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MHB Why is the contraction constant important in the Banach contraction principle?
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MHB What Is the Relation Between \( x(n) \) and \( X(f) \) Given \( f = kn \)?
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MHB What is the relationship between $f$ and $X$?
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MHB Proving Uni.Conv. of Fn to F on (0,1): Questions & Answers
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Graduate General Understanding of Terms [ Complex Analysis ]
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MHB Contraction and contractive mapping
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Graduate Divergence theorem on non compact sets of R3
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Graduate Defining Integrals over R^R, R^N
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Graduate Finding Branch Points and Branches for Complex Functions
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Graduate How Can I Maximize a Functional with a Bounded Integral Constraint?
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MHB Limit of upper semicontinuous function
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MHB Decreasing nonnegative sequence and nonincreasing functions
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Graduate Why topology on a set is defined the way it is?
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Graduate Pochhammer contour over normal Riemann surface?
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MHB Meaning of Cosx - Contraction, Contractive, Nonexpansive or Lipschtzian?
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MHB Does This Lemma Prove All Continuous Functions Orthogonal to $C^2$ Are Zero?
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MHB Is Limsup of Upper Semicontinuous Function True? Help Needed
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Undergrad Why Does Setting m=0 Matter in Calculating Complex Numbers?
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Graduate Series and product development (Ahlfors)
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MHB Finding Complete Orthogonal Systems for Boundary Value Problems
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MHB Fixed Point Theory: Lipschitz or Contraction?
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Graduate Conformal Transformation: Fluid flow over surface waves
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Graduate Composition of a function with itself
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Graduate What kind of local topological "particles" can you get in R3?
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Undergrad Can Calculus/Analysis Help Determine Point Limits?
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MHB Can Linear Integral Operators Be Combined to Prove a Trivial Inequality?
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Graduate Which sequence acceleration method should I use?
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Undergrad Vector Space Basis: Clarifying Linear Independence
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Graduate Where to Find Challenging Complex Analysis Problems Online?
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MHB Can we get to the desired relation?
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MHB Understanding the Radius of Convergence of e^x and its Series Expansion
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MHB Prove Euler's Equation for Functional $J(y)$
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MHB Why do we deduce that the functional is continuous in respect to the other norm?
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MHB Finding a5 in an+1 Sequence Using a4 and 1/2
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Graduate How do I prove the existence of this norm?
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Graduate Derivatives and Linear transformations
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Graduate Understanding the Proof for Uniform Continuity on Compact Intervals
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Graduate Convergence of the sequence from Heron's method.
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Graduate How to know which surface represents equation Q (x,y,z) =0?
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MHB Solving Linear Integral Equation: Norm of Resolvent
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Graduate Can We Determine a Complex Function from Its Poles Alone?
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Graduate Can't understand a detail in paracompactness->normality
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Graduate Sensitivity to initial conditions
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Undergrad High Resolution Upper Division Undergrad Math lecture videos
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MHB Numerical Analysis: Project 01 | CPP
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Graduate Regarding the complex solutions of a torus
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Undergrad Complex analysis book recommendation for electrical engineering
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MHB Legendre Polynomial and Legendre Equation
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MHB Absolute Value of Complex Integral
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Graduate Completely regular space and the Dirac measure
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MHB Image of the upper half complex plane, under the function g(z) = exp(2 \pi i z).
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Graduate Complex Analysis: Use of Cauchy
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MHB Is the Triangle Inequality Applicable to Norms of Integral Operators?
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MHB Does the Series \(\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{5+n \cos n}{n^2+2^n}\) Converge?
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Graduate Complex Analysis: Contour Integral
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Graduate Complex analysis and vector fields
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Graduate Conformal Mapping: Sketch Regions & Find Mapping
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Graduate Need Help With Discontinuity Proof
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Graduate Multiplication of Path Classes and the Fundamental Group
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Graduate Covering Maps and Liftings - Munkres Theorem 54.4
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Graduate Torus - Singh, Example 2.2.5 - Baffled by certain aspects
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MHB Need help in understanding proof of continuity of monotone function
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Graduate Integrals of the function f(z) = e^(1/z) (complex analysis)
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MHB Square Root Solutions for Complex Numbers
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Graduate 2nd order pole while computing residue in a complex integral
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Graduate Is f(z) = e^(z^2) for all z in C?
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Graduate Path dependence (Complex Analysis)
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Graduate Proof: extremum has a semi definitie Hessian matrix
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Graduate Legendre polynomials in the reverse direction
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MHB When Does the Norm of the Sum Equal the Sum of Norms for Integral Operators?
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MHB Is f Integrable and What Is the Limit of the Riemann Sum?
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High School What Determines the Real and Imaginary Parts of a Complex Number?
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MHB Integral: Investigating Convergence II
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MHB Integral: Investigating Convergence I
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Undergrad List of ways to highly accurately solving a mixed equation
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Graduate Examples of 2-manifold homotopic but not homeomorphic
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Graduate What Is the Standard Name for This Theorem About Meromorphic Functions?
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Graduate What is meant when $\sigma$ is said to be discriminatory?
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MHB Norm of a linear integral operator
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Undergrad An Interesting Complex Number Problem
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MHB Finding an Infinite Binary Sequence with Average Frequency of 1's = p
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Graduate How Can a Positive Increasing Function Minimize a Cosine-Squared Integral?
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Graduate How Can We Quantify the Concept of 'Sameness' in Mathematics?
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MHB Working with Piecewise Functions
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Graduate Solve Gamelin's XIII.3 15: Infinite Product Meromorphicity
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MHB Showing that equality of complex numbers implies that they lie on the same ray
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MHB Uniform convergence of a complex power series on a compact set
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Graduate Understanding the Euler Formula and its Application in Complex Analysis
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MHB Mobius transformation satisfying certain properties
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Graduate How can I evaluate this infinite exponential series using a method I can learn?
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MHB Uniform Continuity and Cauchy Sequences
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Graduate Name of a concept in math analysis in English
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Graduate What is measure of numbers with certain property on [0,1]
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Graduate Usefulness of partition of unity?
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Graduate What Is Mary Boas' Theorem III About Analytic Functions and Taylor Series?
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Graduate Extension of measure on sigma-algebra
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Graduate Prove gamma (n+1/2) = (2npi^1/2)/(n4^n) by induction
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MHB Understanding the proof of a lemma concerning Stokes Theorem
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Graduate Unique Property of Convergent Series?
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Graduate Minimizing Aphi' + Bcos(phi) in [0,L] w/ phi(0)=0
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