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How do Lagrange multipliers work to find the lowest value of a function subject to a constraint?

answered Jul 25, 2010 at 5:18

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What are some good ways to get children excited about math?

answered Jul 21, 2010 at 0:53

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Which mathematicians have influenced you the most?

answered Jul 28, 2010 at 0:18

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Mathematical subjects you wish you learned earlier

answered Jul 21, 2010 at 1:10

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undergraduate courses emphasizing theory building?

answered Aug 12, 2010 at 2:26

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Good 1st PDE book for self study

answered Aug 19, 2010 at 20:26

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How to tell if a line segment intersects with a circle?

answered Aug 20, 2010 at 0:35

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Fourier transform for dummies

answered Jul 28, 2010 at 20:27

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Simple numerical methods for calculating the digits of $\pi$

answered Jul 21, 2010 at 19:35

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Books that develop interest & critical thinking among high school students

answered Nov 16, 2010 at 13:56

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What does "only" mean?

answered Aug 25, 2010 at 14:40

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Infinite limits

answered Aug 24, 2010 at 16:10

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List of Interesting Math Blogs

answered Jul 21, 2010 at 7:58

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Is it possible to 'split' coin flipping 3 ways?

answered Aug 13, 2010 at 15:43

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Meaning of Lagrange multiplier always being 0?

answered Aug 10, 2010 at 3:18

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How to write down proofs?

answered Aug 10, 2010 at 14:58

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How to tell if a line segment intersects with a circle?

answered Aug 20, 2010 at 16:21

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Need faster division technique for $4$ digit numbers.

answered Aug 4, 2010 at 14:05

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Division with 4 digit number in denominator

answered Aug 26, 2010 at 17:20

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Looking for a book similar to "Think of a Number"

answered Jul 22, 2010 at 14:27

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How do you take the derivative of a variable with respect to a different variable:

answered Aug 20, 2010 at 18:21

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Is there a simple test for uniform distributions?

answered Aug 17, 2010 at 20:27

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Graphing a Parametric Polynomial based on a given set of points

answered Oct 4, 2010 at 2:27

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Could you recommend some classic textbooks on ordinary/partial differential equation?

answered Aug 26, 2010 at 4:36

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How do Lagrange multipliers work to find the lowest value of a function subject to a constraint?

What are some good ways to get children excited about math?

Which mathematicians have influenced you the most?

Mathematical subjects you wish you learned earlier

undergraduate courses emphasizing theory building?

Good 1st PDE book for self study

How to tell if a line segment intersects with a circle?

Fourier transform for dummies

Simple numerical methods for calculating the digits of $\pi$

Books that develop interest & critical thinking among high school students

What does "only" mean?

Infinite limits

List of Interesting Math Blogs

Is it possible to 'split' coin flipping 3 ways?

Meaning of Lagrange multiplier always being 0?

How to write down proofs?

How to tell if a line segment intersects with a circle?

Need faster division technique for $4$ digit numbers.

Division with 4 digit number in denominator

Looking for a book similar to "Think of a Number"

How do you take the derivative of a variable with respect to a different variable:

Is there a simple test for uniform distributions?

Graphing a Parametric Polynomial based on a given set of points

Could you recommend some classic textbooks on ordinary/partial differential equation?