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High School What is the equation for the cross section of a parabolic TV antenna dish?
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High School Is 0.999... Truly Equal to 1?
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High School Why is the Product of a Negative and Positive Number Negative?
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Undergrad Find a positive integer 'm' such that m/2 is a perfect square and m/3 is a perfect cube
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Graduate Is my new method for solving equations using iteration correct and effective?
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Math Help Resource: Libraryofmath.com
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High School Are zeros considered significant figures in scientific notation?
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High School Plane Geometry Question: Distinction
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Graduate Fourier Series Problem - Representing an Even Function
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High School Solve Binomial Series: Quickly Answer Before Spring Break!
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Undergrad Are Complex Numbers Truly Magical?
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Undergrad Is There a Proof for Congruent Segments on Any Transversal with Parallel Lines?
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High School What do I need to know to study calculus?
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Graduate Bourbakist approach to writing textbooks
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Undergrad What Are the Solutions to sin^n(x) - cos^n(x) = 0?
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Need some Free Flash Math Puzzles
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Graduate Proof by Induction: Proving fm+n=(fm * fn+1) + (fm-1 * fn) for m,n>=1
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Undergrad Where Can Mr. Fubini Walk and Return to His Starting Point?
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High School Solving the Riddle of the Three-Story Building
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Undergrad Proof: Help with Algebra: a^2 (1 + b^4) + b^2(1 + a^4)
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Graduate Truel: The Three Gentlemen Players and their Odds of Winning
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High School Why is the square root of x^9 not equal to x^4.5?
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Recommend me some great math E-books
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Graduate Factoring Large Numbers: Challenges and Solutions
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Undergrad Triangle Medians and Centroids: Proving Concurrency and Finding Coordinates
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Undergrad Proof: Over 100 Pairs of Shoes in a Factory
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Undergrad Can sqrt(2) + sqrt(5) be proven irrational?
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Graduate Proofs in sequences and series
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Undergrad Can You Prove It? Brain Teaser - 3 Houses & Utilities
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High School Geometry Book for Beginners: Learn from Ground Up
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High School Occupations Using Sine & Cosine Daily | Math Help
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Undergrad How to Convert Categorical Statements to Standard Form?
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Undergrad Solving the Tower of Hanoi with 4 Pegs
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Undergrad Putnam Math: Know What You Need
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High School Need Help Factoring This Equation?
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Graduate Solving 12 Inequalities w/ Neural Networks
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High School Solve 1/0: What Number Times 0 Equals 1?
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High School BuffettIs 1 divided by 0 undefined or infinity?
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Undergrad Is Pi the Most Precise Number in Existence?
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Undergrad Graph Vout/Vin vs Log of Frequency: Units?
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New Question: Solve and Explain Your Solution
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Graduate How many 3D cubes can fit inside a hypercube in R^4?
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Undergrad The limitations of a simple model for
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High School What Math Games Can Be Played with Just Pencil and Paper?
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High School What does 'fold' mean in terms of increasing by 10?
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Undergrad Maths problem involving Coordimate Geometry
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Undergrad Proving an Equilateral Triangle: Trig Identities Explained
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High School How can one effectively study for the AIME?
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High School Deriving Formulae for Cone, Pyramid and Sphere
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Undergrad Proving Inequality to Understanding and Mastering Mathematical Proofs
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My Website regarding math and physics: Please critique
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High School How many bytes are in 256 terabytes?
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Graduate Find |K| of six congruent circles forming a ring
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Graduate Does this equation have any solution?
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Undergrad Correspondences in mathematics.
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How Were Sine and Cosine Discovered?
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Undergrad Geometry: Minimum Length Shape to Enclose 4 Circles (R=1)
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High School Decision and discrete mathematics
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Maths Tips for Newbies | Maths for Fun
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Graduate Proving Convexity of S with f and X
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High School Math Project Help: Year 8 Student Needs Advice
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Does anybody watch the tv show Numb3rs?
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Undergrad Problems with parallel vectors
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Undergrad Is DES Still Relevant in Modern Cryptography?
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High School How Can I Understand Multiplication in Mathematical Literacy?
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High School New Math Hobbyist needs help with direction
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Undergrad Calculating Bending Moment of a Steel Tube
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High School I seriously in this functions question Chop chop
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Graduate Volumes in the 4th spatial dimension
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Marks/Symbols at the end of solutions
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Undergrad Calculating Catch-Up Time: Solving for T in a Bus Chase Scenario
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Undergrad Finding Sum/Diff. Formulas: Quadratic to Higher Exponents
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High School Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers: Proving Properties and Applications
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High School Find the rest of this brain teaser sequence
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High School Are There More Interesting Numbers Like This?
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Undergrad Finding Rational Numbers Satisfying a Quadratic Equation
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Undergrad Proving the Existence of Infinite Functions from One Domain to Another
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High School What makes 1-1 mappings special and why do we use them in mapping and functions?
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Undergrad Find the Measure of Angles A & C in Triangle ABC
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High School Brain Teaser: How Many Hands Did Mrs. Smith Shake?
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High School Plane inclined mechanics physics problem
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Undergrad What is the value of angle z in triangle ABC if y = 1/3x?
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High School Help with Solving 1 + (root3+1)^2/root3+1
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Graduate Has anyone else read Bourbaki?
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High School Solving the Puzzle: Calculating a Car's Speed
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High School Calculating values of trig functions
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High School Is 760 mm Hg equal to 1 atm in pascals?
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Undergrad What's the solution of Cubic and biquadratic polynomial?
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