General Math Forum

Join in expert discussion on general math topics that are not applicable to the specific categories. This includes topics are usually high school math level. Homework help is available.

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Undergrad Angle between vectors that are both off set by a third vector

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High School Units Digit of n: Is it Greater than 4?

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Undergrad Math Practice Ideas for Aspiring Physics Students?

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High School Gaining Geometry Knowledge to Books for the New Learner

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High School Finding Square & Cube Roots by Hand

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Undergrad Can Infinity Minus X Ever Be Larger?

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Undergrad Criminal offences in maths textbooks

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High School Radian and Degree with Graphing Calculator

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High School Solve Inequality: x - 1 = 1 - x | Tom Thanks

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Graduate Can We Define the Undefined Concepts of Zero and Infinity?

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High School Schools Compete in Track Meet: Who Won the High Jump?

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High School Number 9 multiplication tricks

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Undergrad How can the centroid and triangle angles help prove equilateral triangles?

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Undergrad Trigonometry sin and cos question

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Undergrad Classifying 3D Shapes into Finite Categories

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High School Calculate the average speed in km/h of earth assuming a circular path

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Kakuro is based on partitions of integers

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High School What Is Infinity? Explained for Beginners

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High School Is the Modulus Function One or Two Functions?

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High School Cracking Passwords: Calculating Outcomes with 3 Characters

  • Raza
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Undergrad Can 31 Dominoes Cover a Truncated Checkerboard?

  • Werg22
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Undergrad A Circle And Adjacent Number Puzzle

  • K Sengupta
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Undergrad Solve a Funny Brain Teaser: 3-Way Cyborg Duel

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Undergrad Are There Closed Form Versions for Cubic Polynomials with 3 or 4 Points?

  • hotvette
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Welcome! I'm a 1st Year BSc Student in Maths

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Undergrad How Can Trigonometry Be Used to Find Distances in Perspective?

  • gillianseed84
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How Can You Effectively Tackle Challenging Math Problems?

  • sophiamin
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Graduate Goemetric Algebra Vs Algebraic Geometry.

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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High School Showing Collinearity: Methods & Geometric Shapes

  • dtl42
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High School Where can I learn Quick math - Help

  • the_force
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High School Permutation Problem: Arrange "PARALLEL" w/ 2 "L"s Together

  • Ahmed Abdullah
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High School Is f(x) = x^2 on [-5,10] an even function?

  • haoku
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Graduate Conjecture Connecting All Branches of Math

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Undergrad Proving Circle Has Smallest Perimeter for Same Area

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Undergrad Using Trig Identities to Simplify Sin(Kx)sin(2Kx)

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Undergrad Set Theory vs Logic: Which Should Come First?

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High School Question related to deductive logic

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Graduate Weird relation: its graph is the formula

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High School Understanding Music Theory: Guitar & Piano

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Undergrad Solving First-Year Physics Textbook Puzzle: Adding Squared Equations

  • mohdhm
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Undergrad Maximizing Points on a Grid: Strategies and Logic

  • martix
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Undergrad Find the Lightest Bag: Min Weighings Needed

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Graduate Solving the Unsolved: Egyptian Fractions

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Undergrad Danica McKellar: Math Doesn't Suck & Wonder Years Actress

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Solving Rational Functions: Rewriting Equation to Get R(z)=...

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Graduate Cant spot flaw in nested logic in puzzle

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High School Which Problem Book for 16-Year-Old Self-Taught Maths Student?

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Graduate How Common is the Incompleteness Phenomenon?

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High School Relationship of Y^2=f(x) and Y=f(x)

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Undergrad How to Find the Equation for a Quadratic with a Root of 1 + 3i?

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Graduate How to Convert Between Julian Day and Gregorian Date?

  • lewis198
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Graduate Where Can I Learn This Notation?

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Undergrad What is the Degree of a Bezier Spline?

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Graduate Is it possible to build math backwards?

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Undergrad How Can I Improve My Problem Solving Skills?

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Undergrad The Least Describable Number: 18 Syllables?

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High School Hopefully a simple exponent question.

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Undergrad Can Excel create a formula to drive Solidworks 3D tube models?

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Graduate Reduced Exponential: Work & Formulae

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Undergrad Struggling with Advanced Math Notations? Here's How to Overcome It!

  • yuska
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High School Zero as a Multiple: Understanding the Concept

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High School Understanding the Leading Coefficient Test in Polynomial Functions

  • lLovePhysics
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High School What is the Meaning of Dimension

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Undergrad Help with Trigonometry equation

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High School Testing Symmetry: X-Axis, Y-Axis, and Origin Explained

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Undergrad Intersection of concentric, unit area sphere and square

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Undergrad Math Modification to Increase Air Efficiency in a Paintball Gun

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High School Is subtraction commutative and consistent with other mathematical operations?

  • lLovePhysics
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What happened to the iconic Maths Tower at Manchester University?

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High School What is the area of the right-angled triangle with hypotenuse 10 and altitude 6?

  • Boris Leykin
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Why Celebrate Pi Approximation Day on 22/7?

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Was Cantor Actually Wrong?

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High School Half Parabola: Is There a Name?

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Undergrad Help Needed: Concrete Analogies for Abstract Math Concepts

  • Dragonfall
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High School Learn How to Pronounce cosh, sinh, and Gradient Symbols Easily

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Graduate Graphical solution of cubic with real roots

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High School Looking for a Comprehensive List of Essential Math Theorems and Definitions?

  • Saladsamurai
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Undergrad Is there a complete proof for the Power of a Point Theorem?

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Undergrad Definition of 0^0: What Does it Mean?

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Undergrad Simplifying a product of sin functions

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Undergrad Summation analogue of the factorial operation?

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Undergrad Solving Cubic Roots with Square Roots

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High School How should I do my math homework?

  • lLovePhysics
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Undergrad Solving Graphs Equal to Zero Easily

  • lLovePhysics
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Undergrad Recursive defintion of the product notation

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Undergrad What Comes After 311311222112 in This Number Sequence?

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Undergrad Understanding Pi: its Role in Symmetry and How it Was Found

  • Mr Virtual
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Undergrad Exponential equation-Lambert function?

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High School Finding the Error Between Two Points

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High School Solve for c When x= (a*b+c)/mod

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Graduate Subtracting any finite quantity from an infinite quantity

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Undergrad Can the equation of a circle be found using two given points and a tangent line?

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Undergrad Calculating Decimal Multiplication for f(x)=A/B

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Graduate Is Adding 1 to the Product of Consecutive Numbers a Square?

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High School Are you smarter than a 5th grader question

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Undergrad Can Magic Squares be Applied in Mathematical and Scientific Research?

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Undergrad Welcome to the Magical World of Magic Squares

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Undergrad Creating a Magic Square Program: How to Check if an n x n Grid is Truly Magical

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Undergrad Prove for all a,b,c>0: a/(b+c) + b/(a+c) + c/(a+b) >= 3/2 ?

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High School Elementary Equation solving mind-block

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