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Cycloid Parametrization

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Dimension of R2

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A vector in two bases. Scalars and vectors.

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Domain and Range Overview

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Complex Third Roots

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Draft MAT A22 Syllabus Winter 2025

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Tropical Numbers

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Eric's O.M and O.N Relation

Converting a calculation from Storer’s Heart Sequences to the Heart Group

Riemann Sums

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Geodesics

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Boolean Fourier

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Riemann sum for y = pi

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Vanilla Siteswap and Ladder Diagrams

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Back Online!

A happy welcome back after a long break.

MAT A29 Practice Test #1 Q5b

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Nick's Curve Question

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My colleague Nick Cheng asked about the curve $f(p) = x^p - x$ for $x \in (0,1)$ and $p \in (0,1)$. He was interested in where the maximum is for various values of $p$.

2024-10-04 @ 16:25:56

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2024-10-05 @ 10:35:09

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Level curves

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Level curves: ellipse

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B41 Practice Midterm Q7

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The Correct Way to Do Taylor

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The Plane Without A Finite Set of Points Is Open

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Todo list: MAT B41

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Notebook and Image File Structure

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MAT A29 Course Layout

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The Spacing Effect

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Here is a wonderful interactive essay about the spacing effect: How to Remember Anything Forever~ish.

Test of new office-camera

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This is $ \LaTeX $.

Alex Teeter: Manifolds

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This is my friend Alex Teeter, manifold explorer.

Fitch Cheney Ordering

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Paco!

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A Designer Graph

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The designer graph on the first term test for MAT A29 Winter 2022.

MAT B41 Exam Coverage (Draft)

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Backup System Flowchart

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This is the current layout of my Backup System. It shows how: archive-servers.sh, offline-backup.sh, and offsite-backup.sh work. The Syncthing and Tailscale connections are not shown for the sake of clarity.

Plan for Final Exam Study

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Volume in Conical Tank at t = 5 min

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MAT A29 Exam Coverage

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Jordan Form and Organization

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Pre-Exam To-Do

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Area bounded by y=6 - x^2 and y = |x|

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Integration by parts

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Convergence and Divergence

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Does the integral of e^{-x^2} from x=1 to x=infty converge?

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Partial fractions (x^2+4)/(x^2-4) and (2x+1)/(x+4)(x-1)

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My friend Hooman

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Partial fractions with repeated factor

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Dihedral calculator: sts

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Rows and Columns in Elimination

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Rows and Columns in Elimination

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The (0,2n+1) Puzzle

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A22: Proofs in A22 (Part 1)

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A22: Proofs in A22 (Part 2)

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A22: Proofs in A22 (Part 3): A Worked Proof

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A linearly dependent set

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Practice Quiz 1 Q2 : sin(x), sin(2x), sin(3x)

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Practice Quiz 1 Q2 : sin(x), sin(2x), sin(3x) : Solving the Linear System

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Puzzle: Sums of Reciprocals

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Proof Structure

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Puzzle: Sum of Reciprocals (continued)

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A System with a Particular Solution Set

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We find a linear system with solution set $\operatorname{Span}({ (1,0,2,3), (0,1,4,5)})$.

In Shuffles and Out Shuffles

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MAT A22 Term Test Content (draft)

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sin(x) and cos(x) in the space of functions

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Visualizing F(R)

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Hitting and Missing a Span

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Missing a Span: The Details

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The Fastest Intro to Derivatives

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Why do we care about the extension lemma?

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Dimension Examples

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Linear Independence Calculation

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Malhar's Puzzle

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Hello Twitter!

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Reading Week A22 Todo

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Subspaces and Their Sums (Part 1)

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Subspaces and Their Sums (Part 2)

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Subspaces and Their Sums (Part 3)

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Subspaces and Their Sums (Part 4)

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Subspaces and Their Sums (Part 5)

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Subspaces and Their Sums (Part 6)

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Subspaces / Image / Kernel / Bases (Part 1)

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Subspaces / Image / Kernel / Bases (Part 2)

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Subspaces / Image / Kernel / Bases (Part 3)

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Subspaces / Image / Kernel / Bases (Part 4)

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Subspaces / Image / Kernel / Bases (Part 5)

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Subspaces / Image / Kernel / Bases (Part 6)

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Finding a System with a Particular Solution Set (Part 1)

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Finding a System with a Particular Solution Set (Part 2)

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The Null Space as a Linear System

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Dimension of the Space of nxn Symmetric Matrices

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Dimension of the Space of nxn Skew Matrices

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Square Wave Setup

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The Idea of a Surface Integral

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A Quarter of an Annulus

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A22 Final Exam Draft

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MathEd vs Math Researcher Career Trajectories

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Changing Coords TO the Standard Basis

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Linear System with Prescribed Solution Set

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Eigenvectors and Linear Independence

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Diagonalization and Powers

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Diagonalization and Invertibility

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Diagonalize T(x,y) = (x,x)

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Diagonalize T(p(x)) = (x+1)p'(x) Part 1

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Diagonalize T(p(x)) = (x+1)p'(x) Part 2

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Nilpotent Transformations Are Not Invertible

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The Smallest Vectors with Integer Entries

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Transpose a Matrix

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Projections are Never Invertible

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The Matrix of Transposition

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Diagonalizing Transposition (Part 1)

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Diagonalizing Transposition (Part 2)

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CN Tower Stair Climb Times

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Attitude, Skills, Knowledge

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Lives vs the Universe

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Zombies vs Humans (via Diagonalization)

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WolframAlpha Calculation

Boxes and Spheres in n-Dimensional Space

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XOR and Nimbers

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Adding Nimbers

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2023-05-05 @ 16:35:41

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Mira colours!

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My daughter Mira came in to the office this afternoon and coloured.

To-do list stuff

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Canonical Start of A Linear Sequence

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The canonical start of a linear sequence is a point in nearest LFn string. In this simple example, there are three possible linear sequences (with the correct orientation) but only $L2, L5, R1$ has the correct start point.

Nim and Nimbers

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Nim Playing (4,3,0,1) Part 1

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Nim Winning Strategy Lemmas

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How does string figure calculus act on linear sequences?

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Ideals and Principal Ideals

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Ideals and Principal Ideals: Are all ideals in Z actually principal?

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Ideals and Principal Ideals: Are all ideals in Z[x,y] actually principal?

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Dedekind Cuts and Completeness of R

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Juggling State Machine

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When to apply for gradschool or jobs?

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Putnam B4 2005

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For positive integers $m$ and $n$, let $f(m, n)$ denote the number of $n$-tuples $(x_1, x_2, \dots , x_n)$ of integers such that $|x_1|+|x_2|+ \cdots +|x_n| \leq m$. Show that $f(m, n) = f(n, m)$.

Fake Crossings in Knots

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Formal Grammar for Linear Sequences and Calculus

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Duck and Dog: The Dog's Strategy

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The Heart Groupoid and String Figures Calculus

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D92: Possible Projects

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D92: Possible Projects

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Alexander and Markov's Theorems

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From a Markov Sequence to a Heart Sequence

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Yulong's Wrapped L1

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2023-10-16 @ 09:13:37

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Alfredo's Opening A

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Yulong's O.A Construction

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Paco: Terms from Graphics Programming / Half-Second Star

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Family Halloween

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From Markov to A Heart Sequence Redux

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For another discussion of this, see: From a Markov Sequence to a Heart Sequence.

Yulong's Braid Word Reduction

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Mira Doodles: vvbnm,,.//

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Mira Doodles: Part II

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The Heart Group as A Subgroup of B_{2n}

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Bessel's Inequality

We check a simple lemma leading up to Bessel’s Inequality.

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The Calculus of Heart Sequences

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The Calculus of Heart Sequences: Passing a Loop Through and Returning It

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Loop Manipulation Nomenclature

Three loop manipulations are shown. What should we call them?

The Braid Group

A quick peek at the braid group $B_3$

Loop Manipulation Generators

Labelled generators of $H_{n} \subseteq B_{2n}$.

Sabbatical

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Solving 2/x - 9 greater than 0

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About the Office Camera

There is a webcam in my office that I use to take photos of the whiteboard. This setup was inspired by Dror Bar Natan’s Blackboard Shots. If you know of anyone else with a similar setup, please let me know.

A22 Term Test 1 Attendance Numbers

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ES-Potential for 4^2

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ES Potential for 4^2 (with monotonicity)

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2022 / 08 / 23 @ 10:06:16

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Tic-Tac-Tree

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Testing?

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Tic-Tac-Tree (Induction)

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3b and 4b siteswaps

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Knots and 3-Manifolds

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Range of x/(x^2-16)

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Composition of sqrt(x) and x+9

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Level Curves of Planes

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Reading Week Todo

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End of Reading Week To-Do

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Probability of (Mentally) Choosing a Card

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Chain and Power Rule

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Leibniz Notation (Part 1)

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Leibniz Notation (Part 2)

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Leibniz Notation (Part 3)

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Leibniz Notation (Part 4)

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Leibniz Notation (Part 5)

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Leibniz Notation (Part 6)

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Taylor Series B41

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Taylor Series: The True Formula (Multi-Indices)

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The (Boring) Structured Essay

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Optimization Doodles and Dave's Amazing Summation (Redo)

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Dave has an amazing summation: $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{n^{13}}{e^{2\pi n} - 1} = \frac{1}{24}$

Mira draws!

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