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Graduate Derangements and Contour Integrals?

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Graduate Is this method for exchanging symmetric key using RSA sound?

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Graduate Closed form for (in)finite sums

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Graduate Claimed Proof of ABC Conjecture in Number Theory

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Graduate Interesting graph theory problem

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Graduate Help with shared constraints (game theory)

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Graduate Intersection of straight line with (lagrange) polynomial

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Undergrad Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)

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Graduate Is the Collatz Conjecture's Behavior Predicted by Binary Representations?

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Graduate Trigonometric interpolation of a sampled signal

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Undergrad Modular Multiplication: How to Efficiently Calculate (a * b) mod c in C/C++?

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Undergrad Base 2 odd numbers and their mirror image values

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Undergrad How Do You Convert Milliseconds to 8.68 Microsecond Units for RPM Calculations?

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Undergrad What is a line (coordinate geometry)

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School What is a Parabola? A 5 Minute Introduction

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School What is the quadratic equation

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate What is the history of quadratic reciprocity and its symbols?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Reformulating a simple cost function - combining 2 variables

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Graduate What Defines a Perfect Number?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School What is the equation of a circle

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Eccentricity: Definition, Summary & Equations

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School What is the distance between two points

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate What Are Conic Sections and How Are They Defined?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate What Is the Point of Finding the Relative Error in a Vector?

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Undergrad What is Cartesian Coordinates & Formulas?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate Fourier expansion of boolean functions

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Graduate Special Functions and Polynomials

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Graduate How can a DCT help identify the obvious frequency of a discrete wave?

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Graduate A filter with a narrower-than-Fourier Transform passband?

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High School What are trigonometric identities

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Prime number distribution and hit in a carrom game

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Graduate 0-1 kNapsack problem FPTAS algorithm

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Graduate Proving Mobius Behaving Pair with Möbius Function μ(n)

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Graduate Basic Math Problem of the Week 9/21/2017

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Graduate Intermediate Math Problem of the Week 10/25/2017

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Graduate Convex Optimization Without Slater Condition

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Graduate What is Fermat's little theorem

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Solve Sticky Spitballs Art Puzzle: Bob, Cal, Don & Baum

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Solving Cubic Root Algebra: Don't Know the Steps

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Logarithm Identity: Prove Loga(1/x)=log1/x(a)

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Undergrad Solving this Equation that Wolfram Alpha doesn't compute....

  • kajakkajak
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[ASK] Proof of Some Quadratic Functions

  • Monoxdifly
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Prove q((p^2)-1)=2: Struggling to Crack the Math Problem

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Seeking a specific formula to allow for materials shrinkage

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Time for truck to go down ramp and reach point B

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Order Matters: Intro to Pure Mathematics Module

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Prove the inequality (a^3-c^3)/3≥abc((a-b)/c+(b-c)/a)

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High School Can Negative Numbers Be in the Domain of the Square Root Function?

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Insights A Pure Hamiltonian Proof of the Maupertuis Principle - Comments

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Show that a^(2n)≡1 (mod 2^(n+2))

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How to Pronounce A' in Transformations | ASK

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Undergrad Who is Right: Backward Difference Table or Forward Difference Table?

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High School Is 1*0 Truly Equal to 0 in Physical Reality?

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High School Is Implicit Function Theorem Useful in Optimal Control Theory?

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What is the positive integer $n$ with a special property?

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Area of Triangle ABC: Find the Solution

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Prove the binomial identity ∑(-1)^j(n choose j)=0

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Undergrad Discrete Optimization Problem?

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Use Variables to Create Function

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Undergrad Is a Vertical Line the Correct Depiction for this Equation?

  • NATE MATE
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Undergrad Why is Graham's number a factor of 3?

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Parallelogram with diagonals. Need to find the area (S).

  • STS
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Is Karen Uhlenbeck the First Woman to Win the Abel Prize?

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Undergrad Chord Length: A Mathematical Observation

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High School Is 0.999... really equal to 1? Examining the proof.

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Undergrad Polynomial of finite degree actually infinite degree?

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Is Tan(cos2x) equal to tan(2 cos^-1(x))?

  • Elissa89
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Solving Cubic Equation: x^3 - kx + (k + 11) = 0

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Undergrad Wallis' Formula and Quantum Mechanics

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Find Common Difference of A.P. Given G.P. & Logarithms

  • WMDhamnekar
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Questions on Pell's & Non-Linear Diophantine Equations UG Level

  • matqkks
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High School Why is x2 . y2 not equal to (x-y) (x+y)?

  • Atqiya
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Ratio word problem: What fraction of the original counters remain in the bag

  • Jessica15
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Graduate Diophantine Equation with no solutions

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High School Is Zero Divided by Zero Equal to One?

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Determine all real x in x^n+x^(-n)

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Undergrad Absorption of Radiation: Calculating Sphere Area

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High School What does this mysterious formula found in a financial institution mean?

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Number of Possible Sums with 1-15 Cards

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Ordered pair (x,y): x choose y = 2020

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Graduate How is mathematics related to creativity?

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Proving Addition/Subtraction Formulas - Tan(x-y)+Tan(y-z)+Tan(z-x)

  • Elissa89
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Graph the function y=-1/2[cos(x+pi)+cos(x-pi)] and make a conjecture

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Express in terms of sine function of f(x)=sinx+cosx

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Undergrad Periodic potential V(x) -- how can I show that the period is d?

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Four Capacitors: What is the charge on C4

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[ASK] Exponents and Roots Simplification problem

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Undergrad All partitions of 10 into size 6

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Undergrad Line count in a simple program

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Question: What is the value of ⌊ 2020/(1+2+3+...+2019)⌋?

  • juantheron
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What Do These Numbers Represent?

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Graph of P(x) Under |y| Transformations: a & b

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Finding the impedance in rectangular and polar form

  • MFletch
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Evaluate ⌊ 1/a_1+1/a_2+....+1/a_{2008} ⌋

  • juantheron
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High School Do you visualize equations abstracly when doing math?

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Binomial Sum \displaystyle \sum^{n}_{k=0}\binom{n+k}{k}\cdot \frac{1}{2^k}

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Challenge Problem #6: Prove tan 18°=√(1-2/√5)

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