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MHB Finding Taylor Polynomial for tan(x) - Wondering
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Undergrad Interior and closure in non-Euclidean topology
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Undergrad Understanding the product topology
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MHB What is the derivative of the given function at all points where it exists?
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Graduate How to compute limit of removable singularity?
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Undergrad Metrics which generate topologies
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MHB Prove or disaprove the statements
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Undergrad Create algebraic function with finite power expansions?
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MHB How could we show that D is bounded and closed?
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Undergrad Constructing dimensions out of a graph structure?
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Undergrad Dense orbit and fixed point question
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Undergrad Simply-connected, complex, simple Lie groups
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Undergrad Do Dedekind cuts fill the gaps in the rational number line?
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Undergrad Does analysis form a bridge to geometry?
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MHB Finding Radius of Convergence for Series: n/2^n and 1/(4+(-1)^n)^3n
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Undergrad Etymology of "regular" and "normal" spaces
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Undergrad What chapters of Munkres Topology are essential?
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Graduate Handlebody and Knot composed of polygons
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Graduate Fundamental and Homology groups of Polygons
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Graduate Laplacian cylindrical coordinates
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MHB Is there a non-constant polynomial such that....
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Undergrad Prove -- The product of two compact spaces is compact
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Undergrad How can I prove that a sequence converges to a limit for every epsilon?
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Graduate Fourier transform and translational invariance
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MHB Limit of Sequence: Proving $b_0\in L(a_n)$ and Convergence Condition
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MHB Are These Limit Points, Limsup, and Liminf Correct for These Sequences?
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Graduate Ortogonality of two variable functions
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Undergrad N-spherical coordinate angle intervals
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Undergrad Complex Analysis Harmonic functions
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MHB Prove that f(x)=cos(narccos(x)) is polynomial
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MHB Are These Statements Equivalent to the Negation of a Bounded Sequence?
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Undergrad Limit of a product with bounded function
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Graduate Proof of expansion of a certain value
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MHB Prove that Q is not a finite set
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MHB How to Evaluate the Integral of z(z+1)cosh(1/z) Over a Unit Circle?
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Insights How to self study analysis. Part I: Intro analysis - Comments
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High School The rubber sheet analogy in Relativity
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MHB Is the Supremum of the Sum of Two Sets Equal to the Sum of their Suprema?
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MHB How do I complete this convergence proof?
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MHB Use the formal definition to prove that the following sequence diverges
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Undergrad Drawing a Continuous Symmetrical Grid on a Sphere's surface
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Undergrad Can a CW complex exist without being a Hausdorff space?
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Graduate Need help with peak deconvolution
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Can a Sphere Transform into a Donut?
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MHB Extreme points of L^p[0,1] on unit closed ball
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MHB Operator form of integro-differential equation
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Undergrad Completeness Property (and Monotone Sequence)
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MHB Test for Cauchy sequence (with limsup and log)
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Graduate What are the bounds of a ratio with a given set of numbers and variables?
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Undergrad Normed Vector Spaces and Topological Vector Spaces
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Undergrad Does Continuity of F Affect the Maximal Solution Theorem?
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MHB About showing a function : not unbounded on B
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Undergrad Magnetic field by infinite wire: convergence of integral
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Undergrad Limits of multivariable functions (uniform convergence)
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MHB Solve Fourier Transform: f(t)=sin(2πt)/t
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Undergrad Euler's Formula - Moving Particle Argument (Needham)
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Graduate What is meant by "locally like a simplical complex?"
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Graduate How can conformal mapping be used to convert curves between different maps?
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Undergrad A Question about Notation and Continuous Linear Functionals
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Undergrad Substitution in a Lebesgue integral
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Undergrad Boundedness and continuous functions
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Undergrad Is Compactness Necessary for Countable Objects?
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Undergrad Integral: magnetic field inside infinite cylindrical current
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Graduate Why Is Topology Essential for Understanding Manifolds in GR?
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Undergrad Heine-Borel Theorem shouldn't work for open intervals?
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MHB Sigma Algebra: Seeking Help on Closure & Countable Unions
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Undergrad Anybody here read Winfree "Geometry of Biological Time"?
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Undergrad N-dimensional Lebesgue measure: def. with Borel sets
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Undergrad Lebesgue measure under orthogonal transofrmation
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High School What is a clopen set and how can a set be both open and closed?
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Graduate Convergence of a cosine sequence in Banach space
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Graduate Concept of duality for projective spaces and manifolds
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Fourier Transform of a 2D Anisotropic Gaussian Function
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Graduate Why are conics indistinguishable in projective geometry?
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MHB Efficient Techniques for Solving Complex Integrals | Help with Definite Integral
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MHB Integrating by an other variable
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Undergrad General topology: Countability and separation axioms
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Graduate Can Gamma Functions Be Evaluated Analytically for Non-Integer Values?
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Graduate On embeddings of compact manifolds
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Undergrad Tiling Polygons: Can Any n-Sided Polygon Tile?
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Graduate Density of Irrational Numbers in [0;1]
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Undergrad Relaxed conditions for the density: Ampère's law still valid?
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MHB Using the Definition: Showing $u \in C^0 [0,1]$
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Undergrad Imaginary sinusoidal exponential
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MHB What is the limit of the difference of square roots of consecutive numbers?
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MHB Proving the Existence of Constants in a Summation Inequality
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MHB The function is 0 almost everywhere
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Undergrad Struggling with Moduli in Complex Numbers?
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Undergrad Triangulation of circle and disk in R2
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MHB So, the final answer would be 0. Is that correct?
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Undergrad Why the space X=(0,1) is (not sequentially) compact?
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MHB Proof of Fredholm-Volterra Equation Convergence
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Undergrad Physical implications from Vitali sets or Banach-Tarski?
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MHB Understanding the Integral in a Proof: A Closer Look at the Role of Supp and Chi
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MHB Can the Fourier Transform Prove the Fundamental Solution for a Heat Equation?
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Graduate A function whose integral is either 0 or 1
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Undergrad How Does Jackson's Use of Manifolds Enhance Understanding of Electrodynamics?
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MHB A whole function approximating polynomials
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Undergrad Cantor's intersection theorem (Apostol)
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