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    Proof By Mathematical Induction

    And that agrees with what I said. If the task is to prove \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{k^2} < 1 - \frac{1}{n} where n \ge 2, then we have a counterexample with the case of n=2. \begin{align*}\sum_{k=1}^2 \frac{1}{k^2} &< 1 - \frac{1}{2} \\ \frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{2^2} &< \frac{1}{2} \\ 1 +...
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    Proof By Mathematical Induction

    Isn't the problem as stated false? \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{k^2} will always be greater than 1 and 1 - \frac{1}{n} will be less than 1. I think what is meant is \sum_{k=2}^n \frac{1}{k^2} instead. How does the condition n \ge 2 effect the start condition of k=1?
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    Other Should I Become a Mathematician?

    A long time ago Mathwonk discussed the School Mathematics Study Group series of books. I managed to find a list of some of the books that were put out by SMSG on a webpage for the utexas archives for the SMSG. I thought it might be useful to have the list here if anyone was trying to track them...
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    Looking to become a decent programmer Any advice?

    If you are looking to get into the game programming industry then learn C++ or possibly C# as the former will probably remain the standard for a while, and eventually I imagine get overtaken by C#. I'm not in that industry so I can't say that will be the case, but the way MS has been evolving...
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    The Debate Over Natural Numbers: 0 vs 1

    Why do some people define the natural numbers as the integers 0,1,2,3... while others define them as the integers 1,2,3... ?
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    Other Should I Become a Mathematician?

    I imagine most universities in the US offer math courses during the summer session.
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    Computer Engineering vs Computer Science

    You do get 12 hours of electives in the senior year of the CE track, plus it looks like part of the track involves some discrete structures courses, and a algorithms course. The Comp Sci department doesn't appear to specialize in Software Engineering either. It looks like they do have one...
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    Looking to become a decent programmer Any advice?

    A good way to learn is to look at other people's code. Lots of good code to look through is available through the GNU license. http://norvig.com/21-days.html"
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    Computer Engineering vs Computer Science

    Well if you are wanting to do software, Comp Sci would probably be the path to take. It doesn't look like the Engineering school has a software engineering program. Computer Engineering will deal with the design of hardware.
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    What do 'nerdy' guys like in girls?

    I figured that was going to be the answer to the following exchange. ;)
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    What do 'nerdy' guys like in girls?

    "...if only they'd ask." I think that is the main problem that you will run into with any guy, but probably a little more so with nerdy guys. Nobody likes rejection, so until they learn that it's not the end of the world if a girl says no they will always be hesitant to approach someone they...
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    Career in the US navy as a nuclear science technician

    A long time ago (20 years) the Navy used to have a program where they would pay your way through school to get a Nuclear Engineering degree.
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    Please control my math homework (It's done)

    Since the task is to simplify you could probably simplify the final expression a bit more: \frac{x}{\sqrt{x}(x^2-1)} = \frac{x \cdot x^{-1/2}}{x^2-1} = \frac{\sqrt{x}}{x^2-1}
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    Please control my math homework (It's done)

    (x+1)(1-x) = x - x^2 + 1 - x = 1-x^2 ?
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