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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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Convergence and Divergence with Series

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How Do You Find a Common Tangent Line to Two Parabolas?

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Series Question Concering Convergence/Divergence

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Graduate Partial Differentiation: second partial derivative

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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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Why is the right part of the Fourier series periodic with period L?

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Which AP Practice Question Choice Did You Select?

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Surface Area Formula for \(z = x^2 + y^2\) Derivation

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Graduate How to Solve the Definite Integral for Deriving Saha's Equation?

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Graduate How Can We Prove This Exponential Identity?

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Finding the Integral of 1/(1-x): ln(1-x) or -ln(1-x)?

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Solving a definite integral without using gamma function

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Definite Integral challenge #4

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How do you calculate the moments of inertia for a cone?

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JustWar's question at Yahoo Answers regarding horizontal tangents

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Undergrad Simple Substitution Taylor Polynomials

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Solving Power Series for 9/25: Find x When y = 9/25

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Solving a Chain Rule Problem with F(x,y)

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What is the angle and rate of change when flying a kite?

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Graduate Which numerical procedure to use

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Undergrad Why do we write dx in indefinite integrals

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Finding Polar Region Between r=2 and r=4cos(theta)

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Graduate Question on fourier series convergence

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Graduate Double exponential integration (a,∞) - how to implement.

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Finding the Value of $S_n$: A Summation Problem

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Graduate Integrals/Non-Elementary Antiderivatives

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Undergrad U-substitution, Is this allowed?

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Graduate How to Solve the Inverse Fourier Transform for 1/w^2?

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Rate of Change of Airplanes in 3D

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Graduate What Initial Speed is Needed for a Cannonball to Escape Earth's Gravity?

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Graduate How to Compute the Sum in the Stationary Distribution of a Markov Chain?

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Undergrad Inflection Points: Understanding the Critical Points of a Surface

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Maclaurin Series for e^x Example

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Find Minimal Sum of Distances: (1,2) & (4,3) on Axis OX

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Rose Petal - Circle - Area problem - Can someone check my work please?

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Undergrad What exactly is the relationship between calculus and differential equ

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Linear approximation of Non linear system by Taylor series

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Finding the area of a region which is inside two circles (II)

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Finding the area inside of a loop

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Is Finding the Arc Length of a Curve the Same as Finding the Length?

  • shamieh
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What was the hardest Calculus for you?

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Finding the parametrization of the curve

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Evaluating the indefinite integral.

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Why Use Ax + B in Partial Fraction Decomposition?

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Undergrad Manipulating derivatives and rearranging

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Graduate Find Function with r^2 Near Zero & Approaching 0

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Proving the Double Sum of Exponentials Equals ae^a-e^a+1

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Interval of Convergence: Find Series

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Give all the polar coordinates corresponding the rectangular point

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Find the area of the region which is inside both...

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Minimizing the slope of the tangent to a curve

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Undergrad How Can I Optimize Dimensions for Garden Boxes with Minimal Material?

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Solve Limit w/o L'Hôpital: Miras Tussupov's Q on Yaoo Answers

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How to Expand the Quantity (t + P)^(1/2) in Terms of t/P?

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Undergrad Sign confusion when taking gradient (Newton's Method)

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Finding the curve coordinates of the point nearest to P in the curve

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Is the Work Calculation Correct and How to Find the Flux?

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Graduate What is the Fourier transform of this function ?

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Sketching graphs in polar coordinates

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Finding the point on a parabola closest to the origin

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Express material cost as function of radius

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Express rectangle area as function of x

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Graduate Is there a Leibnitz theorem for sums with variable limits?

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Undergrad Can the Implicit Equation k = (c^m - a^m) / (b^m - a^m) be Solved Numerically?

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Find Upper Limit of Integral: "Integration Please Help?

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Evaluating the Improper Integral

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Evaluate the Improper Integral (III)

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Undergrad Geometric interpretation of partial derivatives

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Evaluating the Improper Integral (IV)

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Evaluating the Improper Integral

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Undergrad Divergence Test for an Infinite Series (General question)

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Evaluate Integral with 3-x^4: Solution & Steps

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Calc Real $x$ in Exponential Equation

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Undergrad Integrating with Negative Signs: Effects on Solutions

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Maximizing Area of Inscribed Rectangle - Yahoo Answers

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Word problem finding dimensions (please check my answer)

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Finding the point on a circle closest to the given point

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Differentiate x^1/6 from first principles

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Undergrad Is f(x) an antiderivative of f'(x) or a family of antiderivatives?

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Evaluating the Improper Integral (II)

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Undergrad What is the name for F(x) and ##\mathcal{F}(x)## in this context?

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Definite Integral challenge #3

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Minimize Total Length of Cables: Estimate Minimum Value?

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How can I apply the chain rule correctly to functions?

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Calculating Work and Flux Using Green's Theorem: A Square Example

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Green's Theorem Verification for Vector Field F and Region R

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Undergrad Using a set of data to determine values on the same line

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Graduate What is the role of the chosen value t in the proof of L'Hôpital's Rule?

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Finding the Anti-Derivative of sin(x)cos(cos(x))

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Determine if the vector field is conservative or not

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Undergrad How to determine the x values where a function is continuous

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Finding the point on a parabola closest to a given point

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Graduate Can double convolutions be simplified using a change of variable?

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Integration Sign Error: TI-Nspire Solution

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Integrating $\frac{x^2}{(1+x^2)^3}$ Over the Real Line

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