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Undergrad Should I memorize all these trigonometric integrals?
- Byeonggon Lee
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Can You Verify the Integral of Secant Squared Over (1+Tangent)^3?
- karush
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Graduate Integrating Gaussian in polar coordinates problem
- MathewsMD
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Graduate Partial differentiation of integral
- blue_leaf77
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Undergrad Understanding a Step in Finding a Limit: Lim(x->0) x.sqrt(x+2) / sin(x)
- Cal124
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How to Expand Rational Expressions for Integration
- karush
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Undergrad L'Hospital's rule and indeterminate forms
- PFuser1232
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Graduate Relation between inequalities for first and second derivatives
- nikozm
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Graduate How to Solve a Variation of the Concentrating Salt Tank Problem?
- Smed
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Finding all stationary points of 3x²y + y³ - 3x² - 3y² + 2
- Yankel
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Finding min and max of f(x,y)=4x²-y²-xy-2x+6y with constraints
- Yankel
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Graduate Proving reflexive, symmetric, transitive properties
- issacnewton
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Solve Lagrange Multipliers Problem with x-4y=1 Constraint
- Yankel
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Graduate Epsilon delta limits if/then language
- KyleTS
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Graduate Insight into determinants and certain line integrals
- kostoglotov
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How Can I Visualize the Intersection of a Cone and a Sphere?
- Dethrone
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Integral: I am considering a trigonometric substitution
- karush
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Find the area beween the curves y=x^2 and x+y=2 and the x axis
- karush
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Undergrad What substitution/manipulation was done here?
- MathewsMD
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Graduate When do real part conditions on parameters in Gradshteyn & Ryzhik integrals matter?
- Asteroid
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Undergrad Why tangent line minimizes y(x2)/(x2-x1) in optimization
- nigels
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Graduate Derivative of best approximation
- ekkilop
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Undergrad Arguments of exponential and trig functions
- dyn
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Find Minimum of y: $y=2a+\sqrt{4a^2-8a+3}$
- anemone
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How Does the Envelope Theorem Apply to Nonlinear Functions Like f(x,r)?
- Peterw222
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Graduate How can it's solve using Leibniz Rule or other rule
- Md. Abde Mannaf
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Graduate Manipulating differentials in thermodynamics
- shawnstrausser
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Undergrad Substitution method for finding an integral's interval changes
- thegreengineer
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Graduate Why must region orientation in Green's Theorem keep the region on the left?
- kostoglotov
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Graduate Proof Taylor series of (1-x)^(-1/2) converges to function
- JD96
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Graduate Convergence of improper integrals
- lwebb
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Integration by Parts: $\int u\cos(u)\,\mathrm{d}u$
- brunette15
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Why does the following have no maximums or minimums
- brunette15
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Undergrad Equations of Planes from Symmetric Equation of a Line
- Ocata
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Graduate Finding optimal parameter b for f(z)=g(z)+b*u(z) to match reference locations
- Symeon
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Graduate Eliminating Parameter for <-rsinθ,rcosθ> ≠ assumed function
- Ocata
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Graduate Cumulant Expansion: How Does It Work?
- aaaa202
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Undergrad Visualizing the plane, 1x+1y+1z = 0
- Ocata
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Undergrad How to [itex]\int{\frac{-2x+20}{2\sqrt{-x^2+20x}}}dx[/itex]
- Ocata
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Undergrad 'Wheel-like' Mathematics (Modulating Trig Functions?)
- Chrono G. Xay
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Finding the maxima and minima of a function
- brunette15
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How Do You Prove a Vector is Unit Along a Parametric Curve?
- brunette15
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Can the limit of (x,y) at (1,0) be found using l'hopital's rule?
- brunette15
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Solve Int Partial Fractions: $\int\frac{6{x}^{2}+22x-23} {(2x-1)(x+3)(x-2)} dx$
- karush
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Undergrad What is an integrating factor exactly?
- vktsn0303
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Undergrad Limit of Series: $\frac{1}{n}$
- Vitor Pimenta
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Undergrad Is continuity of the second derivative necessary for the second derivative test?
- PFuser1232
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Find the greatest possible value of tan B.
- anemone
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Graduate How can the difficulty of a complex integral be solved?
- ShayanJ
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Graduate Is x=1 the Solution to nx ~ n ln(n) as n Approaches Infinity?
- japplepie
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Graduate Special Integrals Hermite(2n+1,x)*Cos (bx) and e^(-x^2/2)
- dongsh2
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Graduate Bounding Argument for Comparison Test
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How could we calculate the limit?
- evinda
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How can trigonometric substitution simplify integration?
- karush
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Undergrad What category does 0·cos(1/0) fall under in indeterminate forms?
- PFuser1232
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High School Finding where sin((x-10)^2) = 0
- 2thumbsGuy
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High School Understanding Limits: Find Out Why it Matters
- marciokoko
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Undergrad What does f|S mean and how do Lagrange multipliers apply?
- RaulTheUCSCSlug
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Problem evaluating the limit to find the radius of convergence
- brunette15
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Can I ignore the x and k variables when finding radius of convergence?
- brunette15
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How do I evaluate the integral for 1/(n+1)^x in the integral test?
- brunette15
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Volume w/ Double Integrals: What Am I Doing Wrong?
- Pull and Twist
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What is the connection between the natural logarithm and the limit of a series?
- brunette15
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Undergrad The Derivation of Several Triginometric Identities
- Drafter
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Graduate Does f'(X) = 0 follow from f(X+a) = f(X-a) with infinitesimal a?
- Ahmad Kishki
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Summing a Series of Cubic Roots
- anemone
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Graduate Why Is the Derivative Uniqueness Proof Important?
- NanoMath
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Solving Integral \int_{a}^{b}\frac{e^{x}x^{4}}{e^{x}-1}dx
- phymat
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Partial Derivatives: Find $\frac{\partial^2{w}}{\partial{u}\partial{v}}$
- mathmari
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Limit as x approaches negative infinity.
- tmt1
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Graduate Recurrence relations define solutions to Bessel equation
- Dominic Chang
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Graduate Integration of 1 / [sqrt(f(x))+g(x)] ?
- lavoisier
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Can you prove the definite value of $f(x)$?
- Albert1
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Undergrad Physical meaning of equations of equilibrium
- Aravind Raj
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Graduate Analytic continuation of Airy function
- jostpuur
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Finding the centroid of y = 2x² + 6 between x = 0 and x = 2
- Cornshe
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Undergrad How to solve the integral ∫ x² / (1+x²) dx
- physfed
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High School What is a limit in calculus?
- Niaboc67
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Graduate Why must a region be simply connected and open for conservative fields?
- kelvin490
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Graduate Epsilon-delta limit definition intuition
- WhyNerfZed
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Undergrad Are hyperbolic functions used in Calculus 3?
- Kyuutoryuu
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High School Integral of absolute value function
- PsychonautQQ
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Graduate Math GRE subject test question
- PsychonautQQ
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Graduate Evaluating limits after converting to polar coordinates in a double integral
- Xyius
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Undergrad Why do constant second differences indicate a quadratic sequence?
- terryds
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Undergrad Why y, y' (derivative of y), x are independent?
- SSDdefragger
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Undergrad Understanding notation for hydrostatic equation
- Pastean
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Solve Multiline Function w/2 Variables - Explanation Here
- tobiajj1
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Undergrad What Is the Amplitude of a Harmonic Load in the Frequency Domain?
- Mazzletov
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Undergrad Calculus / general math related question
- PsychonautQQ
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Undergrad Is it necessary to change the bounds when substituting in a definite integral?
- helixkirby
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Graduate What does it mean to move a differential?
- helixkirby
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Undergrad Therefore, the maximum area of the triangle is 1/2.
- PsychonautQQ
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Graduate Volume Inside a Sphere and Cone?
- timnswede
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Undergrad Integrating dx and dy: What Does It Mean?
- Blue and green
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Graduate Indefinite integral of arcsec(x)
- PWiz
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Graduate Converting a 2D Gaussian in Cylindrical Coordinates
- MathewsMD
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Graduate Finding poles of complex functions
- Kitten
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Undergrad Why Does the Epsilon-Delta Definition Not Require |f(x) - L| to Be Nonzero?
- PFuser1232
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What are limit tests and how do they establish convergence of a series?
- ognik
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