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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
High School What's the Pattern in This Sequence of Numbers?
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Undergrad Finding the trapezoid of smallest perimeter given a,b,h
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High School Can Someone Explain Why 2a Equals a in This Physics Proof?
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Undergrad What does this order symbol mean?
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High School How can I rearrange the equation x = y(1-z)/π√z to solve for z?
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Graduate Square Root Of 2 (from Hardy Course Of Pure Mathematics )
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At what age did Newton encounter mathematics
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Undergrad Right Inverse of a Function Explained
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Graduate Finding longest arithmetic progressions
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High School How Many Kilobytes are in a Megabyte and How is it Calculated?
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Undergrad Expanding ArcSin[x+y] into Sin/Cos/ArcSin/ArcCos
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High School Mental math: Division of remainders
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High School Is My Math Wrong? Clarification on Square Roots and Equations
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High School How do you think about Subtraction?
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Undergrad Generating monotonic decreasing functions
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High School Problem solving techniques/strategies
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High School Square Root Simplified: Methods for Calculating Square Roots by Hand
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High School Can Six Sixes Equal 67 in This Brain Teaser?
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Do You Struggle with Mathematical Clumsiness?
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Undergrad Greetings from a newcomer plus a few questions
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Improving Equation Formatting in LaTeX
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High School Logmarithmic property woes and algebraic confusion
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Undergrad Can you sum the parts within ten seconds?
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Graduate What Are Normal Numbers and Their Connection to Transcendental Numbers?
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High School What is the Divisibility Rule for the Reflection of an Integer?
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Undergrad Modern Calculus & Mathematics Books: Recommendations
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Undergrad Division of Vectors: Legit Operations Explained
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High School What is the Meaning of Taking Square? - Explained
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High School Help for someone with dyscalculia?
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Undergrad Infinite Of Infinates, whats the solution?
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Graduate My Favorite Math Books: Analysis, Algebra & More
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High School Solving the Cake Dilemma: Cutting to Serve 65 People
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High School Figuring Out the Value of n in This Number Series
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Undergrad What is so beautiful about Euler's Identity?
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Undergrad What are the solutions to a system of equations involving x, y, and z?
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Undergrad How to Find Logs: Algorithms & Binary Search
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High School Can the Roots of Polynomials Be Proven?
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Undergrad Can the Floor Function Be Described as an Invertible Function?
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Graduate Summed exponents for a 8- digit positive decimal integer
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Math Magazine: Scientific American
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Undergrad Angular Misalignment Requirement: Vector Sum of N deg - Brian
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Are all math professors conceited bigots?
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Graduate Is Struggling with Mathematical Proofs Normal for a Math Major?
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Undergrad Euler's Forumla, Trig Addition, and Equating Coefficients
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How to pronounce mathematicians names
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Undergrad Having trouble with Logic Derivation -
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Undergrad Ok I just understanding a little pre-cal
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High School Where to Find Grade 10 Math Exercises Online?
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High School Help understanding the solution to this fraction problem.
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Graduate What is it really like to be a mathematician?
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High School Drawing graph of function (using basic functions)
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Graduate Regarding signed dihedral angle doubt
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Graduate How Many Edges Are in an 11D Hypercube?
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Undergrad How Many Doors Remain Open After Toggling States in the 1000-Door Puzzle?
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High School Expressing fractions as powers?
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Graduate Forming Areas with a Given Length: A(n) Function
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High School Inputting tan-1(-5/2) on a Calculator
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Graduate Fermat's Last Theorem: an amateur proof
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How do I generate formulas with formular language
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Graduate What is the method for expanding the partition function Z_{\pi}?
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High School Subtract 2 from 50: How Many Times?
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Undergrad What are the two independent ratios used to specify a line's parameters?
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High School Is a 500% Increase Equivalent to 5x or 6x the Original Sum?
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High School Improving Mental Speed for Math Problems
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How Can I Overcome My Fear of Forgetting Math Concepts?
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Undergrad Accurately fitting curve to data
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Graduate Can the proggression of time be described purely as a mathematical function?
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Graduate Simplifying 'b2' of Newton's divided difference interpolation
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Graduate Proof for the following statement Not Semi-simple
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Graduate Quadratic Recurrence and the Mandelbrot Set
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Graduate Is There a Finite Number of Solutions to Fermat's Last Theorem?
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Graduate A proof based on divergent series
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Undergrad What Does 'Closed Under Addition' Mean in Mathematics?
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High School Why is there a discrepancy in energy calculations using E=mc²?
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High School Can You Crack These Challenging Number Puzzles?
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High School Are these all the algebra topics I need to know before starting calculus?
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Graduate Stirling Number of the First Kind
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High School Is 7 the Next Number in This Sequence?
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Undergrad What Do Trigonometric Identities Really Mean and How Do You Interpret Them?
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High School Question -Substiution ALWAYS imagining invisible brackets in your head?
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High School What Is the Next Number in the Sequence 10, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 21?
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High School What Is the Next Number in This Mathematical Sequence?
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High School Can You Master Calculus in Just 20 Minutes?
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Undergrad Calculating Euler phi function
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Undergrad Dual-Output Function: Solutions for Non-Negative Integer x?
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Graduate Getting started with Clifford Algebra
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Undergrad Are Contest Math and Research Mathematics Really That Different?
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High School Solving a Cubic Equation: Finding x
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High School Volume of a 0.200m Sided Square
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Undergrad How to graph 5 or more variables at once?
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Undergrad GCD of Polynomials: Is 1 Always the Solution?
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High School Simple Geometry or Trig Question
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Graduate Ergodicity of typical billiards
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Graduate Recursively enumerable language with infinite alphabet
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Undergrad Can this polynomial with integer coefficients be factored?
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Undergrad Some Summed Digits In A 9-Digit Positive Integer
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Graduate Nxn rubik's cube - how many orientations?
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Undergrad Sum the squares cryptarithmetically, get square
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Undergrad For integer x only, is x considered a polynomial?
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