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Undergrad Is there an inverse of Summation?

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Undergrad Alternative to solids of rotation?

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Finding the slope of a level curve using the gradient

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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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Finding tangent point of ellipse and hyperbola

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Undergrad Setting up double and 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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Finding the first-order term in the Maclaurin expansion of an integral

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Water filling an inverted pyramid at a related rates problem

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Graduate Connection between summation and integration via finite differences

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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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Maximizing the area of a rectangle with fixed perimeter

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Graduate Explicit definition for antiderivative?

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Graduate Why do different methods for differentiating γ^μ ∂_μ exp(-ip·x) give opposite signs?

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Maximize a+b subject to a²−1+b²−3b=0

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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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How to integrate sqrt(1-x^4)/x^5 with trigonometric substitution

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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?

  • Jhenrique
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Find where a level curve of f(x,y)=x+4y² is tangent to y=8/x

  • Yankel
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High School How do I visualize the plane z = x - y?

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Finding local extrema of a quartic function

  • MarkFL
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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)

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

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Finding global maximum on non-compact sets using compactification

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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?

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

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Finding a complex mathematical question for a 2500-word 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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Arc length of a parametric curve

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

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Three snails chasing each other from equilateral triangle vertices

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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 Physical intuition for divergence, gradient, and curl definitions

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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 ∫₁ᵉ (1+x²ln x)/(x+x²ln x) dx

  • Saitama
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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

  • Saitama
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Finding the derivative of an integral from sin x to cos x

  • MarkFL
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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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Does the sequence n sin(1/n) converge?

  • shamieh
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Undergrad The Second derivative test for Concavity

  • 22990atinesh
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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 $\sum_{k=1}^{2013}f(k/2014)$

  • magneto1
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Did I work through these integral problems correctly?

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

  • magneto1
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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

  • MarkFL
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Undergrad Why can a line integral in 3D space be greater than zero?

  • oneamp
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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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Finding limits of factorial, nested radical, and recursive sequences

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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?

  • 22990atinesh
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Graduate Proper proof of a delta function

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