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Undergrad Length of a line between origin and edge of a circle

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Graduate Usage of Del in Spherical Polar Coordinates

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Undergrad Calc II - Disk vs Shell method different volumes

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Undergrad How to Correctly Calculate Partial Differentiation

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Undergrad Solving Equation with Summation Properties

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Vector Field Formula for Graph in [-2,2] x [-2,2]

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Calculating Fourier Co-Efficent An of an Even Square Function

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Undergrad Good resources for learning Taylor series

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Undergrad Is There a Flaw in this Student's Calculus Logic?

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Graduate A possible way to integrate dx^2?

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Finding all points where tangent line is perpendicular

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How Do You Find the Derivative of This Function?

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Graduate Chain rule and multivariable calculus

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Undergrad When can you treat dy/dx as separate dy and dx terms?

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Undergrad Finding Area Under Curve: Rectangles vs Trapezia

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Undergrad How to Solve the Exponential of a Matrix?

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Undergrad Integrating over a cross product?

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Graduate Complex Integrals, Antiderivatives, Logarithms

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Graduate Sequence and sum properties of the harmonic series

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How Does Arcsinh Relate to Arccosh in Trigonometric Transformations?

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Graduate Is there a way to verify that Bivariate Normal correlation?

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Undergrad Minimizing surface area of a shaker

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Which finite difference formula approximates f'''(x) more accurately?

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Lowest Cost Airport-Island Ferry: Determine Optimal Route

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Undergrad How Do You Find a Normal Vector to a Graph?

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Undergrad Finding the limit of lim w-->wo ((exp(w)-exp(wo))/(w-wo))^-1

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High School Horizontal asymptote:can be touched or not?

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Maximize profit function with two variables K and L

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Partial Derivatives: Solving Difficult Problems

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General question, which formula to use to find derivative?

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Finding the rate of change of f(x) = 1/(x² + 1) at x = 2

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Undergrad Finding the area of a circular strip

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Undergrad Integration from First Principles

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Graduate Kelvin-Stokes' theorem in the presence of singularities

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-z.57 dx formula that estimates the change

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Graduate What are generic terms for integration/summation parameters?

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Identifying a calculus book from a figure

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Undergrad Alternative examples, alternating series test

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Linearization of sqrt(x+1) +sin x at x=0

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Graduate Understanding transition from full derivative to partial

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Finding the Bounds for Evaluating a Triple Integral

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Find the mass and center of mass of the lamina

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Sketch the curve with the given polar equation. θ = −pi/6?

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Graduate Fourier Transform: Nonperiodic vs Periodic Signals

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Derivative of s with respect to t when y is constant

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Undergrad Spivak calculus, page 22( 3rd edition).

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Graduate How do you Treat Infinitesimals?

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Undergrad Is y=x^2 enough to prove the third statement incorrect?

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One-Sided Limit of Sin(x)/x at x=0

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Graduate Why can I express Fourier coefficients as an = An*sin() and bn = An*cos()?

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Graduate Converting 3D momentum integral to spherical coordinates

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Graduate What is the double integral setup for kinetic energy in part (b)?

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Graduate Double integral of x² over annulus with y>0

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Undergrad Struggling with Linearization and Differentials?

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Undergrad Integrating differential equations that have ln

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Optimisation Problem (Global extreme points)

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Graduate Approximation of second derivative of a smooth function

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Undergrad Gradients vs. Partial Derivatives

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Undergrad Jacobian in polar coordinate integration

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Graduate Where's the error in my polar-to-Cartesian derivative derivation?

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Undergrad Volume of a Hollow Cylinder vs Cylindrical Shell

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Graduate Is there an error in my coordinate system transformation and vector matching?

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Graduate Functional equation Riemann Zeta function

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Using Reimann sum to estimate the value of a double integral

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Volume of Parabolic Cylinder in 1st Octant: 710/3

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Volume of solid in first octant

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Undergrad Derivative operator on both sides

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Undergrad Calc 1 practice exam question -- finding the y intercept of the tangent line

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Graduate Plancherel Theorem (Fourier transform)

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Undergrad Integration by Parts: \int{\sin{(\theta)}*\cos{(\theta)}*d\theta}

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Graduate Best Method for Calculating % Error Between Two Curves?

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Undergrad Instances where Logarithmic Differentiation doesn't work?

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Graduate Calculate divergence of <y^2,z^2,x^2> in cylindrical coords

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Graduate What function do I integrate to find volume between surfaces?

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Graduate Convolving impulse response u(t) with rectangular pulse input

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Graduate What is the Euler's stand on infinitesimals?

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Graduate How Many Limit Points Does This Function Have?

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Graduate Does the product rule apply to quaternion derivatives?

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Undergrad Proving the Inequality: sin(x) < x for x > 0

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Integral of x^n P_n(x) using Rodriguez formula

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Undergrad Real integral=area , complex integral= ?

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Undergrad Is There a Fundamental Theorem of Calculus for Squared Derivatives?

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Graduate Questions related to an unknown function given its values at some points

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Graduate Cycle/closed integration question

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Evaluating an integral with ln(cot x) and power terms

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Undergrad Proof of Prop: Does a=b for all x in R3?

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Undergrad Chain and product rule applied in sequence

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Undergrad Integral of trig functions over a period

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Graduate Curvilinear coordinate, derivative

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What is the height of the cliff in this scenario?

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Inequality: $$-\frac{22}{24}h^2 ||f^{(4)}||_{\infty}\leq 0$$

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Graduate Who invented differential calculus for rational functions?

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Graduate Z=x+iy; f(z)=u+iv; f'(z)=?; Cauchy-Riemann Conditions

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Graduate Mixed partial derivative with chain rule for z = x² + 2y²

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Graduate Curl and Convective Derivative

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Find Inverse of f(x) = ln(x-1)

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Order of Accuracy for $\frac{f(x+2h)-f(x)}{2h}$ - Wave

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