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Graduate What is a Complete Metric Space in Mathematics?
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Graduate Can Probability and Topology Combine for an Exciting Research Topic?
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Is the close interval A=[0,1] is compact?
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Graduate I'm trying to find all functions such that Re(f(z)) + Im(f(z)) = 0, or
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Graduate Discretized complex exponential
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Graduate Proof of Topology: Compact Subsets in Open Sets
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Undergrad Question about complex numbers
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Graduate Solving (-2)^(1/2) and (-2)^(1/sqrt(pi)): A Complex Analysis Approach
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Graduate Comparing Sets of Convergent Sequences and Series
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Undergrad Complex numbers an Pythagoras' theorem.
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Graduate So, what is the principal value of i^{3i}?
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Graduate How to abelianizing the fundamental group?
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Graduate How Can a Finite Set of Natural Numbers Be an Open Set in Topology?
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Undergrad Solve Complex Equation: Finding a and b from Known c and d
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Graduate Embedding Complex Matrices into Real Spaces
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Graduate R^2 and R^2 - {(0,0)} are not homeomorphic
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Undergrad Understanding Complex Numbers: A Visual Explanation
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Graduate Can the value of a function at a point of discontinuity vary among authors?
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Graduate Open set (differential equation)
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Graduate Relationship b/w Connectedness and Homeomorphisms
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Graduate Bounded Operators: Linearity & Inequality
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Graduate How to represent a fraction infinitely close to 1?
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Graduate Topological and Metric Properties
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Graduate Cauchy Sequences in General Topological Spaces
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Graduate Continuous functions that vanish at infinity
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Graduate Finite cartesian product of connected space is connected
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Graduate Topology and the Chinese Remainder Theorem?
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Graduate Prove Metric Theorem: (X,d) x B(x,δ) ⊆ B(x,ϵ)
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Graduate Help with Understanding Locally Compact Spaces & Subspaces
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Graduate .999 = 1, in descrete topology?
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Graduate Properties of Homeomorphisms between topological spaces
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Undergrad Raising Complex Numbers to Powers of Angles - What Happens?
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Graduate Topology Problem: Closure X Path-Connected?
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Graduate Simple question relating diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms.
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Graduate Differentiating a Linear Functional
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High School Complex numbers - parallel lines meet at infinity ? What does it mean?
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Graduate Question about a complex regarded as a topological space
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Graduate Non 2nd-countable, Hausdorff, differentiable n-manifold?
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Graduate Afraid to Manipulate Complex Numbers
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Graduate How Does Raising e^(2*pi*i) = 1 to the Power of 1/(2*pi*i) Work?
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Graduate A simple functional derivative
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Graduate Is accumulation point = adherent point in a closed set?
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Graduate Product Topology and Compactness
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Graduate Understanding Bases in Topology: Examining Subsets of Real Numbers
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Undergrad Simple but frustrating confusion on definition of bounded function
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Graduate Example of dense non surjective operator
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Graduate What Does It Mean for a Function to Have Compact Support?
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Graduate Questions about hyperreal numbers/functions
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Graduate Prove f(P) = 0 for Any Point P in the Plane | Putnam A1 Question Help
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Graduate Define Metric for Set of Reals in n Dimensions
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Graduate Why use a laurent series in complex analysis?
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Graduate Proving Bounded Open Sets Union of Disjoint Open Intervals
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Graduate What Connects the Natural Logarithm of i with Pi?
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Graduate Split-complex numbers and dual numbers
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Undergrad Is the equality \sqrt[n]{ab}= \sqrt[n]{a}\sqrt[n]{b} true for complex numbers?
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Graduate Neither of those is a real number, much less a positive real number.
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Graduate Hilbert Space Orthonormal Sets: Alternative to Rudin
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Graduate [Proof] Fourier Coefficients = zero => function zero
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Undergrad Understanding the Equivalence of 2.999... and 3 through Cauchy Sequences
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Graduate The Identity Crisis of i: Is i truly unique compared to -i?
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Undergrad How to eliminate imaginary parts of complex expression?
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Graduate Dynamic Programming Related Questions
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Graduate Can Achilles Catch the Tortoise Without the Continuum Property?
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Graduate Can you explain me how these equations were obtained?
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Graduate Interiors of sets in topological vector spaces
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Graduate How Do You Prove the Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem?
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Graduate Complex numbers representing Real numbers
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Graduate Are there imaginary numbers other than i?
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Undergrad Subtraction of real function from another
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Undergrad Extension of the Triangle Inequality
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Graduate Interpretation of Complex numbers - confused
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Undergrad What is the Meaning of Re(function)?
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Graduate Are Fourier transforms unique?
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Graduate Open set challenging question and mind-blogging conceptWelcome.
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Undergrad What are complex functions and how can they be graphed?
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Graduate What is the Locus of Roots in a Cubic Equation with Complex Numbers?
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Graduate Dividing both sides by a Dirac delta function - ok?
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Graduate Dedekind cuts & infinitesimals
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Graduate Help with nested intervals in Courant please
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Graduate What is in the distributional sense ?
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Graduate How can f(x, y) be defined on y=x for a continuous function?
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Graduate Cartesian product of R^n and R^m
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Graduate What do you think about Lang Textbooks?
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Graduate Reading Haaser-Sullivan's Real Analysis
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Graduate Is the equation z^z + 1 = 0 solvable?
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Graduate Rotating two different complex numbers
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Undergrad Graphical representation of complex roots to equations
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Graduate Reiman sphere mobius transforms and inverse square
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Graduate Does the Equation (e2Pi i)i = 1 Have a Geometric Meaning?
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Graduate Question about rectangles in R^n
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Graduate Rudin Theorem 1.14: Measurable Functions & Intuitive Understanding
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High School Is -i Equal to 1/i in Complex Numbers?
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Undergrad Functional analysis applications
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Graduate Trig identity in complex multiplication
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Graduate Is Re(f) and Im(f) always differentiable for complex functions?
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Graduate Cosine = Contraction? (Banach)
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Undergrad Complex numbers, solving polynomial, signs of i
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Graduate Smoothness of Fourier Transforms for Rapidly Decaying Functions
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Graduate Can Ln(-x) Ever Yield a Valid Solution Similar to Complex Numbers?
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Graduate What are Sobolev Spaces and why do they depend on dimension?
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