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The "new" number nullity. A great discovery? Hey guys, I just ran across this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/conte..._feature.shtml It's being hailed as a great discovery in some circles but I fail to see the newness of the concept of a number or symbol representing nothing (we've had...

Hey guys, I'm an actuary student and this semester my important math courses are Calculus 2 and Linear Algebra I besides financial math II. I also have calculus 3-4, Linear algebra II, Prob. I-II, and statistics I-II in my future. Anyway I'm getting a calculator and I can't decide between...

Hey guys, I have to know how to Differentiate Inverse Trigonometric Functions in my next exam and need somewhere to study up on them. Do you know of any web sites I could read? Can't find anything on Karl's Calculus. Thanks

Hey guys, I need a good website or two that deal with limits from the ground up. Thanks

Thanks guys that's just what I needed. I do try to use the help in Mathematica but I rarely find what I'm looking for.

Hey guys I'm trying to learn to use mathematica and can't get even the most simple stuff to run. Today I was trying to use it to solve some very simple problems for my Finance Math class but all I got were errors. These are some of the problems I was trying: a) (1.036)^n = 2.154 b)...