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Undergrad Limit of dirichlet function (from DSP)
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MHB Is McLaurin Expansion the Key to Solving Integration by Expansion?
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MHB Calculus: Related Rates - Inverted Pyramid Filling w/ Water | Yahoo Answers
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Graduate Connection between summation and integration
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MHB 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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MHB Andrew's question at Yahoo Answers regarding maximizing the area of a rectangle
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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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MHB 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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MHB 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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MHB 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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MHB Local Extrema of Quartic Function: Help Find (x, y) Points
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MHB What is the Implicit Differentiation Formula for sin(xy) = x+y?
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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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MHB Optimization on non-compact (multivariable)
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Graduate Integration of partials, specifically Euler to Bernoulli Equation
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MHB Evaluating an Infinite Sum of Binomial Coefficients
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MHB 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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MHB What are Some Complex Mathematical Questions to Explore for a Research Essay?
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MHB What is the result of integrating \frac{x}{x^2 + 1} and applying the limit?
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Undergrad How to find derivative of tanh^-1(x)
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MHB 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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MHB 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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MHB Snail Paths: How Many Times Do They Circle Their Meeting Point?
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MHB True/False differentiation problem
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MHB Tessa's questions at Yahoo Answers regarding related rates
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MHB 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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MHB Finding revolution/minute of a wheel traveling in a speed of 15 miles/hour
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MHB 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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MHB JustWar's question at Yahoo Answers regarding differentiating a power of arcsin
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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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MHB 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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MHB Evaluating Summation Problem: Floor Function Solution
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MHB 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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MHB 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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MHB Roxy's question at Yahoo Answers regarding finding the area between two curves
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Graduate When using stokes theorem to remove integrals
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MHB Find the volume of the solid of revolution, or state that it does not exist. #2
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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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MHB Series Simplification: Simplifying \sum^{\infty}_{n = 1} 4^n/3^{n-1}
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MHB Find the volume of the solid of revolution, or state that it does not exist.
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MHB 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?
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MHB Tricky question Considering Divergence and Convergence
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MHB Hand Computing: Evaluate $\sum_{k=1}^{2013}f(k/2014)$
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MHB Understanding Integrals: Analyzing Graphs and Practice Problems
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MHB 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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MHB 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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MHB *If (dy)/dx= x^2 y^2, then (d^2 y)/(dx^2 )=
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MHB What is the change of variable for proving the fractional part integral?
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MHB Solving Series Questions: Limit of $\frac{(2n-1)!}{(2n+1)!}$ & More
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MHB 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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MHB Area Enclosed by One Petal of a Rose Curve: r = 8sin7θ
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Undergrad Leibniz: Circle Most Capacious Isoperimetric Shape
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Graduate Dot Product of a Vector and its Derivative- Reality
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MHB Convergence and Divergence with Series
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MHB How Do You Find a Common Tangent Line to Two Parabolas?
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MHB Series Question Concering Convergence/Divergence
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Graduate Partial Differentiation: second partial derivative
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MHB Solving x in DE: sin(x)=t+c, No arcsin
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Undergrad What Is Infinity? Analyzing the Limit of x→∞
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MHB Why is the right part of the Fourier series periodic with period L?
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