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Question: Is the geometric meaning of an indefinite integral the same as that of a derivative?

My knowing:

I am a 14 years old student, I will have many wrong, plz point out if I am wrong!

the geometric meaning of an indefinite integral, like when I giving this:

$$\int f(x)$$

it is same to :

$$\int^1_1 f(x)$$

I know that the integra...


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From Kad Square Criterion what we understanding about prime numbers.


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My question is:

Is RSA encryption vulnerable to integer factorization via Kad Square Criterion?


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It is a consequence of Zorn's lemma that if $(P,\leq)$ is a partially ordered set, then there is a total ordering $\leq_T$ on $P$ such that $\leq\; \subseteq \;\leq_t$. What's more, the intersection of all total orders containing $\leq$ equals $\leq$.

The order dimension of $(P,\leq)$ is the smallest cardinality of any collection of total orders on $P$ having ...


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I've recently been stuck on Section 4.8 of Thurston's notes, which discusses exceptional surgeries on the figure eight knot. Briefly, for these surgeries, the ideal tetrahedra in the complement of the figure eight knot get flattened into quadrilaterals like in a veering triangulation:

(Figure taken from a paper of Michael Landry.) The fibers of the projection from the...


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