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High School How Do Equations 2.2 and 2.3 Emerge from Equation 2.1?

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High School How to integrate a polar graph with respect to radius

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Undergrad Solving Legendre's Equation with Leibnitz Formula

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Green's Theorem with Singularities

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Undergrad Small angle expansions for sin, cos, and tan

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High School Correctness of Equations in Electromagnetism Textbook

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High School Derivation of exact differential

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W.8.8.19 Integration of 2 to \infty

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Finding the Area of a Disc with Integration Methods

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Graduate Integration by parts of a differential

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Definite integral challenge ∫cos2017xsin2017xdx

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Integrating the Square Root of a Fraction with a Radical

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How Do You Express and Evaluate This Integral Using Partial Fractions?

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Undergrad Must functions really have interval domains for derivatives?

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High School Why is integration with dx in the denominator undefined?

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High School Second derivative differential equations in terms of y?

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Undergrad Why Is There No Maclaurin Expansion for Log(x) Compared to Log(x+1)?

  • Mr Davis 97
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Find the limit of 1/(n•cosn) as n tends to +∞.

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7.6.16 Find the derivative of y with respect to x

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Undergrad How to calculate the area under a curve

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Divergence Theorem and shape of hyperboloid

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Undergrad Manipulate this summation with Exp

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Undergrad Calculating area of multiple connected circles

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242.7x.25 Find the derivative of y with respect to x

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Partial fractions ( part of a logistic equation)

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Testing Convergence, Calculus II

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High School Derivative with the double cross product

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Can you find $f^{(n)}(1)$ with the given conditions?

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High School Why Is My Second Derivative Calculation for Taylor Expansion Incorrect?

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Undergrad Why is [x^x^x]' NOT (xln(x)^2+ln(x)+xln(x)+1)*x^(x+x^x)?

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High School Square root differential problem

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Undergrad Fredholm integral equation with separable kernel

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S6.12.4.35 Find the volume of the parallelepiped

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Converging Geometric Series with Negative Values?

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Graduate Meaning of Sigma in Laplace transform

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High School Why Do Different Methods Yield Different Results for ∫0 T sin²(ωt) dt?

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206.08.04.59 int completing the square

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Gradients of curves to find average growth rate between two points

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High School Proof that (x^n)/n has a limit of 0 at infinity

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Graduate IS THERE A FENCEPOST ERROR WHEN CALCULATING MASS FOR A CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION?

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206.08.08.10 integral from --\infty

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Undergrad Why Does div[grad(1/r)] Equal -4πδ(r vec)?

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Evaluate the sum ∑n/[n^4+n^2+1]

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High School Calculus of variation. Minimum surface

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High School Why doesn't 1/9 equal 0 if we assume convergence?

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Double integral of x² over ellipse using change of variables

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How Can I Simplify This Tangent Line Equation?

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Would Partial Fractions Simplify This Integral?

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Finding the Range of a Function Using Graphs

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Graduate Integral representation of Euler constan

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Undergrad What does it mean to integrate over a domain?

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Find Power Series Representation for $g$: Interval of Convergence

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High School Find ##f(x)## such that f(f(x))=##log_ax##

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Undergrad What did Newton mean by "Ghosts of Departed Quantities"

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High School Solving Integral Equation: $\frac{\sin\left(x\right)}{\cos^{3}\left(x\right)}$

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Solving problem 2.43 without redrawing the diagram

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Undergrad Understanding a Time Integral for x1 and x2

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High School How do I solve indefinite integrals?

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Undergrad Multiplying by dr/dt and integrating with respect to t

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Projectile Fired: Find Time of Flight at Max Height

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Graduate What is the meaning of tensor calculus?

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Working out where a function is non-negative

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Undergrad Derivative When Substituting Variables

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Undergrad How to solve the cubic equation for quartic critical points

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How Are Partial Derivatives Calculated for Multivariable Functions?

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Approximating the value of a function

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Two tangent at the same point of a function

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Tell me, must I use m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1), where m is 1/4?

  • mathdad
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Finding a Min or Max point without knowing the function

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High School Not following an integral solution

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Find the area between the curve and the x-axis

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Finding the Equations of Tangent Lines to a Circle

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Moments of inertia for rectangular region with density ky

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Have you tried Demystified Calculus for a more student-friendly approach?

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High School Is dy/dx of x2+y2 = 50 the same as dy/dx of y = sqrt(50 - x2)?

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High School Definite integrals with +ve and -ve values

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High School Differentiating by two different variables -- when is it okay?

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High School Don't follow one small step in proof

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Finding x- and y-intercepts of 7x³ + 3x² - 21x - 9

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Finding x-intercepts of y = 2x^5 - 5x^4 + 5

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Finding x-intercepts of 8x³ - 6x - 1 = 0

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Undergrad Havil's book "Gamma" page 57, formula

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High School Why Does ln(y) = ln(bεax) Cause Issues in Derivation?

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Undergrad Lorentzian line shape integration

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High School Domain of Derivatives: Is f'(x)<=f(x)?

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Undergrad Is the Dirac delta function property δ(x-y)f(x) = f(y) correct?

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Undergrad Prove Complex Integral: $\int_m^\infty\sqrt{x^2-m^2}e^{-ixt}dx$

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Undergrad Is it possible to find the limit of (1+1/x)^x as x approaches -infinity?

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How can i check if this sum is converges?

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Verifying orthogonal intersection of a circle and two lines

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Finding a parameter for which a line is orthogonal to a curve

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17.1.08 y''+100y=0 Find the general solution of the given equation?

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Berk's question via email about an antiderivative

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How to Set Up a Triple Integral for Volume Calculation?

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