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I Can you transform a countably infinite set to an uncountable one?
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I Need help understanding base-10 number format please
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B Is one out of infinity different from zero?
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B Would like some more knowledge about the product of functions
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I 1-dim Penrose tiling = "musical sequence"? Why?
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I Adding 'z' to 2D graph equation
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B When is a polygon not a polygon?
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B Cool fact about number of digits in n!
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MHB Solving Quadratic Equations without CD: Better Direction?
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B How Can I Calculate Negative Multiplication Without Following Traditional Rules?
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I Traffic simulation : directed graph including specific rules
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I Is e^pi a unique transcendental, or perhaps not transcendental?
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I How to prove that a scalar potential exists if the curl of the vector point function is zero?
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I Compilations of proofs of Euclid's Theorem on primes
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B Pattern inductive reasoning problem
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I Find Smallest Subtree of G w/ Nodes from S
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A The abc conjecture and Virasoro algebra
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I Preventing specific cases of digital signature forgery and repudiation
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What Is a Limit of a Function? A 5 Minute Introduction
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A Another great mathematical problem: Quadrisection of a disc
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A Why the triangle inequality is greater than the 2 max{f(x),g(x)}
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I What is the name of the software company behind the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas?
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A What are your insights on The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever?
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B A triangle problem: Prove that |AC|+|AB|=|PR|+|PQ| given some constraints
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I Finding the inverse tangent of a complex number
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A Even with a whimsical mathematical usage, solutions are obtained!
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I Resource help for co-ordinate geometry
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I Variant of Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff Formula
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I How can you represent a point by "z = x + iy" as shown here?
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B Proof that pattern recognition is unending?
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B Dividing by infinity, exactly, finally!
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I Infinite Series of Infinite Series
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I Calculating Material Dimensions for a Semi-Circular Window Rainbow
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I What are the Zeta Function and the Riemann Hypothesis?
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Does 'rest' have a precise mathematical definition?
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B Attempt to solve this system of three linear equations
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B Are there two kinds of inverse with respect to closure?
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I What Are Examples of Alternate Orderings in Mathematics?
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B Simple Combo/Permute calculation
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B What is the building block of maths?
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B Relation between Division and multiplication
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I What Are the Benefits of Triangle Inequality in Mathematics?
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I The answer is 15! What is the problem?
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A Editing in Freq domain and applying inverse FFT
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B Problem with simple inequality
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B Defining handedness, right-left, or clockwise-counterclockwise
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B Calculating 'Typical' Grade of a Hiking Trail
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B Is this a complex number at the second quadrant?
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I How to start with proving ##a^a + b^b > a^b + b^a##?
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B How to draw a plane intersecting a cylinder at a "compound angle"
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I Solving simultaneous vector equations
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A Margules' Power Series Formula: Deriving Coefficients
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I Formula for credit card balance as a function of payments
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A Finding Minimal Mean Distance Curves on the Unit Sphere
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I Number System by Inuit School Kids now in Unicode
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B Wolfram Alpha's Why the 2 i π n?
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I A doubt about the multiplicity of polynomials in two variables
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I Why Is the Integral Result 175/3 Instead of 45?
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Why is 1 not equal to 0 in this proof?
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B Arithmetic mean of an infinite number of points?
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B Luis A. Caffarelli, 2023 Abel Prize
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B Invariant under rotation: Banal, obvious, or noteworthy?
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B Interesting Use Of Pigeonhole Principle
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B How is the harmonic mean affected by additional data points?
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I What does f(t) Subscripted to g(t) Epsilon Mean?
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B Solve for ##c## for this rotated square
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I Quality of rational approximations
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B The Mandelbrot Set has a third dimension: the Bifurcation Diagram
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B Creating Log Tables: Briggs' 400-Year-Old Accomplishment
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I Prove that a triangle with lattice points cannot be equilateral
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I Solve Brainteaser: What's the Difference in Age Between Steve and Steveston?
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Vector Calculus in 1D: ± to Show Magnitude?
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I A question about Young's inequality and complex numbers
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B What is 2.2204460492503E-16 as odds?
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B Constructing a Line Segment Equal to a Circle's Circumference?
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I Best fit to an oscillating function
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I Can chatgpt accurately calculate expected lengths in Pascal's triangle?
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B Calculating the perfect tennis shot using vectors
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MHB Probabilities of certain events in a lucky wheel game
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A Determining rationality of real numbers represented by prime digit sequence
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A Converting this vector into polar form
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I Determine ## \beta ## as a function of ##\theta## linkage
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A Solve a nonlinear matrix equation
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Unimaginable Numbers: What is 1.36 x 10^495 times 20 Million?
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I Solving an equation with a parameter and a derivative
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I Is this the correct way to quantify these integers?
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A Question about the Poincaré conjecture
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I Properties of the Fourier transform
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I Solving Stat Mech Integral with Wolfram Alpha
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B Fourier Analysis on musical chords in different instruments
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A Finding Global Minima in Likelihood Functions
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B Question about this Lesson on Square Roots
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I Adjacent transpositions: question about definition
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I Calculating the root of a number by hand
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I Equivalence Question between when-then statement and if then statement
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MHB Challenge involving irrational number
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I Geodesic path in 2 dimensions?
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A How should I write an account of prime numbers?
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B A Simpler Way to Find the Shaded Area?
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B Looking for context for a textbook quote
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