invert this exponential function?
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Undergrad Relation Between Beta and Gamma functions
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Undergrad Best way to cut a cake to avoid dryness
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Undergrad How does the ratio test fail and the root test succeed here?
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High School Can We Simplify the Taylor Series Expansion for e^(f(x,y))?
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Undergrad Calculating the change of the volume of a sphere using this integral
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Graduate Definition of first order infinitesimal using equivalence class
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Undergrad Why prove Taylor's theorem with p(x)=q(x)−((b−a)^n/(b−x)^n)q(a)?
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Undergrad Orthogonal Basis of Periodic Functions: Beyond Sines and Cosines
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Undergrad What Are Common Misconceptions About the Dirac Delta Function?
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Graduate Cauchy’s integral theorem and residue theorem, what’s the difference
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Undergrad Dirac delta function integrated on a finite interval
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Graduate Meaning of Gauss' mean value theorem?
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Insights Series in Mathematics: From Zeno to Quantum Theory
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High School Integration by parts for ∫sin⁻¹x dx
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Insights Epsilontic – Limits and Continuity
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Undergrad On (real) entire functions and the identity theorem
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Graduate Integration of trigonometric functions
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High School I'm trying to find a general formula for a harmonic(ish) series
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Undergrad The Euler-Lagrange equation and the Beltrami identity
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Undergrad On convolution theorem of Laplace transform: Schiff
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High School Understanding exponentiation and logarithms together
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High School Integral of cosecant function: understanding different approaches
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High School 1 divided by infinity equals zero (always?)
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Graduate Is the following sum a part of any known generalized function?
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Closed form solution to sum of sine positive zero-crossings
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Undergrad How is the derivative of an inexact differential defined?
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Graduate Is the Gamma Function of Negative Integers Defined?
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Graduate Summing over continuum and uncountable numerocities
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Undergrad Relation between change of pressure and temperature in adiabatic process
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High School Trigonometric substitution, a case I'd like to share
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Undergrad Challenging Integrals in Calculus 1-2: Expand Your Problem-Solving Skills!
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Undergrad Lipschitz continuity of vector-valued function
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High School Why use K instead of C for the constant in integration by parts
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Undergrad Result of this integral in large Lambda limit
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Undergrad Finding the derivative of a characteristic function
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Insights Beginner's Guide to Precalculus, Calculus and Infinitesimals
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Undergrad Questions about these Trigonometry Graphs involving sin() and cos()
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Insights Precalculus, Calculus and Infinitesimals
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Undergrad Taylor series of 1/ln(t+1) at t=0
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Insights What Are Numbers? - Insights for Beginners
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Undergrad Difference between d/dt and d(theta)/dt? Why is it dr or ds/dt?
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Undergrad Is My Calculus of Variations Approach Correct?
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High School Why is this definite integral a single number?
- mcastillo356
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Undergrad Substitution in a definite integral
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Undergrad Can calculus be used to determine how much total interest I would pay?
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High School I need to check if I am right solving this integral
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Undergrad Tensor Product of Two Hilbert Spaces
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Undergrad Multivariable fundamental calculus theorem in Wald
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Undergrad Taylor expansion of f(x)=arctan(x) at infinity
- laurabon
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High School I don't recognize this limit of Riemann sum
- mcastillo356
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High School What Is a Limit of a Function? A 5 Minute Introduction
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Undergrad Integration of ##e^{-x^2}## with respect to ##x##
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