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Find Tangent Vector & Vector Equation for Curve r(t)

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Maximize Viewing Angle: Find the Perfect Seat for Your Date

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Solving for $(x,y)$ in $\sin(2x)$

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Find the Range of y for $a,y \in R$

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Graduate How Do You Derive Green's Function Using Vector Calculus?

  • yungman
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Solving the Limit of an Infinite Series

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Undergrad Varying Variables and Differentials in Calculus Made Easy

  • cra18
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Kendra Leota's Calculus Questions @ Yahoo Answers

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Undergrad How can I solve a cubic equation in terms of a variable?

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Undergrad How can I find the first derivative for the given data?

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High School Can a Thin Line Really Slope to Zero?

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Graduate Understanding Laplace Transform's Spectrum of Damped Sinusoids

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Graduate I have some cumbersome with derivative problems

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Undergrad Simple doubt in application of calculus

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Joe's questions at Yahoo Answers regarding parametric equations

  • MarkFL
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A simple area calculation, where is the mistake ?

  • Yankel
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Graduate Vector Calculus Theorems - Duality Question

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Graduate Integrating a product of two functions - one lags the other

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Undergrad Expressing a function as a power series

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Undergrad Do functions with complex parts differentiate/integrate like usual?

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Graduate Derivative of piecewise function(split in 3 regions)

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Graduate Convergence time of a recursive function

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Undergrad Explain the delta-epsilon defintion of a limit.?

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Undergrad How to Integrate sqrt(x/2-x)dx Using Trigonometric Substitution?

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An integral of my own creation

  • polygamma
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Graduate Understanding the Convergence of Radical Functions

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Mean value theorem for integrals

  • Yankel
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Undergrad How to Find the Area of a Region Inside a Square?

  • sciencegem
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Undergrad How much rigor upon first exposure?

  • CuriousBanker
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Graduate Question in proof of Helmholtz Theorem

  • yungman
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Undergrad Need clarification in proof (P9) from Chap 1 Spivak

  • ActionPotential
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Graduate Question regarding surface and volume integral

  • yungman
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Root or Ratio Test: Interval of Convergence

  • Fernando Revilla
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Chris' question at Yahoo Answers regarding an exponential function

  • MarkFL
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Graduate What is the Saddle Point Method and Its Relation to Asymptotic Expansions?

  • Jaggis
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John's Calculus Integration w/ Simpson's Rule

  • MarkFL
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Mean value of second derivative of a function

  • Erfan1
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Graduate Integration by parts problem involving vector functions

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Graduate Surface Integration of vector tensor product

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Undergrad Indeterminate forms of Taylor series

  • fakecop
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Undergrad The Differential: A Simple and Intuitive Explanation for Calculus Beginners

  • pamparana
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Graduate Four-fold periodicity of Fourier transform

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Graduate Hyperbola Fermat, Geometric Infinite Sum

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Undergrad A basic question about computing this derivative

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Graduate Does a discontinuous function for have an antiderivative?

  • Andrax
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Skyflow3r's question at Yahoo Answers regarding retirement fund

  • MarkFL
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Graduate Is mathematica wrong about this integral?

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High School Is -3[(x-3)^2-9] Increasing or Decreasing on Domain [0,6]?

  • The mentalist
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Graduate Integral of a real function multiplied by an imaginary function.

  • cnelson
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Graduate Divergence in spherical coordinates.

  • yungman
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Undergrad Understanding Sequence of Partial Sum notation

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Graduate An Integral With A Square Root In The Denominator

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How Can You Effectively Evaluate a Challenging Definite Integral?

  • anemone
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Undergrad L'Hopital's rule for increasing functions

  • fakecop
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High School What is the explanation for the 1/2 in the anti-derivative of cos(2x)?

  • Shinaolord
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Graduate Approximating the gamma function near x=-3

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Graduate Is 0/0 the Key to Understanding Infinity?

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Graduate Integral equation with bounded unknown kernel

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Graduate Coefficients of a Fourier-Bessel series

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Undergrad Areas Bounded by Trigonometric Functions.

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Graduate Derivatives of functions of products of variables

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Optimization Challenge - Poles and Wires

  • MarkFL
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Undergrad Simple algebra/trig expression, simplifying

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Undergrad Flux/ Divergence Theorem interpretation

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Graduate Differentiation of a two dimensional inverse function

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Undergrad Why the vector equation of Line in threedimension is defined that way?

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Graduate Reply to an old thread on the ratio of parabolas

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Graduate Opposite of Gabriel's Horn Paradox

  • fakecop
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Panda Bear's question at Yahoo Answers regarding solid of revolution

  • MarkFL
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High School How Do You Convert -300 Degrees to Radians?

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Graduate Ambiguity with partial derivative notation

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Graduate Residue Theorem Applied to Calculating ψ(k,t)

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Undergrad Is this right?(something i discovered )

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Undergrad Continuity on a Missing Strip Plane

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How to Find Constants p and q in a Quadratic Function?

  • karush
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Undergrad Can Operations Be Performed Under the Limit Sign?

  • SamRoss
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High School Solving an Equation with h=0: Is 2-2x the Answer?

  • B4ssHunter
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Shell method about the line x=5

  • alane1994
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Tangent Line & Log Diff EQs: Jawairia's Qs at Yahoo Answers

  • MarkFL
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Undergrad What Does Infinitely Close Mean in Calculus Limits?

  • ksinelli
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Graduate Derivations of the series expansions

  • Benjam:n
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Solving the Hypergeometric Function Integral Representation

  • alyafey22
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Graduate Proof of Lemma (Limit Theorem 2)

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Undergrad Factorial Notation for Gamma Function Expression with Fractional Input?

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Seeking Experienced Q-Series Professionals

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Undergrad Fundamental Theorem of Calculus - Variables x and t

  • Sir James
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John's Question: Finding Range of Rational Function

  • MarkFL
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Summation of Series: Prove 1/4 - 1/(2n+2)

  • Erfan1
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MathHelp's Work Problem from Yahoo Answers

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Graduate Dartboards and Normal Distribution: Probability of Hitting

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Minimize Crease Length of Paper in Terms of Width

  • MarkFL
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Undergrad Function notation for the derivative operator

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