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    Can The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus Really Simplify Learning Calculus?

    I am studying calculus, real analysis, and abstract algebra. Sometimes while solving problems in books such as Apostol's calculus I get stuck because I need to refresh my preliminaries. The preliminaries I am referring to include: 1)inequalities involved summation upto n terms...
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    Compact set contained in open set?

    You could also try out the Lebesgue's number lemma . But I think you will have to prove that lemma for sake of completion. Of course , proof is available online and using the Lemma almost solves the question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebesgue's_number_lemma
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    Graduate Understanding the Open Set: Definition & Examples

    Try Topology by James Munkres.
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    History History Channel's Ancient Aliens

    How many people over here feel that the authors of the show took inspiration from Kubrick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey based on Arthur Clarke's Sci fi book ? I wonder why they did not show the monolith in some episode. :biggrin: (or did they ?)
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    Graduate Video Lectures for Upper-Level Mathematics

    Cool , thanks for the find. And some activity from NPTEL on the mathematical front after a long time. A course on Real Analysis from the NPTEL Stable : - http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/111106053/ . Let's see how it goes. There's one on the web by Francis Su of Harvey Mudd as we all know...
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    Graduate Video Lectures for Upper-Level Mathematics

    The NPTEL lectures are surely coming up but not at a rate one would have hoped for. I mean I had the idea that they would release all proposed lectures by 2012 end. But I guess I was wrong. By the way are there any lectures out there on complex analysis ? Thanks.
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    Unraveling the Mystery of How Music Evokes Emotions

    Does the expectation factor explain why certain piece of music has a tendency to 'grow' on one ? Often one hears a piece of music and it doesn't quite impress one. But on repeated hearings one tends to enjoy it.
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    Kitten Lovers: Cuteness Overload

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    Undergrad Why is WR for 4x100m relay less than 4 times WR for 100m sprint.

    Thanks. That was nicely put.
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    BBT's Portrayal of Nerds: Offensive or Accurate?

    But do you agree with Sheldon when he says that Chocolate pudding is axiomatically the best pudding in the world. :biggrin: Will check those out.
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    Undergrad Why is WR for 4x100m relay less than 4 times WR for 100m sprint.

    Hello, The 2012 London Olympics concluded a day or two ago. We saw that a few records were broken in athletics. In particular, the 4x100m men's relay record. Currently the WR are as follows :- 1) 100m Men's sprint - 9.58 s 2) 200m Men's sprint - 19.19s 3) 4x100m Men's relay - 36.84s...
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    BBT's Portrayal of Nerds: Offensive or Accurate?

    :) That one was my favorite episode. Do you recall the first few minutes of this one . Sheldon is not allowed to speak about Tapioca . :wink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BysbVq7BL94 Classic.
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    BBT's Portrayal of Nerds: Offensive or Accurate?

    I don't know if this has been brought up already in this thread. But how many of you feel the latest season is not as great as the first 3 were. This usually happens with most sitcoms, the punches are exhausted in the first 2-3 years. Later seasons run mostly on earlier popularity. Its not as...
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    Is There a Scandal Named Gategate?

    I always wonder, if there is a controversy/scandal over gates. Will they call it Gategate ?
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    Learning basic music theory for guitar: notes, chords, scales, pitch

    Ya. Nice Video. Plus the guy has got other videos in his playlist too. I'll have to hear it more than once. Anyways how is this website :- http://www.musictheory.net/
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