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 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?

  • Math100
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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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Undergrad Anyone notice that the World Cup ball is a Pyritohedron?

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High School Question about this Lesson on Square Roots

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Undergrad Calculating the root of a number by hand

  • NODARman
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Challenge involving irrational number

  • anemone
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Graduate How should I write an account of prime numbers?

  • Math100
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How to Design an Engaging Cover for a Mathematics Paper?

  • curious mind 111
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High School A Simpler Way to Find the Shaded Area?

  • Saracen Rue
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High School Looking for context for a textbook quote

  • mcastillo356
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Undergrad Is the Ratio of Circumference to Radius of a Circle Always Irrational?

  • Trying2Learn
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Insights Intransitive Dice with a Twist - Comments

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High School Need some clarification to get dimensions for a volume

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High School A math puzzle aimed at 9 to 12 year olds

  • Jackamus
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High School Operator that returns unique number of binary matrix

  • Mayhem
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High School Udemy Quiz Question on Radians and Quadrants

  • Simone
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High School Finding all possible sums given 2 lists, matched one to one

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Undergrad What Mathematical Concepts Support Profits on MetaTrader?

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Undergrad Question about transfinite numbers

  • brianhurren
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High School Notation for infinite iteration

  • Ssnow
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Undergrad Milestones of a human lifetime on a log scale

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Undergrad Can an inverse function of a special cubic function be found?

  • phymath7
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High School Can a function have two fundamental periods?

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Undergrad Prove that the geometric mean is always the same

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Undergrad Fit Triples into Sixtuples in the best way?

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High School What geometry theorem is used in this figure?

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High School Golden Ratio in Collatz-like sequences

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High School What Are Basic Questions About Understanding Inequalities?

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Undergrad Is there any way to simplify my proof by induction?

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Undergrad How to Set Up Equations for a Shape with a String Constraint Around a Rectangle?

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Insights Classification of Mathematics by 42 Branches

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Undergrad Find an explicit formula for this n-sum problem

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Undergrad Is the Expanded Collatz Sequence Unique for Each k Value?

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High School Defining an operation such that ##1+2+3=123##

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Undergrad Given a triangle ABC, on which side of the triangle does the point D lie?

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Insights Counting to p-adic Calculus: All Number Systems That We Have

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Undergrad Trouble Solving an Equation that has square roots on both sides

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High School The Greatest Imaginary Mathematician of the 20th Century

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High School Trigonometric Identity involving sin()+cos()

  • erobz
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Graduate Equation system involving InverseDigamma(Digamma(a+1)-b*k)-1

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Graduate Is This a New Expression for the Beta Function?

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Undergrad Union of Prime Numbers & Non-Powers of Integers: Usage & Contexts

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High School Compensating for a bias - a simple geometry/algebra problem:

  • julian
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Insights Reduction of Order For Recursions

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High School Rabbit and Turtle Race: A Mathematical Analysis of Infinity and Probability

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Undergrad Are There Other Ways To Represent Vectors Besides Arrows?

  • mech-eng
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Undergrad Is this a proof of the Collatz Conjecture?

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Graduate Video: A Trip to Infinity (Sept 26, 2022 on Netflix)

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High School What is the link between proportion and multiplication?

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Undergrad Adding trig functions with different amplitudes

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High School Can a log have multiple bases?

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What is the meaning of FWHMP and Q in my lab data?

  • Logan Land
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Solving srirahulan's "trig fix"

  • Sudharaka
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How show that the points S, U and A are collinear?

  • maxkor
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Arithmetic progression question

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Advanced Problem-Solving Strategies

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Mathematics & Autism: Research & Insights

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Friction on a half pipe in the middle location

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Odds of being correct if choosing a question at random

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Probability and Operators in Quantum Mechanics

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Question about a rounded rectangle

  • Opalg
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Lachlan's question via email about the Bisection Method

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How Can I Create a Commission Curve in Crystal Reports?

  • andreasj
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Solving Cubic Equations using Origami

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What's the Logic of this Application using Math

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What are some useful math formula/reference sheets for different courses?

  • Chris L T521
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Looking for a good analytic geometry book

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What are the formulas of partnership in business?

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2^(57885161) - 1 is now the largest known prime number.

  • Chris L T521
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Physics problem of Man standing in a truckbed

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CraxyCat's Yahoo Answers Question

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Website with a list of Forgotten Books

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Finding Solutions for a Modulus Equation

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Common roots and finding real values

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High School Confusion about the angle between two vectors in a cross product

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High School English Translation of Italian Lecture Notes: Equations & Solutions

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How to find the area of this irregular quadrilateral?

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High School Was bored today and searched for a puzzle. Came across this one....

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Undergrad Uncovering the Mystery of Calorie Constants

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Undergrad What do applied mathematicians deal with?

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Undergrad Conflicting Conventions for Bernoulli Numbers?

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Undergrad Why is (a+b)/2 not recommended in the Bisection method?

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Insights I Know the Math Says so, but Is It Really True?

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Graduate Is Rayo's Number the Largest Finite Number?

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Graduate "1/2 = infinity, great is the glory.... "

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Undergrad Name of distance to nearest multiple of n function?

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