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Undergrad Alternative to solids of rotation?

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Slope of Level Curve b at Point B: How to Determine It?

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Graduate Inverse integral of this integration

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Squaring each side of the equation

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What's Wrong with My Approach to This Integral?

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Another implicit function problem

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Undergrad Quick question on double/triple integrals for area and volume

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How do I do this calculus related rates problem?

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Undergrad Limit of dirichlet function (from DSP)

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Is McLaurin Expansion the Key to Solving Integration by Expansion?

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Graduate Connection between summation and integration

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How can I simplify this integral using integration by parts?

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Undergrad Proof of Quotient Rule using Product Rule

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Undergrad Reel Fill Calculation - Calculating line counter reading

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Undergrad Understanding Wolfram's Partial Derivative Widget

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Graduate General formula for the nth integral

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Graduate Explicit definition for antiderivative?

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Graduate Understanding the Discrepancy in Four-Vector Differentiation in QFT

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Maximizing $a+b$ given Quadratic Constraint

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Graduate Is It Called the Random Phase Approximation?

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Graduate Does This Equation Represent a Family of Surfaces in 3-D Space?

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Integrate sqrt(1-x^4)/x^5 dx Using Trig Sub | Yahoo Answers

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Graduate How to integrate by parts when del operator is involved?

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Graduate Trying to see how these are equivalent

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Graduate Are These Formulas for Indefinite Integrals and Antiderivatives Correct?

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Solving Implicit Function: Tangent Point & Level Curve Equation

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High School Help with Understanding Plane Z: x - y

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Local Extrema of Quartic Function: Help Find (x, y) Points

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What is the Implicit Differentiation Formula for sin(xy) = x+y?

  • karush
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High School Correcting Calculus Derivative: x(t) = A cos(ωt - \varphi)

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High School When do you use u-substitution in integration?

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Optimization on non-compact (multivariable)

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Graduate Integration of partials, specifically Euler to Bernoulli Equation

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Evaluating an Infinite Sum of Binomial Coefficients

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Can You Simplify the Second Derivative Test Explanation?

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High School Can someone check my explanation of sequences and series?

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What are Some Complex Mathematical Questions to Explore for a Research Essay?

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Undergrad How to find derivative of tanh^-1(x)

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Finding the Limit of an Arctan Equation

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Undergrad Differentials of spherical surface area and volume

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Undergrad What Are the Differences Between These Integration by Parts Formulas?

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Shane Trulson's Calc Homework: Arc Length of Parametric Curve

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Graduate Is the motion of a pendulum restricted by a cycloid surface cyclical?

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Snail Paths: How Many Times Do They Circle Their Meeting Point?

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True/False differentiation problem

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Tessa's questions at Yahoo Answers regarding related rates

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Did You Copy the Problem Correctly?

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Graduate Proof uniform convergence -> continuity: Why use hyperhyperreals?

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Graduate Rate of change of x wrt sin(x)

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Undergrad Changing limits of integration in subsitution

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Graduate Why is 1+2+3+4+5+... equal to -1/12?

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Graduate Can Cross Derivatives be Equal in Partial Derivatives?

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Finding revolution/minute of a wheel traveling in a speed of 15 miles/hour

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Partial Derivatives: Solving at (0,0)

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Graduate Integrate 1/(t^2+1)^2 Using i and Partial Fractions

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Graduate Help with intuition of divergence, gradient, and curl

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Undergrad Saddle Point Requirements for f'(x)=0

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Graduate Analytic Approximation for an Oscillatory Integral

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Graduate What is mathematically wrong with this integration?

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Evaluating a definite integral

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Undergrad I must go to the higher derivatives?

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Graduate Fourier Series complex coefficients

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Undergrad Trapezoidal Integral of Discrete Values

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Evaluating Summation Problem: Floor Function Solution

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Derivative of ∫ (1+v^3)^10 dv from sinx to cosx | Ashleigh N.

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Undergrad What do the integration limits 5- and 10+ mean in Signals and Systems?

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Is Stokes' Theorem Applicable to a Sphere in This Solution?

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Undergrad Second Derivative Test for Local Extrema

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Graduate Fundamental theorem of calculus for double integral

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Graduate When using stokes theorem to remove integrals

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Undergrad Equation of an Upward Facing Cone

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Graduate Integral of a partial derivative.

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Undergrad How Do You Multiply Total Differentials?

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Series Simplification: Simplifying \sum^{\infty}_{n = 1} 4^n/3^{n-1}

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More Convergence & Divergence with sequences

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Undergrad The Second derivative test for Concavity

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Graduate Integral total and partial of a function?

  • Jhenrique
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Tricky question Considering Divergence and Convergence

  • shamieh
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Hand Computing: Evaluate $\sum_{k=1}^{2013}f(k/2014)$

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Understanding Integrals: Analyzing Graphs and Practice Problems

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Solve Real Solutions of $(1-x_1)^2+\cdots+x_{2013}^2=\frac{1}{2014}$

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Graduate Marxian economics: Differentiating the Rate of Profit Equation

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Find the Length of Shortest Ladder to Reach Over 8 ft. Fence

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Undergrad Line integral: how can it be > 0?

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*If (dy)/dx= x^2 y^2, then (d^2 y)/(dx^2 )=

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What is the change of variable for proving the fractional part integral?

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Solving Series Questions: Limit of $\frac{(2n-1)!}{(2n+1)!}$ & More

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Sum of distances the same as the former

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Graduate Diffential elements and analysis dimensional

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Undergrad Why is the derivative of f not linear at the inflection point in concavity?

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Graduate Proper proof of a delta function

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Area Enclosed by One Petal of a Rose Curve: r = 8sin7θ

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