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Undergrad Solve IQ Test Problem: Percent Adults Qualifying for MENSA Membership
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Graduate Determining Elliptical-ness of Data: A Statistical Approach?
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Undergrad Is every function in the set of all functions a rational function?
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Graduate How can the inequality hold for an injective function?
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Undergrad Predicting Rainfall in a Village: Understanding the Necessary Information
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Graduate Re: Streched exponentail function
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Graduate Question Regarding Sets and Functions
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Graduate Answer: Cardinality of (0,1) and [0,1] Real Numbers
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Undergrad How Many Permutations Can a 1000x1000x1000 and 5-Dimensional Rubik's Cube Have?
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Graduate Why is the brute force factoring algorithm exponential time?
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Undergrad Error Analysis: Solving 2a^2 + b^2 with Uncertainty (a=6.0+/-0.1, b=17.5+/-0.3)
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Graduate Set theory in Munkres Topology
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High School How do I correctly notate the domain and range of a function using sets?
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Graduate How to prove that the positive irrationals are not denumerable?
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Graduate How Do Various Theories Define Information Through Entropy?
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Graduate Why Do We Need the Axiom of Choice?
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Undergrad Creating a histogram and then applying a gaussian fit. Help
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Graduate Generic algorithm for probability any propositional formula
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Graduate Proving |2^{A}| = 2^|A| Using Mathematical Induction - Step By Step Guide
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Undergrad Does a=b imply 1/a = 1/b in mathematics?
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Undergrad Permutations/combinations help
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Graduate What Is the Probability of a Conjunction of N Non-Independent Hypotheses?
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Graduate Genetic Variance Between Pops as compared Within Pops
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Undergrad R3M Debenture: Issue and Trading Details for Reserve Bank Nominal Value
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Undergrad How is the negative binomial the inverse of the binomial distribution?
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Undergrad How can I determine the contour lines for temperature readings on a map?
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Undergrad Proofs on Sets: Help with Proving (A \cup B) X C
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Undergrad Advice on Exponential, Binomial, & Normal Distributions
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High School Question: What is the average of seven rolls of 3d8 in a PnP RPG?
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High School On: What is the Probability of 53 Sundays in an Ordinary Year?
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Graduate How Does the Expectation of a Normal Variable Derivation Work?
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Number of replies for most recent post in PF
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Undergrad Can You Solve This Onto, But Not One-to-One Function Challenge?
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Undergrad Solving Present Value Question: Finding (1+i)^2n | Actuary Class
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High School Visualizing Relationships with Venn Diagrams and Sets S, A, B, C
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Undergrad What Are the Chances of Being Lucky or Unlucky in Probability Terms?
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Undergrad Where Can I Learn About Sylow's Theorem?
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Undergrad Solve Algebraic Equation: r > b/(sqrt2-1) = (sqrt2+1)b | Easy Explanation
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Undergrad What Do You Get by Minimizing \sum |y_i - a|^n for Various n's?
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Posting Guidelines for T.Engineer - Graduate/Post-Graduate Level
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Graduate Logic: Extension Theorem Explained
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Undergrad Probability of logic relationships
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High School Calculating Odds of Coin Toss: Accurate?
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Undergrad Is the intersection of two open sets always open?
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Undergrad Optimal Number of Plays for Maximum Return: A Probability Analysis
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Undergrad Interest based investment strategy
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Undergrad Compounding Interest Formulas for Varying Annual Deposits and Interest Rates
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Graduate Calculating Probability of 20 Heads in a Row in 24 Hours
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Graduate Quick question about cardinals
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Undergrad Question concerning probablity
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Undergrad Distribution of frequency question?
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Graduate Distribution function approach to error propagation
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Graduate Markov Random Field - Understanding the Definition
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Graduate What is the relationship between probability and irrationality in mathematics?
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Graduate Continuous-time processes with attraction?
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Graduate Proof of Order Isomorphism Claim for Well Ordered Sets
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Graduate How to Choose the Right CRC for High Confidence Error Detection?
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Undergrad Rule of Inference: A->B - When is B?
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High School Adding Sets: A+B = Union & Intersection
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Undergrad Probability of Repeated Identical Numerals
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Undergrad Area of the Circle and Probability
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Graduate Prediction Intervals (Critical Levels)
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Graduate What is the cardinality of a bag with zero-count elements?
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Undergrad How to Calculate Mean & Variance of a Function
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Undergrad Do repeated prime factors count as distinct members in a set for proof purposes?
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Undergrad Understanding Statistical Terms and Variables for Data Analysis
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Undergrad Study the autocorrelation function
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Graduate Definition of function notation
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Graduate How much choice for free ultrafilters?
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Undergrad Can any subset from a set of {1,2,...,2n} contain two elements where one divides the other?
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Graduate What values should coins have?
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Undergrad What are some good references for learning about combinatorics and enumeration?
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Graduate Probability inequality for the sum of independent normal random variables
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Undergrad Reviewing Image Retrieval Performance Using Chi-Square
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Graduate Is Luzin Hypothesis Consistent with Set Theory?
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High School How Many Combinations Are Possible in Arby's 5 for $5.95 Deal?
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Graduate Function Mapping to Open Intervals
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Graduate Calculating Covariance in Bivariate Normal Distribution - Step by Step Guide
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Graduate Sum of Correlated Exponential RVs
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Undergrad Jarque-Bera Test: Chi-Square Distribution Table
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Graduate Multivariate Exponential distribution
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Graduate IQ scores and normal distributions
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Undergrad How do you prove things with null
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Graduate Proving Vacuous Quantification in First-Order Logic
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Graduate Proving Theorem 1.4.13 (ii): Arranging \mathbf{N} in a 2-D Array
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Undergrad Calculating Fraction of Alcohol in Water-Alcohol Mixtures
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Undergrad Is This a Valid Proof by Contradiction for Set Theory?
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Undergrad Permutations and arranging order
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Undergrad A Cuestion on formal fallacies
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Undergrad Game Theory: Superadditivity & Imputation Explained
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Undergrad The Relationship Between Inverse and Image Functions Explained
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Undergrad Correct Notation for Intersections of Real Numbers Sets
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High School What is the probability of a person born in leap year
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