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Say I have $N_1$ a normal subgroup of $G$, $N_2$ a normal subgroup of $G/N_1$, $N_3$ a normal subgroup of $((G/N_1)/N_2)$, ... $N_r$ normal subgroup of $(...

I have a question concerning the Bourbaki's book on integration. Whenever I find them referenced (in answers on this site as well), it looks like the...

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I'd like to see if what I did below makes sense. We are not allowed to have words like $ABCDE$ because the words must contain exactly three different...

I have a hard time understanding why $\ln e=1$ Can someone explain to me why the natural logarithm of e is exactly equal to the first nonzero but positive...

Statement of the problem: Find a vector equation and parametric equations for the line which passes through $(1, 0,6)$ and perpendicular to $x+3y+z=5$. I&...

Suppose we have two functions $f,g:\Bbb R\rightarrow \Bbb R$. The chain rule states the following about the derivative of the composition of these functio...

I was studying about the Newton's method (and other root-finding methods) and apparently Newton's method converges quadratically (or more) when ...

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