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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High School What is the best software for writing maths equations?

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Undergrad How can you identify one of the three cards as an ace with just one question?

  • StephenPrivitera
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High School Proving Geometry: Examples and Tips

  • Dagenais
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Graduate Advanced Calculus Problem Solving Websites

  • hawaiidude
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Graduate Is 1 really equal to 0.9999...?

  • Doron Shadmi
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Undergrad Rolling Coins: Unravelling the Mystery of Two Revolutions

  • agro
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Undergrad How to Find the Sum of Sin-1(1/3) + Cos-1(1/2) in Terms of Pi?

  • garytse86
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Undergrad Runner's Paradox: Finishing the Race in d Metres

  • sage
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High School X/0 and a possible explanation of a solution

  • Pirwzwhomper
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Undergrad Sequence for Isomers of Alkanes

  • Hyperreality
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High School How can I refresh my memory on trigonometry for AP Physics?

  • jessicag
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Graduate Is the Liar's Paradox a Product of Conventional Mathematical Logic?

  • Doron Shadmi
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Graduate What is the significance of the Sahlmann algebra in loop quantum gravity?

  • marcus
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Graduate Who first defined the focus-directrix properties of conic sections?

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Undergrad Can 3D Bin Packing Algorithms Optimize Box Packing?

  • dbalatero
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Graduate Why the Okolow-Lewandowski 2003 paper is interesting

  • marcus
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Undergrad Measuring One Second: Official Count & Clock Corrections

  • kyle_soule
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Undergrad Standard kilogram physics help

  • Hyperreality
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High School Estimating Someone's Height From Their Stride Length

  • destroyerxtreme
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Undergrad Solving Issues with a Spectrum Analyzer for Discrete Signals

  • bogdan
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Programming TI-83 Plus for Windows XP

  • StephenPrivitera
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Graduate Math Skills for Special Relativity Understanding

  • Hyperreality
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High School Where Can I Find a Helpful Algebra II Website?

  • dreamfrost
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High School PF Birthdate Stats: Analysis of 590 Entries

  • Monique
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Undergrad The Irrationality of Pi: Why Squaring a Circle is Impossible

  • JetBlckNewYr03
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Graduate It's possible to physically construct a 4-d hypercube?

  • meteor
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Graduate How is the Second Equation in Quantum Geometry Derived?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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High School Can anyone give me a rundown on Congruence?

  • AndersHermansson
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Undergrad What is the length of the major axis of the ellipse?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School What is the Expanded Formula for a Square?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad How can interpolation be used to find a polynomial formula for G(n)?

  • KLscilevothma
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High School Quantitive Thinking Help - Improve My Scores on 9th Grade National Tests

  • Dagenais
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High School Finding All Odd Numbers in the Series

  • Hyperreality
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Undergrad Are There Other Whole Number Examples of N^m=m^n Beyond 2 and 4?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Prove the existence of smooth solutions to a certain model

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Possible short webpage title: How to Prove a+bx+cx² = d+ex+fx² for all x?

  • Philcorp
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Graduate What Are the Fundamental Axioms of Category Theory?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Volumes of Regular Icosahedron and Regular Tetrahedron

  • josdavi
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Undergrad How to interpret 3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3 = 6^3 ?

  • josdavi
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High School What Are the Basic Functions and Applications of Calculus in Real Life?

  • Mattius_
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Undergrad Approximating Sin() Graph: Discussion & Equation

  • STAii
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High School Discover the Power of MathML: Unlock Math Content on the Web

  • STAii
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Undergrad The physics behind pyrotechnics

  • chris178
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Undergrad How Many Refills Until Your Creamy Coffee Turns Black?

  • eNtRopY
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Graduate Does Cantor's Comb Have Other Applications in Math?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad How to solve for the inverse of a function?

  • KLscilevothma
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High School Did Fermat proof the Fermat's Last Theorem?

  • newton1
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Undergrad Uncovering the Rule of 'Cyclic' Primes

  • arcnets
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Undergrad Is ABC Greater Than or Equal to A+B+C?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad What is the next number in this sequence

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School What is the purpose of a perfect square trinomial?

  • Quasaire
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Graduate How Does the Jones Polynomial Relate to Different Knot Configurations?

  • marcus
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Undergrad Has the Erdos-Strauss Conjecture Been Proven?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate The sum of Eve and Ann's ages is 44

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Longest word such that each 3 letter subset (in order)is also a word

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School How Can I Understand and Use Double-Angle Formulas in Trigonometry?

  • Cod
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High School Find the next number in the series

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School Brain Teaser 5: Solve 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! = 24

  • drag
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High School Find a three-digit number containing three different digits

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School How Will the Son Break Off Links for 123 Weeks Without Skipping a Week?

  • MasterBlaster
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High School How Can You Use Only Four Zeros to Get the Number 24 in Math?

  • kauai_diver
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Is Something Truly Random? - Discussion

  • The Grimmus
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High School How can four zeros and mathematical operations/symbols equal 24?

  • Andy
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High School How Can You Use Only Four Zeros to Obtain the Number 24?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Minimum number of links he would need to cut?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School Who Actually Discovered the Formula for the Area of a Triangle?

  • Shark
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Undergrad Number Theory Textbooks to Finding the Best!

  • Turtle
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High School Who discovered the formula for finding the area of a triangle?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School How can you sell apples equally among three sons with the same procedure?

  • BaRoN NiGhT
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Graduate Riemann Hypothesis: What Is It? Online Resources

  • Turtle
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Undergrad Proving Bisection of Angles with Euclidean Geometry

  • StephenPrivitera
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Finding a Good Equation Editor: My Search for an Alternative

  • StephenPrivitera
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High School Can You Calculate Inverse Sine Without Using Sin-1?

  • leftfield
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Undergrad Calculating Chess Knight Moves on a n x n Board

  • arcnets
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Graduate Back Induction: Proofs Beyond AM>=GM

  • KLscilevothma
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High School What is the significance of x=ii in imaginary numbers?

  • tomas
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What is the Stanford Bookstore Joke?

  • brum
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Undergrad Noise Calculation in Video Signals: Understanding Sqroot(2)

  • Rockazella
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Undergrad X / 0 = holding any major development up?

  • JSK333
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High School Longest Math Equation: What Is It?

  • einsteinian77
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High School Difference between any two odd numbers is even

  • Brad_Ad23
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Undergrad Shortest distance from point to Catmull-Rom spline

  • Lantz
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Want a New Smilie for Your Physics Forum?

  • Tyger
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Undergrad Would You Switch?: A Look at the Curtain Game

  • jeff
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Undergrad What Are Your Odds of Winning the Lottery with a 6-Digit Combination?

  • Saint
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Graduate Solve the Challenge: Prime Pair Sum Always Divisible by 12

  • Tyger
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High School What is the significance of zero?

  • Fx25
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Undergrad How to Calculate Pipe Oscillation Frequency with Conical Nozzle?

  • Graham C. Williams
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Graduate Proof the Godel's Incompleteness Theorem

  • newton1
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High School How to convert an exponent to binary number?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Is a 4-D Coordinate Plane Possible?

  • tomas
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Undergrad Hyperbolas equivalent of an ellipsis's minor axis?

  • Whitebread
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High School Pythagoras Theorem: 32 + 42 = 52?

  • hell18
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Undergrad Creating 500Ω Resistance with 12 600Ω Resistors

  • sheldon
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High School Simple proportion one that is a one to one function

  • dynamic998
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High School Simplest way of figuring out square roots?

  • RuroumiKenshin
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Creative License Plate Ideas: Keep it Free, Sciency or Mathy!

  • kyle_soule
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High School What the mathematical XOR function is

  • qwpoi
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Graduate Hurdles of laymann misunderstanding of mathematics.

  • Alexander
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Graduate The Hurdles to the Causal Mathematics Hypothesis

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