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Second Lemma of variation Calculus to prove the Euler-Lagrange equation

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Visual representation of difference between closed, bounded and compact sets

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Good set of exercises with solutions for linear algebra

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Derivative of a multivariate quadratic function

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$\lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{d(x_{n+1}, x_\star)}{d(x_n, x_\star)} = 0$, show that $d(x_n, x_\star)\leq K\varepsilon^n \quad \text{for all }n\geq 0$

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Finding the Best linear unbiased estimator of the mean using Lagrange Multiplier

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If $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ and $\textbf{x}\in \mathbb{R}^{n}$why $A = \frac{1}{2} A + \frac{1}{2} A^\top $ is not always true?

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Prove that if $\eta = \log(\frac{\phi}{1-\phi})$ then $\phi = \frac{1}{1+e^{-\eta}}$

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Detail in the proof that eigenvectors are orthogonal

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Computation of $(\textbf{u}\cdot \nabla)\textbf{u}$ in the Navier stokes equation: inner or outer product?

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show that $\textbf{u} = \textbf{v}$ if $\langle \textbf{u}, \textbf{h}\rangle + o(\|h\|) = \langle \textbf{v}, \textbf{h}\rangle + o(\|h\|)$

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Linear algebra: Minimizing a quadratic form under linear constraints

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Show that A-conjugate directions are are linearly independent.

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How should I know that $C^3 - 2 C + 1$ factors as $(C-1)\left(\left(C+\frac12\right)^2-\frac54\right)$?

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Laplace equation: What is the difference between divergence operator and gradient operator both represented by $\nabla$? (in wikipedia article)

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Taylor approximation of cos function

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how fit a model with data following asymptotic / sigmoid pattern

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Calculate the Eigenvalue of a 3x3 matrix

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LU Decomposition: difference between between hand calculation and solver?

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Line integral in a vector field

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vector field out of a sphere

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what is the significance of $\kappa$ in the proof of inconditional stability of the Crank-Nicolson scheme

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Exercise using the derivation of the Euler-Lagrange equation

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Question about line integral

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Computing the condition number of a matrix

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Matrices - homogeneous system

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18.02 MIT Multivariate calculus - Computing most rapid decrease using directional derivative

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Finite difference - Explicit / Implicit / Crank Nicolson - Does the implicit method require the least memory?

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Using Newton Raphson's method to solve a non-linear boundary value problem?

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Identify $f$, $f'$, $u$ and $u'$ in an equation to use chain rule