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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

elementary set theory - Confusion between an element and its preimage

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Let $X$ be a set and $\sim$ is an equivalence relation on $X$, so that the quotient set $X/_\sim=\bigcup_{x\in X}{[x]}$ with $[x]=[y]$ if an...

algebra precalculus - Intuition behind logarithm change of base

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I try to understand the actual intuition behind the logarithm properties and came across a post on this site that explains the multiplicati...

Proving a bijection with contradiction and induction

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Let $A = \{a_1, a_2, . . . , a_n\}$ where $a_1 Show that $\phi(a_i) = a_i$ for $i = 1, 2,\ldots , n.$ We prove this by contradiction and ind...

calculus - Intuitive characterization of the graph of a twice differentiable function

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In high school textbooks, the following characterizations are often found: A function is continuous if its graph can be drawn without lif...

complex analysis - Definition of smooth curve

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Definition of smooth curve: A parametric curve $\mathrm Z(t)=x(t)+i > y(t)$ on $[a,b]$ is called smooth if $\mathrm Z'(t)=...

Simple Proof question

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Image : http://postimg.org/image/dkn0d5uen/ I'm studying Spivak's calculus and I have a really simple question : I'm only in the...
Tuesday, 18 June 2013

trigonometry - Finding the reciprocals using trigonometric functions and their inverses

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If $x\neq0$ , how to find the reciprocal of $x$ only by using trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions? I have found onl...
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