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Undergrad Is the Sum of All Triangles Really Infinite? A Problem to Discuss
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High School Continuous and differentiable functions
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Undergrad Root of nth Degree Polynomial f(x) in Spivak Calculus Ch. 7
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Undergrad How to understand the notion of a limit of a function
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Ideas on how to easily solve this long derivation?
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Undergrad General questions about limits of sequences
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High School What does the derivative of a function at a point describe?
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Undergrad What is the definition and use of homotopy in curve mapping?
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Undergrad Computing the normal scalar component of acceleration
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Undergrad Defining Functions as Sums of Series
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Undergrad Normal vector on complex function
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High School What Methods Calculate the Volume of a Solid Revolved Around Non-Standard Axes?
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Undergrad Can You Use the Appended Matrix Method for 4x4 Determinants?
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Undergrad Symbol used in total differential and small errors
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Undergrad Why non-standard analysis is not used?
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MHB What does this Limit mean geometrically?
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High School Continuous but Not Differentiable
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Undergrad How Does the Limit of cosh and sinh Approach 1?
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High School Differentiating some simple harmonic equation
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Undergrad Can't find a solution to this integral
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Undergrad Q about Fourier Coefficient Derivation
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MHB Help with hydrostatic force questions
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Undergrad Function of angle between vector field and scalar function
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Undergrad Solve Chain Rule Confusion with Diff. Eq. | Help
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MHB Proving $\sum_{i=0}^{\rho} \binom{n}{i} (q-1)^i \leq (n q)^p$: Is It Possible?
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Undergrad How do you integrate a term with a differential?
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Undergrad Solve Fermi-Dirac Integral: Get Help Now!
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Undergrad Integration leading to ERFI solutions
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Undergrad Epsilon-Delta definition property.
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MHB How to find the derivate of this function ?
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Undergrad Magnitude of the Second Derivative
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Undergrad Just to be sure about the Jacobian matrix and determinant....
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Undergrad Power Series solution to dy/dx=x+y
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High School Recast a differential equation with a change of variable
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Undergrad What Is the Order of Derivatives in Variable v?
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MHB Fourier Transform: Calculate $\hat{g}(\omega)$
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MHB Formulating Fubini's Theorem for Lebesgue Integrable Functions
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Undergrad I found a *useful* method to calculate log(a+b), check it out
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MHB Finding relative extrema of a cubic function
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MHB What Are the Absolute Max/Min of f(x) Over Given Intervals?
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Undergrad So I flip 10 coins... (re: limit of infinite? series)
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Undergrad Parameterize an offset ellipse and calculate the surface area
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Undergrad Is the Jacobian Directional Derivative for a Sphere Correct?
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MHB Shortest distance between (18,0) and y=x^2
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MHB Explore Level Curves of $f(x,y)=x^3-x$
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One dimensional integration that Mathematica cannot do
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MHB Modifying values to lie within existence domain
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Undergrad Plotting and visualizing a 3D plot of a vector function
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MHB Derivative of Integral: Does the $x^2$ Cancel?
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Undergrad Confusion on the Volumes of Solids of Revolution
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Struggling to understand how I get this answer
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High School Solving Naumann Equation: How Bessel's Second Kind Was Discovered
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Undergrad Cauchy Repeated Integration Explanation?
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Solve Derivative Bessel Function (Type II & III) - Help Needed
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Undergrad How to Extract Data from an Integral
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MHB Spherical coordinates - Orthonormal system
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MHB Finding Cylindrical Points $(r, \theta, z)$ in Range
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MHB How Do Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates Represent the Same Point?
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MHB Adjustments to lie within a circle
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Undergrad Hydrost Pressure Integration Problem (Environmental Physics)
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MHB Is the Inflection Point at x = 7 Incorrect?
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Undergrad Show that a particle moves over a circumference
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Undergrad Gradient Vector- largest possible rate of change?
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MHB Solving Limits: l'Hopital's Rule & Degree Rule
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Undergrad Deriving the Area of a Circular Sector Using Integration
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MHB Differential and integral equation.
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Undergrad Why Replace u with Positive s in Integral Manipulation?
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Undergrad General Nth Derivative f(x)=x^x: Solving a Difficult Problem
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MHB Finding Lagrangian description of position from Eularian velocity description
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MHB Find Discontinuation Points of f(x) = x*[x]
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Graduate Integral calculation (Most Difficult Integral)
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High School Have you heard of using wedges in calculus to approach integration differently?
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High School Doubt regarding least upper bound?
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Calc III Double Integral Question
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Complex Conjugates with sin and cos
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Digging deeper into (implicit) differentiation and integration
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How Can I Correctly Integrate e^(ix)cos(x)?
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Antiderivative and contour integration
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MHB Revisit t the ladder optimization problem
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Deriving this "familiar arccosine form" of integral
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How do I solve complex contour integrals in complex analysis?
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Partial Derivative of a Definite Integral
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Exploring the Physical Application of Calculating Average Value of a Function
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Summation Convention – Substitution Rule
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MHB Sketch Graph: Domain 0<x<12 | f' Increasing, f''<0
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MHB Intial Velocity of an Object In Free Fall
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Div and curl in other coordinate systems
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MHB Concave Up or Down? Identifying Inflection Points in a Polynomial Function
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Calculus Derivations: Handbook, Rules, Properties & Books
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Understanding Integration of 1/(x^2 + a^2) and the Role of the Tan Function
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Understanding the Chain Rule in Calculus Differentiation
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Why Does the Negative Sign Appear in Second Differentiation of Exponentials?
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Doubt on phase stationary method
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2nd derivative change of variables
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Differentiability of piece-wise functions
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MHB How to Integrate cos^2(x)sin^3(x) dx?
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I don't know yet how to integrate this function....
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MHB Why Does the Vector Projection Formula Work?
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Question about the implicit function theorem
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Nonuniform finite element method
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