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Graduate What is a D-domain and how is it used in AC machine systems?
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MHB The Smartest Triangles: Equilateral Triangles
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MHB 10 Photos That Definitively Prove Math Is Really Hard
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High School What is the hardest type of math and are there unsolved equations?
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MHB What is the radius of the circle inscribing a hexagon?
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MHB Yuri's questions at Yahoo Answers involving algebra
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Undergrad Reynolds Number and its Characteristic Length?
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Graduate Question about the Planck spaces and observable universe, .
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Undergrad How Many Five-Digit Numbers Have Ascending and Descending Patterns?
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High School Why Do We Use fg(x) Instead of f(g(x))?
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Why Did the Romans Neglect Mathematics for a Millennium?
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MHB Proving Inequality in Mathematics: Vacation Edition
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Undergrad How can one start to THINK IN NUMBERS?
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Undergrad Method to use all the numbers in a string to equal other number
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Graduate Imaginary prime number divisor
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Undergrad Is Mathematical Induction the Key to Understanding Finite and Infinite Concepts?
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Undergrad Equation of the line for a second order decay
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MHB Solve Exponential Eqn: $f(x)=\dfrac {4^x}{4^{x+2}}$
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Undergrad Find the least acceleration and least retardation?
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Graduate Causality and its maths, is it too general to be useful ?
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Undergrad What is a Clique in Graph Theory?
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MHB Trigonometry to Memorize and Trigonometry to Derive
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Undergrad Everything can be represented by ones and zero
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Undergrad Understand Coupling Coefficient k Between Two Wire Coils
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MHB Symmetric Graphs: f(x)=3^x and g(x)=(1/3)^x Explained
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Undergrad Looking for a simple generalization regarding absolute values
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Graduate Closed-Form for RD(f(n)): Finding k(n)
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High School When tan theta is -ve why did we assume that it's in the second quad?
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MHB Trying to resolve a trig identity
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Graduate Number infinitely close to one but not one
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High School Proving a^2 - b^2 = (a+b)(a-b) with Factorization
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MHB Solve Q5 Part II Maths Exam: Normal Reaction Force on C
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Graduate Can a larger base than three create a number greater than Graham's number?
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MHB How Many Digits Does 2^1000 Have?
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MHB Basic Algebra Question: A Diophantine Problem
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MHB Solve Worded Simultaneous Equations: Tips & Examples
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MHB Improving Interpretation of Percentages: Tips and Examples
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MHB What are the Values of a, b, and c in the Real Root Equation 8x^3-3x^2-3x-1=0?
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MHB What is the remainder when a_{2013} is divided by 7?
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MHB Calculating M and the Unit Digit of M^2003
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MHB Algebra practice exam questions
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Undergrad Can two different functions have an infinite number of solutions?
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MHB What is the first puzzle in MHB's puzzle contest?
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High School Word Problem Confusion: Am I Right or Nitpicky?
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High School If you take the number 7 out of the real number line, then
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Undergrad Elementary Number Theory Syllabus: Teaching Tips & Resources
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MHB Find the domain of the function.
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MHB Amazing Sequence: 444, 666, 999 - Rofl!
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MHB What to include on a first elementary number theory course?
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MHB Applying Trigonometric Functions
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Graduate Just Some Theorizing for Pi Enthusiasts
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Undergrad Why degrees are equal if polynomial are equal?
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MHB Is x² ≥ α(α-1) Given Certain Conditions for Non-negative Real Numbers?
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MHB Is Every Convex Combination of Elements in a Convex Set Also in the Set?
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High School Succeeding from no background in math?
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High School What makes an equation equivalent to another?
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High School Why (ax^2 + bx + c) = a(x-α)(x-β)?
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MHB Prove Polynomial Roots: a(b) of x^6+x^4+x^3-x^2-1
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High School How do I describe dividing fractions using pies
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Undergrad Solve Hard Math Riddle: Commuter & Wife Puzzle
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MHB How to Prove this Trigonometric Identity?
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Graduate Is it possible to transform infinite sums into infinite products?
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Graduate Prove , if x is a rational number , x ≠ 0 then , tan(x) is not rational
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MHB Solve a trigonometric equation
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Graduate I'm trying to come up with a good Ramsey Theory question (details)
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MHB What is the geometric progression with 4 and 5 digit terms?
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Graduate Can Every Integer n > 1 have at Least One Prime Number Between n+1 and n^2?
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MHB AM-GM inequality for sum of 3 square roots
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MHB Find the remainder when f(100) is divided by by 100
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High School How to remember which to graph first?
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MHB How to Solve a Quartic Polynomial with x^4+1=2x(x^2+1)?
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Undergrad How to calc sides of rectangle inside a rotated rectangle
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Undergrad Efficient Algorithm for Calculating (n^x)/d
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Undergrad Medical student interested in mathematics
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Graduate A function describing a tilted tube
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MHB Multiplication of Fractions (Destiny C Sweet's Question on Facebook)
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MHB What is the Maximum Value of k for the Given Inequality?
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Graduate Understanding Suitable Partitioning in Constructing New Number Systems
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High School Problem switching back and forth between the diffrerent arithmetics
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MHB Why Does Subtraction Become Addition in Composite Functions?
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MHB How do you define absolute value function on different intervals?
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Undergrad What is the total memory storage of the human genome?
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High School Pre-calc book for an international student?
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MHB Mind-Boggling Puzzle: Solve How Many Parts Each Worker Got
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Undergrad Equation rearrangement to solve for varialbe
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MHB What values of b give a common root for these equations?
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Graduate Cross product of complex vectors
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MHB Find f(1996): f(1)=1996, f(1)+f(2)+\cdots+f(n)=n^2f(n)
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MHB Prove A < B without Calculation Tools
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MHB Poly. in integer coeff. takes infinitely many integers to composites.
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Undergrad A mathematical formula for p mod q
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Undergrad Solving this system of linear equation.
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Undergrad Is (nearly) all mathematics addition?
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MHB No. of real roots of Quadratic equation
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MHB Simplifying an Expression (Heather Jean's Question from Facebook)
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Undergrad Lb/f to kn/m and not consistent
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MHB Show that a rational function under some constraint is actually a polynomial.
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High School What Are the Angles in an Equilateral Triangle?
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MHB What Ramanujan had, every one should have
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