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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
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High School Division by Zero: Is it Defined?
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High School Partial Fraction Decomposition - "Telescoping sum"
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MHB Make x the subject of 2x/5-3b/4=x+5
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MHB Prove Inequality: $f(x)$ Continuous Positive $\int_{0}^{1}$
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Undergrad Verifying Equality: \mathcal{Im}[A+B+Te^{2ip}]=0
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High School Expressing Velocity in Vector Form
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MHB J1.1.6 Suppose a and b are integers that divide the integer c
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High School Angle between resultant and vector
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MHB System of Equation Challenge (a+b)(b+c)=-1
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MHB Why Can't a Right Triangle Have Sides that Add Up to the Area of Squares?
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Undergrad Gabriel's Horn, Inside vs. Outside Surface area
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MHB What was the volume of mango drink in each glass?
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MHB Find the total number of marbles that Ahmad and Weiming have in terms of x.
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MHB Number of students in a class at first
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MHB Is the definite integral ∫ [arcsin(1/x)-1/x]of indeterminate form?
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MHB Find the smallest possible value 1-1/(n_1)-1/(n_2)-1/(n_3)
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Undergrad Understanding the concept of infinity
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MHB Can you calculate the total mass of three parcels at a post office?
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MHB How Many Times Do I Have To Increase by 3%?
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MHB How many girls were there in the class?
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MHB Find the total sum of money shared by the three girls.
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MHB There are z red marbles. How many green marbles are there?
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MHB Find the number of stickers Ann had at first in terms of y.
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MHB Hermite Function: Writing x^2r in Polynomial Form
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Undergrad Exponential of hypercomplex numbers
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High School Can You Solve an Equation with a Modulus?
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MHB Bessel Function: a^2-b^2 Integral Relationship
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MHB Age word problem: when john is 12 years old, how old is his mother?
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MHB How Much Does the Bag Cost in This Math Problem?
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MHB Solve cos 6x=(1/2) for principal values in degree
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High School How Fast Should I Teach Myself Algebra?
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MHB Calculating Sweets & Stamps: How Many Did Raju & John Receive?
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Undergrad Explore Math & Theories Behind 2=-2
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MHB 411.1.3.15 Prove A\cap(B/C)=(A\cap B)/(A\cap C)
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MHB How does the Bessel Function Expansion relate to J_{0}(u+v)?
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Undergrad General formula for a sequence of numbers
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MHB Find Polynomial Given Remainder After Division
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High School Mathematics in Africa is on the rise.
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MHB How do g(x,t) and J_n(x) relate to the identity involving Bessel functions?
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MHB 'Old' math texts for primary education
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What is mathematical induction
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MHB Find Angles of Spherical Triangle $\mathcal{P}$
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MHB Figuring Out the Value of N: Jack & John's CWS Challenge
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Undergrad Explanation for the hyperbolic array of light rays.
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MHB Solving Uncertainties: Explaining My Mistakes
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High School Please help me, I do not understand this sentence in vector mathematics
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MHB Numerics on wild oscillating functions
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MHB The cofactors of elements for every determinant
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Mathematical inequality measures for the social sciences
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High School Does undefined always mean infinity?
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MHB Proving Shortest Distance Between 3 Points on a Circle
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Undergrad Enumerating integers n s.t. 36 | 48n
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MHB Where to Find Code for Computing Roots of Generalized Laguerre Polynomials?
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MHB Find the sum of a^(1/3)+b^(1/3)+c^(1/3)
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High School Can elementary matrix operations change the solutions to a system of equations?
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High School Can Linear Systems of Equations Have More Than Three Solutions?
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Undergrad On the Coriolis Forcing vector and its Matrix
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Binary Representation: Log or Ln?
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Undergrad Proof that cube roots of 2 and 3 are irrational
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High School Question about a Logarithmic Property
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MHB Stats question on premiership goals
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Undergrad How to think about x/x, or (x-1)/(x-1) etc.
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MHB City Population Growth: A Unique Algebra Problem
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High School Why is pH a negative logarithm?
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Undergrad Is there a resource which is good questions on quadratic
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Undergrad Philosophy of Math: Interesting Leads & Ideas
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Undergrad How to introduce quadratic residues?
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MHB Pr of exactly one dice showing 2
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High School Competitive math players -- How do they solve so fast?
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High School Using competitive math question books for learning math?
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MHB Simple closed form for integral
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High School How Tall is the Tower in This Classic 1957 Math Problem?
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Undergrad Largest sphere in the space between dense packed spheres
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Undergrad What is the Cheapest Route to Visit 6 Destinations in Tokyo?
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MHB Sum and product of roots of quadratic equation
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Undergrad What math topics should one master for first year physics?
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Graduate The Last Occurrence of any Greatest Prime Factor
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Graduate Spline interpolation degree question
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Undergrad More elegant way to solve divergence of arbitrary dotproduct
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MHB How to Understand the Ratio of Quadratic Roots?
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High School Understanding of the maths you're doing
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MHB How Do Vieta's Formulas Apply to Cubic Polynomial Roots?
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Undergrad Open source software for integer programming
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Graduate An interesting infinite series
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MHB Using quadratic zeroes to find value of parameter
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MHB Jason's calculus questions
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Seeking a reasonable mathematical explanation to a simple mathematical conundrum
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High School What is the connection between x^2 and a square shape?
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High School Question about Compound Interest Formula
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MHB Factorisation of a^2(b^3−c^3)+b^2(c^3−a^3)+c^2(a^3−b^3)
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High School Parametric Equations- Ball travel
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Undergrad What is the term for a set of loci that are the same?
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MHB Tricky Logic Puzzle with 26 Variables
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Undergrad Two-dimensional vector representation
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High School Purpose of coefficients in a equation or expression?
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Undergrad F(x, y) describing a distorted 3D Gaussian bell
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Undergrad What Does Normalization Achieve in Montgomery's Pair Correlation Conjecture?
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MHB Riemanns Sum Problem: Find the exact volume
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