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 a closed form solution?

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High School Inverse Functions: Why rewrite as y=f(x) ?

  • paulb203
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Undergrad What is meant by Newton's Rules, if A+B=C, A=C and B=C?

  • PLAGUE
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Undergrad Highschooler looking for math research/projects

  • vaibhavvenkat
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Undergrad 10^(1/10) is VERY close to 2^(1/3)

  • Juanda
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High School Circle tangent to two lines and another circle

  • Anachronist
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Graduate Are these two optimization problems equivalent?

  • haji-tos
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Undergrad Higher Dimensional Spheres viz. Cubes

  • Hornbein
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High School Negative radius convention equivalent but not equal?

  • nomadreid
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Undergrad Requesting constructive criticism for my paper

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High School Understanding the Relationship Between a Function and Its Inverse

  • brotherbobby
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Undergrad Alternating Harmonic Numbers are cool, spread the word!

  • mathhabibi
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High School Remainder when the dividend is less than the divisor

  • SHASHWAT PRATAP SING
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High School What went wrong with (-x)^2=x^2?

  • jeff einstein
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Insights The Lambert W Function in Finance

  • neilparker62
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Graduate Discussion on Astronomical Prime Numbers and Re-evaluating the Primali

  • Charles Kusniec
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High School Major Math Discoveries in 2023

  • jedishrfu
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High School Finding polynomials with given roots

  • Mashiro
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Is this a coincidence that this looks like a Gaussian?

  • GLD223
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Undergrad The infinite sequence of the digits of pi

  • Delta2
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High School Got these image puzzles at university and couldn't solve half of them

  • PraAnan
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Undergrad What does a lower case r mean over variables in an equation?

  • cryforhelp104
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Insights Why Division by Zero is a Bad Idea

  • fresh_42
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Undergrad What is the missing number in this number sequence pattern?

  • kardo
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Graduate Can You Find an English Translation of Klein's Protocols and Encyclopedia?

  • jonjacson
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High School Infinitely large times the infinitesimally small

  • user079622
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Undergrad I need to write a function for DPI screen scaling with parameters

  • chubbychub
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Undergrad How to establish which side of a square a ray will intersect?

  • CGandC
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High School More examples of equations that unexpectedly model nature in similar ways

  • syfry
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High School How does one draw a logarithmic scale?

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad Expressing any given point on plane with one unique number

  • Mashiro
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High School Validating Darts Tournament Skill Levels: A Non-Intrusive Approach

  • DaveC426913
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Graduate Do Mathematicians Have Modest Goals?

  • George Jones
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Undergrad Eccentric anomaly of ellipse-circle intersections

  • Marko7
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High School General explicit solution to polynomial interpolation

  • FranzS
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Undergrad Introducing integral in textbooks

  • Hill
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Undergrad Can the same argument be used for both radians and degrees in the sine function?

  • fog37
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Undergrad Statistics problem: Comparing written work with & w/out use of AI

  • TULC
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High School Is a Mobius Strip Truly a 2D Object in a 3D Space?

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Undergrad Integer Square Roots of P{0,1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9}

  • bob012345
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High School Why are the division rules for surds the way they are?

  • paulb203
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High School Looking for a specific periodic function

  • al4n
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High School Solving Simultaneous equations with cos() and sin()

  • Micheal_Leo
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Graduate Where in STEM can I expect to use dual basis, dual map, annihilator?

  • zenterix
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High School Inscribing a circle in an Oblique Square (Drafting)

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad Optimization problem with multiple outputs: impossible?

  • FranzS
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Undergrad How to Generate Cubes without Cubing: A Proof Method

  • Charles H
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High School Can you read my English on 4 colour theorem?

  • fenstip
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Undergrad Gradient descent algorithm and optimizers

  • fog37
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Undergrad Breakthrough in 3n+1 Problem: Collatz Conjecture

  • Martynov_M
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Undergrad Finding the equation of a curved line

  • LT72884
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Solve the Equation involving $4^{\sqrt{log_2 x}}$

  • anemone
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High School Complete the square, yes, but what does it mean?

  • mcastillo356
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High School Have I proved some part of Fermat's last theorem?

  • fenstip
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High School How to find an integer solution to a nonlinear equation?

  • al4n
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Solve the Puzzle: 4, 5, 14, 185, .... - Ray Salmon

  • karush
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Undergrad Need help understanding base-10 number format please

  • andrecoelho
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High School Would like some more knowledge about the product of functions

  • mcastillo356
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Undergrad 1-dim Penrose tiling = "musical sequence"? Why?

  • nomadreid
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Undergrad Adding 'z' to 2D graph equation

  • pairofstrings
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High School When is a polygon not a polygon?

  • paulb203
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High School Cool fact about number of digits in n!

  • Kyuubi
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Solving Quadratic Equations without CD: Better Direction?

  • karush
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High School How Can I Calculate Negative Multiplication Without Following Traditional Rules?

  • pyroclasticsoul
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Undergrad Traffic simulation : directed graph including specific rules

  • Guitz
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Undergrad Is e^pi a unique transcendental, or perhaps not transcendental?

  • cc math
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Undergrad Compilations of proofs of Euclid's Theorem on primes

  • DaTario
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High School Pattern inductive reasoning problem

  • Elmansi
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Undergrad Find Smallest Subtree of G w/ Nodes from S

  • Sneaky6666
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Graduate The abc conjecture and Virasoro algebra

  • mitchell porter
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Undergrad Preventing specific cases of digital signature forgery and repudiation

  • tade
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Graduate Another great mathematical problem: Quadrisection of a disc

  • Anixx
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Undergrad What is the name of the software company behind the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas?

  • Mark44
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Most commonly misspelled science and math words

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School A triangle problem: Prove that |AC|+|AB|=|PR|+|PQ| given some constraints

  • wrobel
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Undergrad Resource help for co-ordinate geometry

  • Mr X
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Will the Riemann hypothesis be solved by 2100?

  • donglepuss
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High School So many people are unable to do simple algebra

  • Charles Link
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High School Proof that pattern recognition is unending?

  • Feynstein100
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High School Dividing by infinity, exactly, finally!

  • jaketodd
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Undergrad Calculating Material Dimensions for a Semi-Circular Window Rainbow

  • CandiAnne
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Undergrad What are the Zeta Function and the Riemann Hypothesis?

  • PeaceMartian
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Undergrad Does 'rest' have a precise mathematical definition?

  • mathman
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Undergrad What type of mathematics did you find the most difficult?

  • sevensages
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High School Simple Combo/Permute calculation

  • DaveC426913
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High School Relation between Division and multiplication

  • mark2142
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Undergrad What Are the Benefits of Triangle Inequality in Mathematics?

  • MiddleEast
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High School Problem with simple inequality

  • dyn
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High School Defining handedness, right-left, or clockwise-counterclockwise

  • fagricipni
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Undergrad How to start with proving ##a^a + b^b > a^b + b^a##?

  • MevsEinstein
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Undergrad Solving simultaneous vector equations

  • whartung
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Graduate Margules' Power Series Formula: Deriving Coefficients

  • jinayb
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Undergrad Formula for credit card balance as a function of payments

  • barryj
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Undergrad Number System by Inuit School Kids now in Unicode

  • Tom.G
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Undergrad A doubt about the multiplicity of polynomials in two variables

  • V9999
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Exploring Mental Blocks in Mathematics: A Personal Perspective

  • expos4ever
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Undergrad Why is 1 not equal to 0 in this proof?

  • mark2142
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High School Invariant under rotation: Banal, obvious, or noteworthy?

  • Trysse
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High School Interesting Use Of Pigeonhole Principle

  • bhobba
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Undergrad What does f(t) Subscripted to g(t) Epsilon Mean?

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