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Undergrad Confidence with Estimating True Mean
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Graduate Proper Classes in ZF: No Assumptions of Choice
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Graduate Negating a Universal Statement in Real Analysis
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Graduate Really, really basic question in set theory
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Undergrad Average of ln(x): Approximating with ln(average of x)
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Undergrad Is there a statistically significant increase in phrase occurrences?
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Graduate Determine the number of its n-combinations
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Graduate Conditional expectation and variance
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Undergrad What Is the Defective Rivet Probability for Aircraft Seams?
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Graduate Find MLE for f(y/x) = (x + 1)y^x, 0 < y < 1 and x > -1
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Undergrad Are These Probability Calculations Correct?
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Graduate How Is Conditional Expectation Derived in Normal Distributions?
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Undergrad Writing Open Intervals as Closed Intervals (-inf,f]
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Graduate Calculating Conditional Probability for Poisson Processes
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Graduate The Skolem paradox destroys the incompleteness of ZFC
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Graduate Paradoxical Sets: A Challenge to Cantor's Cardinality Theorem?
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Graduate What Do Limiting Probabilities Signify in a Bose-Einstein Urn Model?
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Undergrad Expected value for a Lucky 7 game
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Undergrad Inferential Statistical Analysis
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Undergrad Is this sufficient for a relation to be transitive
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Graduate Arrival,wait and service distributions
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Undergrad Interpeting data figures - its rather simple but not soo simple
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Graduate Regression Analysis for a Gamma function
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Graduate MSE and Estimators for Random Samples
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Graduate Statistical test for spherical uniformity?
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Undergrad Why are some logical statements not immediately obvious in proofs?
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Graduate Need recommendation: useful book about statistics?
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Graduate Chi-squared analysis and budgeting weekly repair costs
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Graduate Prove Continuous Functions in X and Y When E and F Are Both Closed
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Undergrad Equivilence Relations And Classes Problems
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Undergrad Statistics conceptual questions
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Graduate Explaining Godel's Theorem: Intuitive Explanation w/o Math
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Graduate Induction of Complementary Sets
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Graduate Dirac delta, math of implication?
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Graduate Game Theory: No Winning Strategies
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Undergrad Binomial and geometric distributions
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Graduate What is an encoding for Q x Q and how is it related to Cantor's zig-zag method?
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Graduate How to Construct Correlated Normal Variables from Independent Normals?
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Undergrad What are the fundamental symbols and concepts in logic?
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High School What bracket is used to denote a number is excluded from a domain?
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Graduate Is Some of the Platonic Mathematical World Inaccessible to Us?
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Undergrad Solve Probability on HP50g: 3 Defectives in 7 Batteries Lot
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Undergrad How to determine how many distinct members of set
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Undergrad Understanding First Order Logic for "Two Purple Mushrooms
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Graduate Are there any standout books on Set Theory and what research is left to be done?
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Graduate What is the Crisis in Mathematics?
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Undergrad Generating a random gaussian number
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Graduate Is Int(A) + ext(A) dense in some cases?
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Undergrad How Do Graph Relations and Predicates Work in Discrete Math?
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Undergrad Large numbers and standard deviation for a uniform distribution
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Undergrad E(X): Find Probability of Rolling 4 Consecutive 6's with a Fair Dice
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High School Is it true that coin flips are always 50-50?
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Undergrad Possibility of a sample space containing the following:
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Graduate Closure of A is the smallest closed set containing A
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Graduate Uncountably Many Turing Machines
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Graduate Is the formula for conditional expectation valid for multiple random variables?
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Graduate Is Pi Truly Normal? Investigating the Occurrence of Finite Digit Strings
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Undergrad Are propositions and theorems interchangeable in mathematics?
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Undergrad Set theory representation of material implication
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Graduate How to Calculate the Covariance of Two Random Sums?
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Graduate Biggest maths fraud in history
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Undergrad Cumulative Time & Energy Consumption: YAY!
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Undergrad Is 0 a real and imaginary number?
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Graduate Stationarity of Time Series: Tests
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Graduate Is the Cantor diagonal argument conclusive?
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Graduate How can I semi-automate mathematical proofs using Mathematica or other tools?
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Graduate Inverse gamma distribution & simulated annealing problem
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Undergrad Proving the Existence of Infinite Real Numbers Between Two Given Numbers
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Undergrad Can You Self-Learn Bayesian Statistics and R Programming?
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Undergrad Bags of marbles combination/permutation problem
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Graduate True Random Numbers: Is Randomness Just an Illusion?
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Undergrad Proving Set Equality and Basic Properties: A Walkthrough
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Undergrad Analyzing Time-Series Data: What Model to Use?
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Graduate Polynomials/ galois field question
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Undergrad Shannons :calculating simple uncertainty
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Graduate Permutations with repetitions
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Graduate Proof of Haldane's Binomial Expansion
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Graduate Mapping Mathematical Subjects: Prerequisites & Dependencies
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Undergrad Prove by Induction: 13n - 6n Divisible by 7
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Undergrad Solving Set Algebra Equations: Demorgan's and Distributive Law Explained
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Graduate What are the problems with finitism?
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Undergrad Probability of Winning Lotto: Calculating E6, E5, En
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Undergrad Variance Properties: Understanding Var(aX+bY+c) & Solving for Var(aX+bY)
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Graduate What is the relationship between two random variables X and Y?
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Undergrad Statistical Tests: Probability of Randomly Distributed/ Constant Y-Values
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High School How Fast Did Alex and Jessica Travel in Opposite Directions?
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Graduate Axiom of Choice: Finite Character & Maximal Sets
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Graduate Boolean Algebra Embeddings: Defining and Understanding the Role of Monomorphisms
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Graduate Can a Larger Proper Filter Contain an Ultrafilter in a Boolean Algebra?
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Graduate Gamma and Weibull location parameter estimation
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Undergrad Help in understanding logical statements
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Forget It: Moving On from Past Mistakes
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Undergrad Solving Logical Notation Problems Using Propositional Connectives & Quantifiers
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Undergrad Interest calculated daily compounded monthly
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Undergrad I converting conditional statements into logical notation
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Undergrad Odds of Manchester United vs Aston Villa in FA Cup 3rd Round
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Undergrad Proving Power Set Inclusion: A Simple Proof for A⊆B and P(A)⊆P(B)
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Undergrad Conditional Probabilities Complementary Proof
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Undergrad Which Die to Choose in the Dice Game?
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