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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
Graduate You can overfit anything with just one parameter
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Undergrad Finding the Summation Equivalent of a Product
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Undergrad Would the opposite of a perfect power be called a "root"?
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MHB Probability of winning dice game
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Undergrad Writing proofs that are more or less formal
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MHB Secant and Tangent Angles in Circles, finding an arc length.
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High School Are Prime Pairs Ending in 9 or 1 Derived from 20x2-1 Centred 10-Gonal Primes?
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Undergrad Why does the cross product operation adhere to the right-hand rule?
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MHB What is the Implication of a Formula in Propositional Calculus?
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MHB Show GCD of x,y,z is 1: Wave Hello!
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MHB How Many Ways Can You Convert an Explicit Function into an Implicit One?
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MHB Puzzle Game - How Many Combinations - How Long To Solve
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Undergrad What Is the Term for Increasing Angle Sides?
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MHB How to Solve a Vector Word Problem Involving Airplanes and Wind?
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MHB Create an Installment Plan for Mr. Budi's Annuity
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High School Find Perpendicular Forces Given 20 N at 60 Degrees
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High School Finding Radius from chord length and tangent distance
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Undergrad System to represent objects in Mathematics
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MHB How to Solve ∛(7+5√2) - ∛(5√2-7) for Junior Olympiad?
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High School Change in scales causing change in gradient?
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MHB Standard formula for solving simultaneous equations of the form ax + by + c = 0
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MHB Staff reduction rate from annualized to monthly rates
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MHB Solve V1=(V2-u)/(1-uV2/C2) for V2
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MHB Max Complex Matrices of Order $n$: $\lfloor n^2/4\rfloor + 1$
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MHB Thioester Isomer Count: ${C}_{4}{H}_{8}OS$ - 4 Possibilities
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Undergrad 2D Fourier transform orientation angle
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Undergrad Can Non-Linear Functions Be Converted to Linear Systems?
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Undergrad Any equation that fits in this shape? (variable concavity)
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MHB Population formula part 1: Birth
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Undergrad How do you integrate eqns with indices?
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MHB Solving the Initial Value Problem for a Wave Using the Forward Euler Method
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MHB What is the Limit of the Hankel Determinant in a Matrix Challenge Problem?
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Graduate Higher Order Operator Splitting Method
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Graduate Choices of Axiomatic and Number Systems / Sets and Alternatives
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Undergrad Coordinate systems in ##\mathbb{R}^2##
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Undergrad Prove that complete graphs are subgraphs
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Undergrad What Is the New Dimension in Complex Number Graphs?
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MHB How many transmitters are needed to secure a 3x4 castle arrangement?
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MHB Challenge problem #4 Is it possible for all n switches to be on at the end
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Undergrad Explanation for parity difference for # of simple graphs
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MHB [ASK] Find 1/(1)+1/(1+2)+1/(1+2+3)+…+1/(1+2+3+…+2009)
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MHB [ASK] Find 1/(1×2)+1/(2×3)+1/(3×4)+…+1/(2009×2010)
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Undergrad A nonlinear recurrence relation
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Graduate Calculating Distance from Hand Movements in Surgical Procedures
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Undergrad Understanding Proof of Uniqueness
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MHB Challenge problem Find k if x=k is tangent to the curve y=x+√(2).e^[(x+y)/√(2)]
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Undergrad Chaos like phenomena on a simple metric space?
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Undergrad Understanding a Graph Theory Proof
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High School Could someone verify how this simplifies?
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Undergrad Integer Cevians - Equilateral Triangles
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MHB Solve 2^3x+1=32: Find X Using Logs
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MHB Cobb-Douglas Production Function
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High School Something Fun I Stumbled Across
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MHB Proving Identities Using Axioms of Equality
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High School Optimizing Sum of Non-Abundant Numbers
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MHB Circumcircles Find a formula relating R,R_1,R_2.
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MHB Determine the values of f(6) and g(6)
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High School How to find a length of a "radius" not centered in a circle?
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Undergrad How Do I Find the Slope and Intercept of this Crystal Formation Experiment?
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MHB Help Needed: Vectors - Calculate Plane Velocity & Direction
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MHB Create an equation for the graph using the y = ae^(bx)cos(cx)
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High School Equations vs. Functions Quadratic and Cubic?
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MHB What are the axioms underlying the definition of sine?
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High School Fermat's little theorem proof?
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MHB Calculating Mark-up: Understanding % Increase in Price for Retailers
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High School Question about Georg Cantor's Diagonal
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Keeping track of different mathematical works
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MHB Why is Angle C Assumed to be Acute and What is the Value of Sin C in ∆ABC?
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High School How do you multiply percents on paper
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Undergrad What is the exponential decay equation for a bouncing ball?
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MHB Stuck solving a complex equation for T
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MHB Write 2.158 radians in terms of Pi
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MHB Find Roles Filled w/ Dale or Margaret: 65 Chars
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MHB Geometric Sequence find the 23rd term.
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Undergrad Differentiating vector dot product
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Undergrad Proof that 1 is an odd number using Peano Axioms of naturals
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MHB Challenge problem #2 Show that 5φ^2n+4(−1)^n is a perfect square
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MHB Calculating Your $10,000 Loan Payment
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MHB Solve the nth term for the following list: 1/2, 5/6, 1, 1 1/10
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Graduate How to Approach Solving a Complex Trigonometric Integral?
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High School Why Does a^2 + b^2 Have No Solution?
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MHB Finding Coordinates of Intersection in Parametric Forms
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Graduate New Discovery: τ - Maths on Facebook
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Mathematical Structure and Mathematical Space Hierarchies
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How to Write the Inverse of a Matrix Using Einstein Summation Notation?
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MHB Length of sides of right triangle with 1 angle and 1 side
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High School A question about Gauss' Theorem
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High School Doing proofs: Setting an expression as a variable
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MHB What is the smallest side length BC of triangle ABC with fixed angle and area?
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MHB Find C's Coordinates for Right Triangle ABC
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MHB Precalculus help --> cos2x=3/5 and 90<x<180
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MHB Construct the 99% confidence interval estimate
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High School Brushing Up Math Knowledge: Basic Trig Questions
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MHB Proving $\int_{0}^{\infty}{\tanh^2(t)\tanh(2t)\over t^2}\mathrm dt=2\ln 2$
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Undergrad Permutation of identical elements
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MHB Five, Phi and Pi in one integral = −5ϕπ
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MHB Solving for the Speed to Reach a Star 240 Light Years Away
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MHB Simplify a fractional expression
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