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High School Can Irrational Numbers Ever Align in a Theoretical Game?

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Undergrad Understanding metric space definition through concrete examples

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Undergrad Why Are Topology Axioms Defined the Way They Are?

  • kent davidge
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The proof of the infinite geometric sum

  • cbarker1
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Help with topology and analysis questions

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Insights Hilbert Spaces And Their Relatives - Operators

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Undergrad Intuitive understanding of Euler's identity?

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Why does ker(f) = {0} imply f is injective?

  • Math Amateur
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High School Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization span property in Garling theorem 11.4.1

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Undergrad Can you prove a monotonic Cauchy sequence converges by checking consecutive differences?

  • FallenApple
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Span equality in Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization (Garling 11.4.1)

  • Math Amateur
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Proving the complex polarization formula for inner products

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Undergrad Proving the polarization formula for complex inner products

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Undergrad Is Munkres' topology exercise on product spaces false?

  • facenian
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Undergrad Triangle inequality for standard metric on C^d in Garling 11.1.5

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Linear transformation with row vectors in Junghenn chapter 9

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Undergrad Is this definition of second-countable topological spaces correct?

  • kent davidge
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Triangle inequality in standard metric on C^d

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How to Derive the Inequality on Page 36 in the Proof of Lemma 11.3?

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Row vs column vector notation in Junghenn Proposition 9.2.3

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Norm of a Linear Transformation: Proving Homogeneity From Definition - Peter

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Derivative vs differential in Junghenn Definition 9.1.3

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Derivative of a Real-Valued Function of Several Variables: Junghenn Defn 9.1.3

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Undergrad Norm of a linear transformation under scalar multiplication

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Undergrad Junghenn Theorem 9.2.1: applying Theorem 9.1.10 to complete proof of linearity

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Undergrad Proving |x_j| ≤ √(Σ|x_j|²) in Duistermaat-Kolk Lemma 1.1.7

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Why are norms needed in some limits but not others in Theorem 9.1.10?

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Undergrad Why norms appear in some lines of Theorem 9.1.10 but not others

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Proving |x_j| ≤ √(Σ|x_i|²) in Duistermaat-Kolk Lemma 1.1.7

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Undergrad Derivative vs differential in multivariable analysis

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How Do Cauchy's Estimates Apply to Analytic Functions Within Unit Discs?

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Undergrad How to prove f'(a) exists in ℝⁿ from the derivative definition

  • Math Amateur
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High School Is the Explanation of Compactness in [0,1] and (0,1) Accurate?

  • BWV
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Graduate Homology calculation using Mayer-Vietoris sequence

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Hadamard lemma: why φₐ(x)y formula implies f(x) = f(a) + φₐ(x)(x-a)

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Inequalities for vector-valued function derivatives in Junghenn 9.1.2

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Show the following sequence as a monotone increasing

  • cbarker1
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Inequalities in Junghenn's proof of proposition 9.1.2 on vector derivatives

  • Math Amateur
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Prove this proposition 2.1.13 in Induction to Real Analysis by Jiri Lebel

  • cbarker1
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Directional derivatives and Jacobian notation in Duistermaat and Kolk

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Undergrad Notation for directional derivatives in Duistermaat and Kolk

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Undergrad Directional derivative notation in Duistermaat and Kolk

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Undergrad Homeomorphisms and ##\mathbb{R}##

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Undergrad Proposition 2.3.2: deriving partial derivatives from the differential

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Proving assertion (i) from formula (2.11) in D&K Proposition 2.3.2

  • Math Amateur
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Continuity of φₐ in Duistermaat-Kolk Lemma 2.2.7 (Hadamard)

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Proposition 2.2.9 in Duistermaat and Kolk's multivariable analysis

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Undergrad Proposition 2.3.2 in Duistermaat and Kolk's multivariable analysis

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Undergrad Why is the subgroup H not a Lie Group under the Subspace Topology?

  • kent davidge
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Undergrad Dense set equivalent definitions

  • HAT
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Undergrad Differential and derivative in Kantorovitz's definition

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Hadamard's lemma and continuity of φₐ at a

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Undergrad Hadamard lemma: from φₐ(x)y formula to f(x) = f(a) + φₐ(x)(x - a)

  • Math Amateur
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Why can't real numbers satisfy this absolute value equation?

  • mathdad
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How does Lemma 1.1.7 (iv) imply Proposition 2.2.9?

  • Math Amateur
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Why is the remainder term zero for linear maps in D&K 2.2.5?

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Undergrad Why is the remainder term zero for linear maps in D&K example 2.2.5?

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Limit of φ₀(h)/‖h‖ in Kantorovitz example 4

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Undergrad Kantorovitz Example 4: limit of φ₀(h)/‖h‖ as h→0

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Kantorovitz's definition of differential for multivariable functions

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Undergrad Differential for Real Valued Functions of Several Variables

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Solving Kantorovitz' Example 3 on Real Valued Functions of Several Variables

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Undergrad Partial derivative definition applied to equation (2.3) in Kantorovitz

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Undergrad Proving f(x + h) - f(x) = Σ[F_j(h_j) - F_j(0)] in Kantorovitz

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Turning the square into a circle

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How does Lemma 2.2.3 Demonstrate the Uniqueness of the Derivative?

  • Math Amateur
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Differentiability of mappings from R^n to R^p .... .... D&K Defn 2.2.2 ....

  • Math Amateur
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Why call a line through x in direction u an axis

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Graduate Homology groups of R^3 minus a tubular neighborhood of a knot

  • PsychonautQQ
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Proving implication (ii) ⟹ (iii) in Duistermaat-Kolk prop. 2.2.1

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Why are the sets in the D&K proof of Heine-Borel open?

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Can Complex Equations Break the Bounds of the Unit Circle?

  • ADDA
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Undergrad Importance of Archimedean Property and Density of Rationals

  • Mr Davis 97
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Show that a sequence is bounded, monotone, using The Convergence Theorem

  • cbarker1
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Why does a point in an open ball imply the complement is open?

  • Math Amateur
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Continuity of Euclidean norm in Duistermaat-Kolk Theorem 1.8.15

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Linear mappings are Lipschitz continuous

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Proving the Euclidean norm is Lipschitz continuous

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Reference request - Measure theory

  • Joppy
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Undergrad Why do we need to use causality arguments in the Landau damping problem?

  • TheCanadian
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Norm bounds for inverses in Duistermaat-Kolk 1.8.12

  • Math Amateur
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Equivalence of all norms on R^n in Duistermaat-Kolk

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Does Lipschitz continuity imply uniform continuity in R^n?

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Why does the supremum of f(K) belong to f(K) in D&K Theorem 1.8.8?

  • Math Amateur
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Closed sets in V: reconciling proposition 1.2.17 with definition 1.2.16

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Prove the Following is True About the Complex Function f(z) = e^1/z

  • Deanmark
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Proving D&K Proposition 1.2.17(i) on open and closed sets in V

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Compactness of closed ball in proper mapping theorem (D&K 1.8.6)

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Existence of convergent sequences in proper mappings (Duistermaat-Kolk 1.8.6)

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Compact sets and closed sets characterization in Duistermaat-Kolk

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Negating unboundedness and proving non-compactness in D&K Theorem 1.8.4

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Why does a Cauchy sequence converge if a subsequence does?

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Does Laczkovich-Sos theorem 5.2 have an equivalent in R^n?

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Theorem 11.15: coordinate-wise convergence in R^n

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Undergrad Equidistance of Points in a Sphere?

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Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem: supremum argument in D&K 1.6.2

  • Math Amateur
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Orthogonal projection in Duistermaat and Kolk example 1.5.3

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