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Graduate Parameterizing the 3-sphere with three angles

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Undergrad The Weierstrass function's' odd qualities

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Undergrad The Set of Positive Integers - a Copy of the Natural Numbers

  • Math Amateur
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Undergrad Contradiction in Bloch's proof of well-ordering for natural numbers

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The Well-Ordering Principle for the Natural Numbers

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Bloch theorem 1.2.9: deriving a < a from a < b and a = b

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Bloch theorem 1.2.7: why G ⊆ ℕ before proving 1 ∈ G?

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Undergrad Properties of 'less than" and "less than or equals"

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Undergrad Addition/Multiplication of Natural Numbers - Bloch Th. 1.2.7

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High School How Does Group Orbit Theory Relate Torus and Cylinder Structures?

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Undergrad Proving [a,b] and ℝ are not homeomorphic

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Graduate Attaching Möbius strips to a torus by polygon labeling

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Undergrad Learning formal limit proofs without real analysis

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How to Avoid Extraneous Solutions in Solving Complex Equations

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Undergrad Differentiation under the integral in retarded potentials

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Complex Numbers - from Polar to Algebraic

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Undergrad How to show that a 4-polytope is a tiling of the 3-sphere

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Undergrad Is the Maximum of a Continuous Function Proven in This Content?

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Undergrad Solve Scalar Product Problem in Set R of Functions [0,1]

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Geometric Series with Complex Numbers

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High School Preferred directions on a torus?

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Polar Representation of a Complex Number

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High School Uniqueness of Analytic Functions

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Undergrad Solving Complex Integral Paths - Real Line Poles

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Drawing Complex Numbers on a Plane

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Undergrad The graph of sin inverse (sin x) after the domain of (- pi/2, pi/2)

  • esha
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Undergrad Laplacian of Retarded Potential: How to Derive the Equation Mathematically?

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Complex Numbers - Number of Solutions

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Complex Numbers - writing in polar form

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Undergrad Closed surfaces and closed curves

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Undergrad Integration of Legendre Polynomials with different arguments

  • Alan Sammarone
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Undergrad Difference between holomoprhic and analytic functions

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Undergrad Is it possible to prove that the circle is a manifold using open spheres?

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Undergrad Constant raised to complex numbers

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Graduate Half-face traversal on general polyhedra

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Undergrad Why is the branch cut on ℝ⁺ and not ℝ⁻ for √z?

  • Silviu
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High School Why choose one point over another for a Taylor series expansion

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Undergrad Understanding Isolated Singularities in the Residue Theorem

  • Silviu
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Undergrad Is the Unit Closed Disk Minus the Origin Homeomorphic to the Unit Circle?

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Undergrad Why is the Jordan curve theorem considered important if it seems obvious?

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Undergrad Identical zero function in the complex plane

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Undergrad Limitations of the Lebesgue Integral

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Solving x - √(x² - x) = √x for real x > 0

  • mathdad
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Undergrad Difference between complex and real analysis

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Undergrad Why is uniform convergence stronger than pointwise convergence?

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Undergrad Cauchy's Theorem: Understanding Complex Analysis

  • Silviu
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Undergrad Proof of Harmonic Function Infinitely Differentiable

  • Silviu
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Undergrad Boundary and homeomorphism

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Undergrad Why does the antiderivative formula give the same value for all paths?

  • Silviu
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Power series and uniform convergence.

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Undergrad Solving Ordinal Arithmetic: X Countably Compact but Not Compact

  • Gear300
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Proving expression is always positive

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Z²+bz+1=0, where |b|≤2. For which values of b do the following hold?

  • Stephen Safee
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Why do we have fast convergence?

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High School Dimension of subset containing two circles

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High School Stereographic projection and uneven scaling

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Undergrad Mapping double cover over a torus

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Graduate Dirac Delta and Residue Calculus

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Sine fourier series with period 1

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High School How Does the Unit Circle Relate to Euler's Formula in Complex Numbers?

  • MikeSv
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Undergrad Do these manifolds have a boundary?

  • davidge
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Cosine Fourier series for piecewise function with period 4

  • evinda
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High School Isn't the Riemann Hypothesis just a convention?

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How to prove such value for a derivative?

  • FallArk
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Undergrad Proving Urysohn's Lemma: Normal vs Perfectly Normal Spaces

  • Gear300
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Undergrad Is a game situation in chess topologically invariant?

  • moriheru
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Undergrad Dimension using box counting technique

  • transmini
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How Does Sobolev Space Boundedness Relate to Different Norms in $R^n$?

  • Danny2
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Need help, are these functions differentiable?

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Undergrad Why doesn't √-1×√-1 always equal 1 in complex numbers?

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Graduate Homology groups with points identified

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Does the ratio test work for the sum of n^10/2^n?

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Undergrad Can Complex Numbers Be Ordered?

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Undergrad Why does ln(-1) = πi equal πe^(iπ/2) in polar form?

  • rabualeez
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High School Why does sup|Pn(x) - f(x)| < ε imply uniform approximation?

  • feerrr
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Prove: f(x) = 0 has infinitely many solutions

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Direct proof for an integral and epsilon argument

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Finding real solutions to x - √(x² - x) = √x for x > 0

  • mathdad
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Real Analysis - Prove the Riemann Integral Converges

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Undergrad Wrong proofs of Riemann hypothesis

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The parameter λ in linear integral equations

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Real Analysis - Riemann Integral Proof

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Undergrad How to Prove the Partial Fraction Formula for Distinct Complex Numbers?

  • jostpuur
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How Do You Find the Limit of (e^x - 1) / Sin(x) as x Approaches 0?

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Graduate A pasting lemma counterexample (of sorts)

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Undergrad Definition of the root of -1 for different roots

  • Mr Davis 97
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Undergrad Why homotopic loops can't exist around a hole in an annulus

  • Silviu
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Graduate When is x^(-1)(C_1+C_2 ln x) in L^2(0,1)?

  • LagrangeEuler
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Graduate What Conditions Determine a Zero Measure Set in Fourier Transforms?

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Undergrad Proving Injectivity and Surjectivity: A Fundamental Concept in Function Theory

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Undergrad What does the notation {U_α | α ∈ I} mean in topology?

  • Silviu
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Undergrad Is there an on-line table of genus of algebraic functions?

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Undergrad How does the angle γ change under inversion in Euler angles?

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Undergrad Why does the boundary formula give empty set for (a,b)?

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Graduate What defines a large gauge transformation, really?

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Undergrad Difference between tensor and vector?

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Undergrad Difference Analysis and Calculus

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Undergrad What Does 'Canonical' Mean in a Mathematical Context?

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What is [2x] Notation? Continuity Question

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