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 Triangulating Sound Sources Using Time Differences: A Numerical Approach

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Graduate Maximizing Sum of Weights w/ N Entities & M Constraints

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Graduate Collineations of an affine geometry

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Undergrad Book of Mathematical Tricks/Manipulations

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High School A book thread for general principals

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Undergrad Box sliding down multiple ramps

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Graduate What Books Should a Graduate Math Student Read Over Summer?

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Undergrad Can a Mathematical Formula Predict Missile Collision in Computer Games?

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High School Trouble with polynomial long division

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Velocity Time graphs: Find acceleration in the first 15 mins in km/h^2

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High School Proving congruent with Euclidean axioms

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High School The eight-queens chess puzzle and variations of it

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High School A problem involving the addition of two cubes

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Undergrad Infinity: Is it Completed or Contradictory?

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Km8,38 Find the value of \theta if it exists

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Solve Algebra Word Problem: Overpayment Amount of \$85.00

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High School Spatial Average of squared functions

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High School What Mathematical Concepts Are Needed to Understand a Jumping Ball in Space?

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High School Can 2x/3x Equal 2/3x Squared on a Graphing Calculator?

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High School Finding the range of an equation with domain restrictions?

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Undergrad How Does Scaling Affect the Coordinates of a Rectangle in the Plane?

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Undergrad Proof for Axes of an Ellipse - Analytical Geometry

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Undergrad Classification of figure from the general equation of conics

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Undergrad How are Letters Used in Mathematics?

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Graduate Nontrivial Diophantine Solutions

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High School Missing Solutions and non-reversible operations

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33. Express sin 4x in terms of sin x and cos x

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Why Aren't Splitting Patterns & Integrations for Red & Blue Protons Different?

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Circles in a square and diameter of the circle

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Graduate Terence tao's list of mathematical embarrassments

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High School Missing and Extraneous Solutions

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Graduate Applications of Ramsey's Theorem

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Graduate Comparing coefficients of polynomial congruences.

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Graduate Iterated Tangent Sequence: Calculating & Proving Solutions

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Undergrad Simplest algorithm for computing the resultant of a boolean expression?

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Singapore Ferris wheel with 30 minutes of revolution time

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Graduate What is the best method for finding integer solutions to a challenging function?

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Undergrad What Are the Connections Between Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry?

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Undergrad How many possible Sudoku boards are there?

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Graduate Multi-dimensional Chebyshev polynomials?

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Undergrad Need Help [Discrete math / Algorithms]

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High School DaVinci Code question - Fibonacci Series

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High School Triangulation Report: History, Math & Real World Apps

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Graduate Correctly combining two Quaternions

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Graduate Any Facts about Newton Polygons

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What should I say about elementary number theory?

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Undergrad What should I say about elementary number theory?

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Graduate Bézout's identity and Diophantine Equation

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Undergrad Understanding Splines: Solving with Tridiagonal Matrices

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Undergrad Calculator Inuts: DAL vs. RPN vs. CAS

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Undergrad Factoring multivariable polynomials

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High School Perfect practice makes perfect

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Undergrad Linear Interpolation to Find Z Value in Quadrilateral

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Finding Horizontal/Vertical Distance Between Two Points in Scratch 3.0

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High School Is this new multiplication method the key to faster quantum computers?

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Find area of a triangle in coordinate plane

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High School What is the Area of a Sierpinski Triangle?

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High School Understanding the Odd and Even Nature of sin(x^3)

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High School Best books/workbooks for high school math refresher

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Graduate How Do You Calculate Gyro Outputs from Aircraft Attitude and Movement Data?

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Undergrad The Experience Of Mathematical Confusion

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High School Compute # of Coins for Tray Inner Rim: Examples

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Undergrad Fun with graphs and calculators

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Undergrad Definition of Cartesian Coordinate System

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High School How can you do e.g. 756 x 675 mentally?

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Undergrad What is the Role of Direct Calculation in Planar Rotation Commutativity?

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Graduate What Book Should I Use to Learn This Kind of Math?

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Graduate Recursive sequence problem: proofs by mathematical induction

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Graduate Approaching an Inequality with 4 Variables: Advice & Solution Set

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็How to Solve the system of equation

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Undergrad How to solve equations using continued fractions?

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Graduate Fastest interpolation method for attitude quaternions?

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Graduate Intervals with Transcendental Outputs

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Graduate Book: History of Mathematics since the 20th Century

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Undergrad Cost allocation (allocate pay across places)

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Undergrad Mitigating Loss/Gain Asymmetry ?

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How to divide a circumference into equal parts, WITHOUT COMPASS?

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Rate Problem: How many minutes does it take 14 people to paint 14 walls?

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Prove (tan^2 t−1)/(sec^2 t)=(tan t−cot t)/(tan t+cot t)

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High School Correlation between shifting graph of a function and shifting the axes

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Undergrad Technique for solving numerical cryptograms?

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High School I need tips on Calculus: Graphical Numerical Algebraic Workbook?

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Graduate DFT: What is the physical meaning of the symmetry about the nyquist frequency?

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Graduate Solve Weedy Willie's Division Puzzle

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Graduate Invertible function y=f(x), x=f^(-1)(y) with two linear segments and smooth transition

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Graduate What you know about Math? - Math Rap

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Undergrad Height of liquid in a horizontal cylinder

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Undergrad Using Parametrics to Draw a Picture Advice

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Undergrad What is the origin of the term sine?

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High School What is the lateral area of a pyramid with given side length and heights?

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Undergrad Creating a Helix in Maya: A Simple Guide

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High School Why a negative times a negative is positive

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Graduate Can Mathematics Improve Strategy in the Game of Go?

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Graduate A problem on polynomial fitting

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Graduate Inequalities With Parity-Specific Domains

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Undergrad Help with moving emitter/receiver cutoff speed

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Graduate Proof involving pairs of prime numbers

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