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Undergrad Min and Max of Parallel Resistors
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Graduate Generalization of infinite product problem
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High School How can a lender make more money if you don't pay off your loan early
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Can I trade my released ap exams on here?
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Graduate Can Fermat's Last Theorem be proven for primes of the form 3k+1 and 3k+2?
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High School Using divide as a 'sign' for a number
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High School Question about modular functions
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Undergrad What should you do in the Two-box Monty Hall problem?
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Do you keep up with math in real life?
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Undergrad How many circles can be placed inside another circle?
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Graduate Approximating arc length of Bezier by another Bezier
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Graduate Is There a Trick to Solve x^x^x^x^x...=10?
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Graduate Can All 6-Term Polyomino Progressions Extend to Fill a 6x6 Square?
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Undergrad How to Graph a Parabolic Equation Without a Calculator?
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High School Rewriting a function with y as the independent variable
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Undergrad O(sin n), Ω(sin n), Θ(sin n) complexity
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High School Solve Year 8 AMC Question: Find the Highest Number
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High School Why Are There Three Trigonometric Functions for Right Triangles?
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Undergrad Collision detection between a moving circle and stationary point
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Graduate Proof That Pi = 2: Intuitively Wrong?
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Undergrad Is it possible to quantify human language?
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Graduate Prove the following by induction (or otherwise):
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High School Proving Equality in Math: Solving the Question of Two Equaling a Third
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Graduate Does the following inequality holds for every POSITIVE 'x' ?
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Undergrad Algebra: Is this possible to solve?
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How to generate graph and known formula
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High School Question about semi-major axis of an ellipse
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Graduate Is Proof for P = NP Finally on the Horizon?
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Graduate Random walk in spherical coordinates
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Graduate Combining three non linear functions into one single function
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High School Why does multiplication precede addition?
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Undergrad Here's the type of textbook I'm looking for. Does it exist?
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Undergrad Can you Identify a Pattern in this Sequence?
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Undergrad What are some recommended books for elementary math proofs?
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High School Fibonacci Formula: Find Nth Term in Sequence
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Undergrad Beginning Complex Numbers ideas
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High School How do I calculate pixels number
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Undergrad Solutions to a linear equation and perfect square
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Undergrad Quadratic Equation from 3 points
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Undergrad Can Police Prove Pacing Accuracy Over Short Distances?
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Undergrad Distance between planet and vessel - Trig problem
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Undergrad Deriving Descriptions of Conic Sections from Fundamental Definition
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High School Famous Old Elementary Algebra Textbook Recommendations?
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High School Can We Determine the Product of Two Numbers if Their Sum is Known?
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Undergrad Formula for finding point on a line given distance along a line
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Graduate How to solve for x in this problem
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High School How to Make a Histogram: Stats Homework Help
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High School Divided a single second, then convert to milliseconds. Don't know how?
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High School What Is the Pattern in This Number Sequence?
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High School The Surprising Answer to "Why is 0! = 1?
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High School Many authors and lecturers use the word approximate.
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Undergrad Two Equations, Three variables
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High School What are factors and multiples?
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Undergrad Instantaneous Unit Conversion between CGS and SI units
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Graduate Explicit formula for Euler zigzag numbers(Up/down numbers)
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Undergrad Fractional exponents of negative
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Graduate Questions about papers on Mathematical Physics
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Undergrad Sum of unique powers of a number
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Graduate How can I optimize a function on a non-linear set with unknown points?
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High School Solving Fractions: How to Solve x/36-x = 12/36-12 + 3.013/0.20(36-3.013)
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High School Is there a quicker way to calculate factorials?
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Undergrad Number sequence IQ question: What is the next term in this sequence?
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Undergrad Simple proof for arbitrary period
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Graduate Is 1 Equal to Infinity? A Discussion
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Graduate Certifying shortest vector in a lattice
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Undergrad Boolean & Modulo: (a&b)modp - Is it the same as (amodp)&(bmodp)?
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High School Is Infinity Equal to Infinity According to Wolfram Alpha and Friends?
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High School How do I rearrange this equation to solve for B?
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Graduate The Subset Multiply Problem: Is it NP Complete?
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High School How to define a parabola in 3d coordinate system.
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Graduate What is the role of anentropy in the origin of life?
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High School What are the Different Branches of Mathematics?
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Undergrad What Are Some Interesting Properties of Pi?
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Undergrad What is the formula for e/c^2 * j * PV/nR?
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Undergrad Rank of a Word: Permu-Combi Help
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Graduate Proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture
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Graduate What is the volume and surface area of a 1-D sphere?
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High School The Mysterious Sequence: 1,2,4,8,16,23,28
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Graduate What is incomplete gamma function? How are they evaluated
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High School Finding equation of curve from simple graph
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Undergrad Representing sum of cosine and sine as a single cosine expression
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Online Bookmarking Site for Students
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Undergrad Aircraft weight and balance related math - help needed
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Undergrad Is Our Universe Actually a 4-Dimensional Field?
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Undergrad In the bionomial expansion (1+x)^p
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High School Is 495.5 Equal to 495? A Mathematical Proof
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Undergrad Number of ways of expressing n as positive integers
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Mathematica style touch screen program
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Graduate Latest Research Topics in Mathematics for Phd students
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Undergrad Solving Orifice Plate Calculation Equation - Help Needed
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Graduate Proving combinatorics identities
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Undergrad Solving Equations of the Form ln(x) = f(x)
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Undergrad Minimum Colors for an Icosahedron
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High School Infinity symbol inside of an absolute value Tattoo
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High School Functions: Different values of y for same value of x
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Wells' Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
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Undergrad Is there a shorthand notation for the operation of saturation
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Perelman rejects $1,000,000 prize
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