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Undergrad If a quantity is small, is the derivative of that quantity small?
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Graduate What Is 4-Dimensional Curl? Get Your Answer Here!
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Graduate Finding angle of rotation relating two vectors to a third
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Undergrad Is the circumference of an ellipse equal to 2πa√1-e^2?
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MHB Definite Integral: x(-ln(x)^k)(1-x)^(N-1)
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Graduate Does this derivative have a name?
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Graduate Infinitely differentiable function
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Undergrad Question about calculus and education
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Undergrad How is the tangent and area inverse?
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Graduate Zeta Function Convergence in Interval (0,1): Does It Tend to Zero?
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High School Indefinite integrals. Arriving at different results.
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Graduate Complex conjugate of a derivative wrt z
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Undergrad Derivative and Integral notation
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Graduate Explaining Expression 7.3 in Nother's Theorem and Invariance Under Translation
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High School Converting Trigonometric Ratios to Degree
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Undergrad Quality of Widder's Advanced Calc. and Edwards's Adv. Calc. of Several Variables
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Undergrad Applications of Green's theorem to physics
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Graduate Parameterizing Z-Value in Line Integral for Cylinder (Stokes Thm)
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Undergrad Adjusted Cost Formula. Purpose of 0.5 power?
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Undergrad Understanding 1^∞ as an Indeterminate Form
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Undergrad Minimum distance of a point on a line from the origin?
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Undergrad Trouble with the unit normal vector for stokes theorem
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Graduate F has a primitive on D ⊂ ℂ ⇒ ∫f = 0 along any closed curve in D?
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Graduate Proving gradient points in the direction of maximum increase
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Undergrad What Are the Conditions for an Inflection Point?
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Graduate Troubleshooting Line Integrals: Finding Errors in Calculations
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MHB Calculate Definite Integral with N Variable
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Graduate Does this method have a name? Function Approximation by Polynomial Sum
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Graduate Solving Complex Integration Involving Bessel, Singularities
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Graduate Significance of parabola in a line integral?
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Undergrad What are the points and vector in this plane?
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Graduate What is the difference between Zeno's paradox and the theory of limits?
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Graduate Find a function f such that f(xy)≠f(yx) at (0,0).
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Undergrad Setting up a path for a line integral
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Undergrad How to Find the Equation of a Plane Through Three Given Points
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Graduate How is the Complex Line Integral of a Circle Calculated?
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Graduate Divergence of the sum of the reciprocals of the primes
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Graduate Integrating ln(x+1)/(x^2+1) using recursive integration by parts
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High School A little confusion over x and y values
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MHB Directional derivative
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Graduate I have some questions about upper limit
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Graduate Derivative of transformation of basis in R^n
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Graduate Calculating the residue of the following function
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Undergrad Green's, Stokes and Divergence Theorem
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Graduate How do I carry out an approximation for this equation?(if L Ns then what?)
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Graduate Help in evaluating the chain rule?
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Undergrad Help required for Directional derivatives
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Graduate Can Degenerate Laurent Series Converge in Non-Standard Regions?
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Undergrad Why Do We Use Frustrums Instead of Disks to Find the Surface of Revolution?
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MHB How do you derive Taylor Series expansions for quadratic equations?
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Undergrad Adding Vectors (r, θ, φ) - A Step-by-Step Guide
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MHB Solving the Mystery of Crossproduct with Integral and Stokes' Theorem
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Undergrad Is y' a Function of y in the Equation y' = ax - by?
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Undergrad Maxima minima of function of several variables
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Graduate Solving Integral: \int_0^{2\pi}\frac{x^n}{\sqrt{1-m\cos x}}dx
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Graduate Derivative of a function with variable also in the integrand
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High School What is the integration shortcut taught in China?
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Graduate Shortcut to taylor series of f, given taylor series of g
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Undergrad Is my proof of this sequence's divergence good enough?
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Undergrad Noob Integral Question, Indeterminate form of ?
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Graduate Inverse Jacobian: Proving the Identity & Its Name
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Undergrad What do the symbols in the line integral equation mean?
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Undergrad An odd trig identity, I WANT PROOF
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Undergrad Can the Alternating Series Test Prove Divergence?
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Undergrad Arc length and definite integral
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Graduate Question about relation between powers and distance
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Graduate Simple partial differential equation
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Graduate How is the Correction Term in Steepest Descent Approximation Determined?
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Graduate Double integral on one function of x and another of y
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Graduate Holomorphic function on the unit disc
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MHB Convergence of an Infinite series and a related Qn
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Graduate Integrating the generator lines of an elliptical orbit
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Graduate Integral of xcos(xy) over a rectangle
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MHB What is the lower bound for the product term with a limit of M>=2?
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Graduate Prime Number Theorem and Its Expansion: A Puzzling Equation
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Undergrad Complex Fourier Series: n from -∞ to +∞?
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Undergrad Calculate number of turns in Archimedes spiral
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Undergrad Value of second derivative at a given point?
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Graduate Log(z) : singularity, series and pole
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MHB Calculating the Value of $f(m,n)$
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Undergrad Area and Volume integral using polar coordinates
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Graduate Limit proof on Sequence Convergence
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Undergrad Finding if a point belongs to a line in space.
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Graduate A difficult integral with exp and erf squared
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Graduate Integral of an exponential that has a polynomial
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Graduate Manipulation of an analytic function
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MHB Taylor and Geometric Series questions
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Graduate Where are the singularities of f(z) = Log(2+tan(z)) located?
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Graduate How to maximize when two variables depend on each others
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Undergrad Integrating Areas between curves
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Graduate A possible solution to the infinite summation of sin(x)
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Undergrad What method to use to calculate volume
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Undergrad Convergent Series: Introduction & Identification
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Graduate Finding the Annulus of Convergence for a Laurent Series
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Undergrad How to Demonstrate That These Limits Go to Infinity?
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MHB Inverse Integral: $\int \frac{x^2\cos^{-1}\left(x\sqrt{x}\right)}{(1-x^3)^2}dx$
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Graduate Formula involving double integral over a disc?
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Graduate Partial fraction decomposition with complex function
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Graduate Laplace Inversion: Why Contour Must Exceed Singularities
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Graduate Can We Prove x1 Equals x2 When the Integral of a Positive Function Equals Zero?
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