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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
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High School Finding polynomials with given roots
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Is this a coincidence that this looks like a Gaussian?
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Undergrad The infinite sequence of the digits of pi
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High School Got these image puzzles at university and couldn't solve half of them
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Undergrad What does a lower case r mean over variables in an equation?
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Insights Why Division by Zero is a Bad Idea
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Undergrad What is the missing number in this number sequence pattern?
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Graduate Can You Find an English Translation of Klein's Protocols and Encyclopedia?
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High School Infinitely large times the infinitesimally small
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Undergrad I need to write a function for DPI screen scaling with parameters
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Undergrad How to establish which side of a square a ray will intersect?
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High School More examples of equations that unexpectedly model nature in similar ways
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High School How does one draw a logarithmic scale?
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Undergrad Expressing any given point on plane with one unique number
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High School Validating Darts Tournament Skill Levels: A Non-Intrusive Approach
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Graduate Do Mathematicians Have Modest Goals?
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Undergrad Eccentric anomaly of ellipse-circle intersections
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High School General explicit solution to polynomial interpolation
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Undergrad Introducing integral in textbooks
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Undergrad Can the same argument be used for both radians and degrees in the sine function?
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Undergrad Statistics problem: Comparing written work with & w/out use of AI
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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}
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High School Why are the division rules for surds the way they are?
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High School Looking for a specific periodic function
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High School Solving Simultaneous equations with cos() and sin()
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Graduate Where in STEM can I expect to use dual basis, dual map, annihilator?
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High School Inscribing a circle in an Oblique Square (Drafting)
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Undergrad Optimization problem with multiple outputs: impossible?
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Undergrad How to Generate Cubes without Cubing: A Proof Method
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High School Can you read my English on 4 colour theorem?
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Undergrad Gradient descent algorithm and optimizers
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Undergrad Breakthrough in 3n+1 Problem: Collatz Conjecture
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Undergrad Finding the equation of a curved line
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MHB Solve the Equation involving $4^{\sqrt{log_2 x}}$
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High School Complete the square, yes, but what does it mean?
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High School Have I proved some part of Fermat's last theorem?
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High School How to find an integer solution to a nonlinear equation?
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MHB Solve the Puzzle: 4, 5, 14, 185, .... - Ray Salmon
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Undergrad Need help understanding base-10 number format please
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High School Would like some more knowledge about the product of functions
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Undergrad 1-dim Penrose tiling = "musical sequence"? Why?
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Undergrad Adding 'z' to 2D graph equation
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High School When is a polygon not a polygon?
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High School Cool fact about number of digits in n!
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MHB Solving Quadratic Equations without CD: Better Direction?
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High School How Can I Calculate Negative Multiplication Without Following Traditional Rules?
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Undergrad Traffic simulation : directed graph including specific rules
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Undergrad Is e^pi a unique transcendental, or perhaps not transcendental?
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Undergrad Compilations of proofs of Euclid's Theorem on primes
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High School Pattern inductive reasoning problem
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Undergrad Find Smallest Subtree of G w/ Nodes from S
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Graduate The abc conjecture and Virasoro algebra
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Undergrad Preventing specific cases of digital signature forgery and repudiation
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Graduate Another great mathematical problem: Quadrisection of a disc
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Undergrad What is the name of the software company behind the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas?
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Most commonly misspelled science and math words
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High School A triangle problem: Prove that |AC|+|AB|=|PR|+|PQ| given some constraints
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Undergrad Resource help for co-ordinate geometry
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Will the Riemann hypothesis be solved by 2100?
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High School So many people are unable to do simple algebra
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High School Proof that pattern recognition is unending?
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High School Dividing by infinity, exactly, finally!
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Undergrad Calculating Material Dimensions for a Semi-Circular Window Rainbow
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Undergrad What are the Zeta Function and the Riemann Hypothesis?
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Undergrad Does 'rest' have a precise mathematical definition?
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Undergrad What type of mathematics did you find the most difficult?
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High School Simple Combo/Permute calculation
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High School Relation between Division and multiplication
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Undergrad What Are the Benefits of Triangle Inequality in Mathematics?
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High School Problem with simple inequality
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High School Defining handedness, right-left, or clockwise-counterclockwise
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Undergrad How to start with proving ##a^a + b^b > a^b + b^a##?
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Undergrad Solving simultaneous vector equations
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Graduate Margules' Power Series Formula: Deriving Coefficients
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Undergrad Formula for credit card balance as a function of payments
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Undergrad Number System by Inuit School Kids now in Unicode
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Undergrad A doubt about the multiplicity of polynomials in two variables
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Exploring Mental Blocks in Mathematics: A Personal Perspective
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Undergrad Why is 1 not equal to 0 in this proof?
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High School Invariant under rotation: Banal, obvious, or noteworthy?
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High School Interesting Use Of Pigeonhole Principle
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Undergrad What does f(t) Subscripted to g(t) Epsilon Mean?
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High School Solve for ##c## for this rotated square
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Undergrad Quality of rational approximations
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High School The Mandelbrot Set has a third dimension: the Bifurcation Diagram
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Graduate Exactly what is considered to be a mathematician?
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High School Creating Log Tables: Briggs' 400-Year-Old Accomplishment
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Undergrad Prove that a triangle with lattice points cannot be equilateral
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Undergrad Solve Brainteaser: What's the Difference in Age Between Steve and Steveston?
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Undergrad A question about Young's inequality and complex numbers
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High School What is 2.2204460492503E-16 as odds?
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High School Constructing a Line Segment Equal to a Circle's Circumference?
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My Friend's Math Talent: A Story of Amazement
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Graduate Determining rationality of real numbers represented by prime digit sequence
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Graduate Converting this vector into polar form
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Undergrad Determine ## \beta ## as a function of ##\theta## linkage
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Undergrad Unimaginable Numbers: What is 1.36 x 10^495 times 20 Million?
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High School Fourier Analysis on musical chords in different instruments
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