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Undergrad Calculate limits as distributions
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Undergrad Why is the integral of ##\arcsin(\sin(x))## so divisive?
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High School Functions which relate to calculus: Questions about Notation
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Insights What Are Infinitesimals – Simple Version
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Graduate Extending reals with logarithm of zero
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High School How can hyperreal numbers make infinitesimals logically sound in calculus?
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Undergrad Infinite Series of Infinite Series
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Undergrad What is the official name for a Field Series in mathematics/physics?
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Undergrad Find the roots of the quadratic equation by differentiation
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Undergrad Partial derivatives of the function f(x,y)
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Undergrad Resolve the Recursion of Dickson polynomials
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High School Explain Integration to me, please
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Graduate How to Solve This Differential Equation Analytically?
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Graduate Double integral with infinite limits
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Undergrad Negative area above x-axis from integrating x^2?
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Undergrad Why Is the Integral Result 175/3 Instead of 45?
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Undergrad Integral Bee Preparation -- Trouble with this beautiful integral
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Graduate Varying an action wrt a symmetric and traceless tensor
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High School Arithmetic mean of an infinite number of points?
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High School Easy derivative but with a pesky singularity
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Undergrad Solving the Difficult Integral ##\int_0^{\infty} x^{n+1} e^{-x} \sin(ax) dx##
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Undergrad What Is the Correct Sign for the Quadratic Form in Margenau's Proof?
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Graduate Need help with an integral -- How to integrate velocity squared?
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Graduate Non solvable integral? (dx/dt)^2 dt
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Insights An Overview of Complex Differentiation and Integration
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Undergrad Finding domain when using continuity to evaluate a limit
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High School How Does Setting x=a Identify Minima or Maxima in Circular Equations?
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Undergrad Why Can't the Denominator of a Fraction Be Zero?
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Undergrad Express the limit as a definite integral
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Undergrad Relating integration of forms to Riemann integration
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Undergrad Limit of the product of these two functions
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MHB Evaluate the surface integral $\iint\limits_{\sum}f\cdot d\sigma$
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MHB How to Find the Surface Area of a Pringle Using Double Integration?
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Undergrad Gradient With Respect to a Set of Coordinates
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Graduate Boundary conditions for variable length bar
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Undergrad The Basic Area Problem (introduction to the topic of integrals)
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Undergrad Solving Stat Mech Integral with Wolfram Alpha
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Undergrad Using the Chain Rule for Vector Calculus: A Tutorial
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Undergrad Differential operator in multivariable fundamental theorem
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Graduate Can you help to solve this integral? (resin viscosity research)
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Graduate An identity with Bessel functions
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Undergrad Newton-Raphson Method With Complex Numbers
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Undergrad Taylor Expansion Question about this Series
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Undergrad Multivariable function optimization inconsistency
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Undergrad Several Questions About Smooth Infinitesimal Analysis
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High School Naturals or Reals When Taking Limits to Obtain the Value of Euler's Number e?
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Graduate How to sum an infinite convergent series that has a term from the end
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Graduate Vector calculus - Prove a function is not differentiable at (0,0)
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Undergrad Proving Continuous Functions in Smooth Infinitesimal Analysis
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Undergrad Change of Variables in Double Volume Integral
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Undergrad How to Calculate Surface Integral Using Stokes' Theorem?
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Undergrad Some questions on l'Hôpital rules
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Undergrad Showing That a Function Does Not Have Two Distinct Roots
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Graduate Can You Prove the Series Is Periodic?
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Undergrad Is It Possible? Solving Calculus Questions with Ease
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High School Will we get an infinitesimal x when we neglect ##x^2## in ##x+x^2##?
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Undergrad Verifying Integration of ##\int_0^1 x^m \ln x \, \mathrm{d}x##
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Undergrad Is My Proof of the Chain Rule Correct?
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Undergrad Understanding Theorem 13 from Calculus 7th ed, R. Adams, C. Essex, 4.10
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Undergrad How to evaluate the enclosed area of this implicit curve?
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High School Why is Big-O about how rapidly the Taylor graph approaches that of f(x)?
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Undergrad What's an example of orthogonal functions? Do these qualify?
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High School Are Both Answers Correct for Trigonometric Substitution Integral?
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Undergrad Closed Form for Complex Gamma Function
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Undergrad Question about Limit: \lim_{x\rightarrow1} (x+1)
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Undergrad Understanding the squeeze theorem
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Undergrad Why does the answer key sometimes have a different form compared to my solution?
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Graduate Understanding the Weierstrass- Bolzano theorem
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Undergrad Why can't we just integrate a simple function?
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Undergrad Confusion about the Substitution rule
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Undergrad Alternate forms of Stokes' theorem? Are they correct? Are they named?
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Graduate Limit of ##i^\frac{1}{n}## as ##n \to \infty##
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Undergrad Integration of √(1-x^2) with x=sinθ: Check Correctness and Simplification
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Undergrad Confusion about special case of Jacobian
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High School Asking about integral notation
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High School How Can We Divide Lamé Coefficients When Some Are Zero?
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Undergrad Second derivative, chain rules and order of operations
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MHB A Method for Proving Some Non-Linear Limits
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MHB Kishan's question via email about an indefinite integral
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MHB Why do most mathematics literature use 2L for the period of a function?
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MHB Berk's question via email about approximating change
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MHB Distance between two non parallel lines
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MHB Alexander's question via email about Newton's Method
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MHB Harrison's question via Facebook about polar functions
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MHB Divanshu's question via email about a volume by revolution
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MHB Sava's question via email about integration with partial fractions.
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Undergrad Formula for integration of natural coordinates over an element
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MHB Calculating x in Equation (1): A Telescopic Sum
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MHB Effie's question via email about an indefinite integral.
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MHB Sameer's derivative problem via Facebook
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MHB Raj's integration questions via Facebook
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MHB Ross' question via email about a derivative.
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MHB What Is the Antiderivative of 1/(1 + x^4)?
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High School Best algebra skills to practice for AP Calc?
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Graduate Calculate the exact or approximate length of one period of the wave function
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Undergrad Integral change of variables formula confusion
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Undergrad Can I always think of derivatives this way?
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Graduate Series expansion of ##(1-cx)^{1/x}##
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Undergrad Spivak, Ch. 20: Understanding a step in the proof of lemma
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High School Let f_n denote an element in a sequence of functions that converges
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