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Undergrad Confused about Taylor Expansion Strategy
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Graduate Divergence Theorem on a surface without boundary
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MHB Integrating Ln $(x)^p$: Step-by-Step Guide
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MHB Walter's question from Facebook (x and y intercepts)
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MHB Volume of Revolution Solid: Finding the Answer
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Undergrad How can I simplify this expression involving summation and factorials?
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Graduate Interpretation of the integration domain symbol
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MHB Efficient Integral by Parts Method | Solving x^2arctan(x)dx with Ease
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MHB Another surface integral: Evaluating a Surface Integral on a Paraboloid
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Undergrad Calculating the length of a curve
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Undergrad Help wanted in solving this equation
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Graduate How Do You Differentiate Truncated Position Data in Real Time?
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MHB Area of Cone \(z^2 = 4x^2 + 4y^2\) 0-4: Solve & Find Answer
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MHB Finding $a_n$s for $f(z)$ in a Taylor Series
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Undergrad Polynomials of odd degree can have no critical point.
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Graduate How Is Normal Strain Derived in Continuum Mechanics?
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Graduate Why Can't the Del Operator Be Treated as a Vector in Curl Calculations?
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Graduate Solid of Revolution: Integration Boundaries Explained
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Undergrad Partial Derivatives - Basic Formula
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MHB Prove Exponential Limit: $$e^{x/2}$$
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Graduate Differential and square of differential
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MHB What is the limit of a bounded region with a specific boundary?
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MHB Find Value of $\int_0^1 (f(x)-g(x))dx$ with $f,g$ Continuous
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Graduate Are Laplace Transform Limits Equivalent to a Limit at Infinity?
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Undergrad How to Express f(x,t) in Big Oh Notation?
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MHB What Are the Values of a for Which the Given Function is Continuous at x=0?
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Graduate Applications of the Kelvin-Stokes Theorem
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Graduate When is the Fourier transform implied?
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Graduate How do you derive this alternate form of the gamma function?
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Graduate Showing that a limit does not equal some value
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Undergrad I am having trouble with 2 volume and a profit problems?
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MHB What is the moral of conflicting definitions of the Heaviside function?
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Graduate How to Compute Dot Products in Integrals?
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MHB Find Price Elasticity of Demand
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Graduate General solution of double integrals
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Graduate Basic doubt about the gradient in spherical polar cordinates.
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MHB Approximation Problems (Finding an equation of a Tangent Line)
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Undergrad Find the line that gives constant area in odd shape
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Undergrad Double Intergral with Substitution
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Graduate Seemingly Simple Derivative (as a limit) Problem
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Undergrad Double Integral and Polar, Really Need Help in the next few hours
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Graduate Why Are All Singularities of the Laplace Transform Left of the Line Re(s)=c?
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Graduate Definition of a Fractional Derivative/ Integral
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MHB Definite Integral $\sqrt{\sin x}$: Answers
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Graduate Integral of 1/z using different paths
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High School Understanding Fractional Reduction: Solving Complex Fractions with Ease
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Graduate Discrete Fourier transform in k and 1/k
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Graduate I'm confused about this integral
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MHB Graeme's YAnswers Question: The effect of changing values in sequences?
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Graduate Product of Diagonals of Regular Polygon?
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MHB Solving Trigonometric Limit w/o L'Hospital Rule
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Graduate How to Solve the Complex Equation zn-1=\bar{z}?
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MHB Maximizing Profit for a 50-Unit Apartment Complex
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Undergrad Can someone tell me why this integral is invalid?
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Undergrad Trig identity that I'm missing
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MHB Limit Calc: 1-cos(x)/x^2 w/o L'Hôpital's Rule
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High School Relative Max/Min: Solving for Minimum in f(x)
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MHB How to Calculate Area Using the Limit Process?
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MHB Integral- Without using integration technnique
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Undergrad Finding Parametric Equations for Line: Perpendicular vs Parallel
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Graduate Flux in different coordinate systems
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MHB Integral of $\sqrt{\frac{x^2+1}{x^2-1}}$
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Undergrad Create 3d function with a set of points
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Graduate Partial differential problem in introductory tensor analysis
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Undergrad Why Does the Antiderivative Represent the Area Under a Curve?
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MHB What are the points of discontinuity for the function $f(x,y)$?
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Undergrad The Difference Quotient and Integral Calculus
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Graduate How would one do the following
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MHB Natural log and trig function question
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MHB What is the Hessian method for determining concavity/convexity?
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MHB How Do You Calculate the Length of a Curve Using Integrals?
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Undergrad Directional Derivative and Gradient Problem
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MHB Definite Integral: $\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\cos x}{(a+b\cos x)^2}dx$
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Graduate Reformulation of the Radiative Transfer Equations
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High School What are the units of a definite integral and its derivative?
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MHB Lunar Gravity velocity on impact
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High School Limits? changing and transformation
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Graduate Solving the FTC (e^-x^2): Find p(x;y) as a Definite Integral
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Graduate Infinte number of terms from a sequence in a sub-interval
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MHB Is the Discontinuity in $\frac{\sin x}{x}$ at $x=0$ a Jump Type?
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MHB Analyzing Discontinuities of $f(x,y)$
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Graduate Parametrization of a regular planar polygon with an arbitrary number of sides
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MHB What initial velocity is needed to reach the top of the Washington Monument?
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Undergrad I don't understand how partial derivatives work exactly
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MHB A Laplace Transform: Integral Calculation
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MHB Integrate $\frac{1}{\sqrt{(3-x)(x-4)}}$ to Get $-\pi$
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Undergrad Why does this integral lead to zero, while the other does not.
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Graduate Converting a DISPLACEMENT vector in Cartesian to Cylindrical Corrdinates
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Graduate Calculating Volume Between Paraboloids and Cylinder
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Graduate Help de-cyphering brevity in a publication
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Graduate Having a hard time understanding this
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Undergrad Can we simply truncate a Fourier series if it is divergent?
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Undergrad Equations of Infinity: Circle to Square
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Undergrad What is the L'Hospital proof problem regarding limits at a point?
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Graduate Interchange of limits and integrals
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MHB Help Me Solve a Math Problem Involving Trapezoidal Cross Sectional Area
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Undergrad Can you construct a sequence of real nonzero numbers whose sum converges to 0?
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MHB Help with High-Power Limit Problem
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Graduate Questions on a modern theory of the differential from a gem of an old Calc text
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MHB What is the equation linking force and extension for a stretched spring?
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