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MHB Help Desk - Get Answers to Your Questions
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Graduate Index notation and partial derivative
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MHB Proving the Squeeze Theorem - Finding Limits Using Squeeze Theorem
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High School Sequential Compactness of Sets: A Definition
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MHB What is the best deal for maximum profit?
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MHB How to Find the Limit of (1 - x)/[(3 - x)^2] as x Approaches 3?
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MHB Limit of Newton's Law of Cooling....1
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MHB Limit of Newton's Law of Cooling....2
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MHB Finding the Limit of (2x + 1)/(x + 4) at x = -4?
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MHB Limit of Trigonometric Function....2
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MHB Is graphing the best method for finding the limit of a rational function?
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High School Continuation of sequence of supremums question
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Undergrad Lebesgue vs Riemann on the rationals
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High School Showing that a sequence of supremums of a sequence has these two properties
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Is there a "First Principles" for integration?
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Graduate How do I solve y*exp(y)=[constant] for J using the Lambert W function?
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Undergrad How Do You Integrate 1/√(x^3 + x^2 + x + 1) dx?
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MHB Is the Squeeze Theorem Correctly Applied Here?
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MHB How to Use the Squeeze Theorem to Find This Limit?
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MHB Calc Solved! Get Quick Help With Your Calculus Q
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High School What is the Significance of the Laplace Operator in Vector Calculus?
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MHB Why Doesn't the Intermediate Value Theorem Apply to ln(x^2 + 2) on [−2, 2]?
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High School Confusion about Divergence Theorem Step in Tong's Notes
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High School Does Absolute Value Affect Fraction Equality?
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High School Derivative of the product of a function by a constant (possible typo)
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Undergrad When swapping roots of a polynomial, how to prove discriminant loops?
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Valentine’s Reflections: Mathematical Matters of the Heart
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Graduate Is ##\delta\left(a+bi\right)=\delta\left(a-bi\right)##?
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Graduate Regarding center of mass of an infinite area
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Undergrad Expansion of a complex function around branch point
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High School Why don't we account for the constant in integration by parts?
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MHB Need help with a work related math problem
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MHB Determine the area of a region between two curves defined by algebraic functions
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Undergrad Does Each Component of a Vector Have an Independent Fourier Transform?
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MHB Using Chain Rule to Solve Questions - A Step-by-Step Guide
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Undergrad Why is the derivative defined as the limit of the quotient?
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Undergrad Displacement vs time under a time varying speed limit
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MHB Can the Series Sum Be Expressed as an Integral as N Approaches Infinity?
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Undergrad What does this integral represent?
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Graduate Distance between two uncertain points using haversine?
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Graduate Integral -- Beta function, Bessel function?
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High School Integration of tan^2 x from - to + infinity
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Undergrad How to obtain the determinant of the Curl in cylindrical coordinates?
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MHB Equation of Normal to Curve at (1,5): Solved?
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Undergrad Questions about the arg of complex numbers
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High School Interpreting Path Ordered Exponentials with Non-Sensical Integration Variables
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MHB Does my solutions correct? I someone to check.
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How do I obtain a set of orthogonal polynomials up to the 7th term?
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Undergrad Help With a Proof using Contour Integration
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High School An intuitive understanding for derivatives
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Undergrad Why are analyticity and convergence related in complex analysis?
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High School Why is the definite integral of 1/x from -1 to 1 undefined?
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Undergrad How to interpret f(x) tends to g(x)
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Undergrad Extremums of functions: x to the power of x to the power of a
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High School Is Multivariable Calculus as Fun as Single-Variable Calculus?
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MHB Is an increasing monotonic function in a closed interval also continuous?
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MHB Is non continuous function also not Bounded ?
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High School Limit of a function raised to a fractional power
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Undergrad Can Functions Have Complex Poles Beyond Infinitesimal Limits?
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Undergrad Writing Complex Roots of Negative Numbers
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Undergrad Finding a limit involving Chebyshev polynomials
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High School Nature of Limits: Learn Calculus Basics w/o Limits Distraction
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High School Area Increasing as a linear dimension increases -- Looking for intuition on this
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MHB -apc.4.1.2 Find the slope at x=4
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Graduate Elliptic Integral: Why Is It Called That?
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High School Find Local Max/Min: 2nd Derivative=0
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High School Is complex analysis really much easier than real analysis?
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High School What is the difference between writing f and f(x)?
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Undergrad Find the domain of a function of the form: ln(sin(1/x))
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Graduate Creating a Variable Bend in a Function with Preserved Properties
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Undergrad Operator for the local average of a growing oscillating function
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Undergrad What is the approximation used here?
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MHB Integrating a piecewise function?
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MHB Is f(x)=ln(x)/x Increasing or Decreasing?
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MHB What is the Minimum Length of AP + PB?
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MHB What Is the Minimum Surface Area for a Cuboid Box with a Square Base?
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Undergrad Finding global minima of nth degree polynomials
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Undergrad The surface area of an oblate ellipsoid
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High School Infinitely smaller changes in a related rates question
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Undergrad No, I didn't notice. Can you show me?
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Undergrad Determine the Transformation from Cylindrical to Rectangular coordinates
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MHB Using Chain rule to find derivatives....
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High School What Are Functions Called That Are Linearly Dependent With Their Derivatives?
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Undergrad Multivariable limits - path problem
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MHB Calculus 3 Help: Iterated, Double, Triple Integrals & More
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High School Is 0,999999.... actually equal to 1?
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Undergrad Representations of a delta function
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Graduate What is the meaning of ##d\Omega## in solid angle integration?
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MHB Calculating Area Under a Curve: Is My Approach Correct?
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MHB Can You Prove This Using Fraction Division?
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High School How did Cavalieri get his formula for the area underneath a parabola?
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MHB Interval of the Riemann integral value
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Undergrad Double integrals - do areas cancel?
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High School Doubt on the derivation of an equation for a surface integral
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Undergrad How to Differentiate Using the Chain Rule?
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Undergrad Derivatives of Standard Functions
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Undergrad Divergence & Curl -- Is multiplication by a partial derivative operator allowed?
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High School Why does f = g in implicit equations?
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Undergrad Treating the Derivative like a Quotient
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Undergrad Approximation of a function with another function
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