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Find The Sum ∑(1/[3^n+√(3^(2017)]

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243.12.5.27 - Verify vector identiy

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Graduate Differential of Multiple Linear Regression

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High School Can you integrate an accelerometer recording to find distance traveled?

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2214.17 Related Lamppost And Shadow

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Q2:2 Where E Is Bounded By The Parabolic Cylinder

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Graduate Computing discrete sine transform of x·e^(-x²) with FFTW

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15.5.63 - Rewrite triple integral in spherical coordinates

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Undergrad Infinite series of trigonometric terms

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12.4.9 - Area of a triangle given points in 3D space

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Undergrad How to Prove the Solid Angle Formula for Vector Fields?

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Undergrad Differentiate two variables functions

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Definite integral ∫(cos4x−cos4α)/(cosx−cosα)dx

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First order corrections to a polynomial equation

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Undergrad Meaning of the word "Harmonic" in different contexts

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Undergrad Difference Between d3x and triple Integral

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*15.4.17 Volume between a cone and a sphere

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Visualization of Integration by Parts

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Definite Integral ∫xe^(ax)cos(x)dx

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Undergrad Is there a way to find the indefinite integral of e^(-x^2) or e^(x^2)?

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Evaluate Product: Limit of Product Involving Tangents

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Evaluate the limit of a trigonometric expression

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Differentiating wrt constant to evaluate integral

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232.15.4.46 Change the Integral order then evaluate

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Undergrad Taylor expansions, limits and domains

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Undergrad Finding pi using arc length of a circle with calculus

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Some Geometry Some Calculus Some Trigonometry

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High School A function such that f(x)=f'(x)? (not e^x)

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Visualizing a Circle on a 3D Graph Using Parameterization

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How Do You Solve This Complex Double Integral with Given Curves?

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Undergrad Q about finding area with double/volume with triple integral

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15.3.65 Rewriting double integral to infnty

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Undergrad Is a Line Integral Zero if the Vector Field is Not Conservative?

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Undergrad What is the derivative of ln(x) and how does it relate to the graph of 1/x?

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15.3.53 Sketch the region of the double integration and evaluate

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Undergrad Finding a unit normal to a surface

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Undergrad Finding value of parameters to fit some data

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Negative minimum of the average variable cost function

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15.3.50 Double integral of circle and graph

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High School Rule to integrate a function with respect to its derivative

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Cartesian equation of the tangent plane

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Finding Restrictions for the Implicit Function Theorem

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11.e.28 Find the length of the cardroid

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243.11.5.9 Area of intersection cardioid and circle

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15.2.60 Reverse the order of integration

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Undergrad Is π^x - x^π < 0 Solvable by Graphing Techniques?

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How Can I Find a Point on sqrt{x} With a Given Slope to (1,1)?

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232.q1.2c Double integral with absolute value in integrand

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Double integral over a disk: area or volume?

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15.3 Express an integral for finding the area of region bounded by:

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Find maximal a and minimal b in (1+1/n)^(n+a)≤e≤(1+1/n)^(n+b)

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Double integral of x⁴y over semicircular region in quadrants 1 and 4

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Evaluate the integral ∫[arctan(ax)−arctan(bx)]/xdx

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Undergrad Why is There a Dot Product in the Taylor Expansion of 1/Distance with Vectors?

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15.2.87 Write the following integrals as a single iterated integral.

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High School Finding maxima and minima without visualizing the graph

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Undergrad Integral of sin(a x) from 0 to ∞

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What is the correct way to apply Green's Theorem in this scenario?

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15.2.66 Solve by reversing the reversing the order of integration

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15.2.78 But it asks for a double integral

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Undergrad How did this integral come into being?

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Undergrad Which Unit Normal Vector of a Surface is Correct?

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Evaluating Double Integral $II_{5d}$

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Double Integral: Evaluating $II_{5a}$ in $R=[0,2] \times [-1,1]$

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Graduate Derivation of Euler Lagrange, variations

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High School Dimensional representation of Roots

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15.1.25 Evaluate the following double integral over the region R

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High School Representation of complex of square root of negative i with unitary power.

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Solving ln((x-1)/(x-3))=2

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Natural logs solve ln⁡((x-1)/(x-3))=2

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Undergrad Why set the first derivative to zero in least squares

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T12.3.11 Find the angle between vectors

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Calculate the integral ∫(tanx+cotx)(tanx/(1+cotx))^2dx.

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Undergrad Why partial derivatives of f(x,t)=x-6t give different results than substitution

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Undergrad Can Cycloid Paths Determine Least Time Courses in 3D?

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Undergrad What do the stars mean in area between curves problem?

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Proving Continuous Extension of $f(x,y)$ Function

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Undergrad Can we use Lagrange multipliers to minimize a fraction by constraining the denominator?

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231.12.3.65 Determine the smallest distance between a point and a line

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231.12.3.63 Determine the smallest distance between point and line

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Undergrad Why Must the Transversality Condition Be Less Than or Equal to Zero?

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Undergrad Can someone expand (curlA.del)(curlA)

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Undergrad How does ε disappear from the equation?

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Find $a_{2017}$: Sequence Challenge

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Undergrad Error in Series Approximations

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Undergrad Partial derivatives of position vector in polar coordinates

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Undergrad Why does AM-GM give the maximum value of xy when x+y=2?

  • Mr Davis 97
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Dale's questions via Facebook about Riemann Sums

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S4.13.t.71 angles of triangle PQR

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Undergrad Rigorously understanding chain rule for sum of functions

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231.13.3.75 top vertex of a regular tetrahedron

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Graduate Determine the flux of the vector field trough the surface

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Find ∑((2k+1)+√k(k+[1)])/(√k+√(k+1))

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