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    Deriving Inverse Hyperbolic Functions

    I think arcsinh is ok on all of \mathbb{R} With arccosh x has to be greater than or equal to one, but I can't remember the conditions for arctanh
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    Deriving Inverse Hyperbolic Functions

    thanks haven't done that since a-level and had forgotten it completely!
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    Deriving Inverse Hyperbolic Functions

    Just a quick question Can anyone give a method to derive arcsinh(x) from the definition of sinh(x)? Thanks
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    Evaluating Triple integral

    No problem. Think I should be able to give this question a fair go now.
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    Evaluating Triple integral

    I'm having trouble with evaluating [Triple Integral] |xyz| dx dy dz over the region (x/a)^2 + (y/b)^2 + (z/c)^2 <= 1 Do I need to use some sort of parametrisation for the region, and is there some way of dealing with the absolute value function without integrating over the eight...
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    Geometry Question - Complex numbers & triangles

    yeah, oops, just realized it's about similar triangle and it doesn't matter where the origin is...
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    Geometry Question - Complex numbers & triangles

    OK, I've got this question to do: Find complex numbers representing the vertices of a triangle ABC given that the midpoints of the sides BC, CA, AB are represented by complex numbers z_1, z_2, z_3 respectively. Thing is, I don't know where I'm taking the origin to be; if I took it at A...
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    Generating Set for the Symmetric Group - Question

    how do I conjugate them? I've only recently started permutations and group theory (and yet I've been given this question :confused: ), so my knowledge is still quite basic ( :frown: ) EDIT: oh, I see...
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    Generating Set for the Symmetric Group - Question

    Yep, there seems to be a pattern of (m+1 m+2) = (1 2 ... n)^(n-m+1) (1 2) (1 2 ... n)^(m-1) and after trying some in Maple, I think that it does hold for other n. Still, that doesn't give me a complete set of transpositions. (Another thing - would be ok to use the inverse of (1 2 ... n) in...
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    Generating Set for the Symmetric Group - Question

    After giving it a go, I've managed to get, for n = 5 (2 3) = (1 2 3 4 5)^4 (1 2) (1 2 3 4 5) (3 4) = (1 2 3 4 5)^3 (1 2) (1 2 3 4 5)^2 (4 5) = (1 2 3 4 5)^2 (1 2) (1 2 3 4 5)^3 So I can get the transpositions (1 2), (2 3), (4 5), but I can't work out how to get all of the others that I...
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    Generating Set for the Symmetric Group - Question

    Explain why the permutations (1 2) and (1 2 ... n) generate all of Sn, the symmetric group (the group of all permutations of the numbers {1,2,...,n}? Perhaps something to do with the fact that (1 2 ... n) = (1 2) (1 3) ... (1 n)? Other than that I haven't got a clue - help! (please!) Thanks
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