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Graduate Integration to d density function

benoardo
Apr 15, 2005 · Replies 5 · Apr 17, 2005

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Graduate What Intervals [a,b] Exhibit Both Open and Closed Properties in the Rationals?

Ed Quanta
Apr 4, 2005 · Replies 10 · Apr 16, 2005

Replies: 10

Undergrad What is the minimum number of students for a likely win in a birthday bet?

babtridge
Apr 16, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 16, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Understanding Relations in Mathematics

liahow
Apr 14, 2005 · Replies 5 · Apr 15, 2005

Replies: 5

High School Which Cup Will Be Hottest After 15 Minutes?

liz
Apr 11, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 14, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Are the Sets P and Q Equal? Investigating 3-Tuples in the Natural Numbers

honestrosewater
Apr 12, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 13, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Sme question about irrational numbers

Tann
Apr 10, 2005 · Replies 75 · Apr 12, 2005

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Undergrad Why is Dedekind's Cut Used to Define Irrational Numbers?

Tann
Apr 12, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 12, 2005

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Graduate Primitive recursive functions :mad:

novawildcat
Apr 12, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 12, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Upper Bound for IQ Scores Exceeding 130 Using Chebychev's Inequality

crazedbeat
Apr 9, 2005 · Replies 9 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 9

High School Which Is the Correct Half-Life Formula?

huan.conchito
Apr 11, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 1

Graduate Combinatorics: How Many Vectors with Square Sum = K?

Palindrom
Apr 11, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 11, 2005

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Graduate Show that the set of points on a line is equinumerous

gravenewworld
Jan 31, 2005 · Replies 12 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 12

Graduate How Do Arrows Function as Elements in Category Theory?

phoenixthoth
Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 15 · Apr 10, 2005

Replies: 15

Undergrad Calculating Probability of Pregnancy In Vitro

Brow
Apr 9, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 9, 2005

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Graduate Why Is the Area Calculation of a Triangle Using Given Algorithms Unstable?

MtX
Apr 7, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 8, 2005

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Undergrad Can you prove that this set is countable?

Nylex
Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 7 · Apr 8, 2005

Replies: 7

Graduate When Did Set Theory Become the Dominant Framework in Mathematics?

aha!
Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 8, 2005

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Undergrad Calculating Expected Value for Sweepstakes Prizes

layzieb81
Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 8, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad Calculating Probability of Golf Ball Landing Near Hole on 4th Hole

woodworker101
Apr 7, 2005 · Replies 5 · Apr 7, 2005

Replies: 5

Graduate Calculating Probability of Markov Chain State in Discrete Time

Zaare
Apr 7, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 7, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Calculate Average Duration of Snakes & Ladders Game

Crumbles
Apr 6, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 6, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Poisson Distribution Mean & SD: Solving for Y

Mo
Apr 6, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2005

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Undergrad What is an elt as it applies to a Hasse diagram?

BicycleTree
Apr 6, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad What is the Probability of Someone Replicating Your Actions in a Day?

Prague
Apr 4, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 6, 2005

Replies: 4

Graduate Identifying distributions in time series

fastier
Apr 4, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 5, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Its deciding which Stats method to use that the problem

Prester John
Apr 1, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 4, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad One of those hand shaking problems

ashi_mashi
Apr 2, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 3, 2005

Replies: 1

Graduate Solve SAT Math & Listening Tests: 90% Confidence Interval

PrudensOptimus
Mar 30, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 3, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad How Many 3-Letter Arrangements of aabbcccdddd Are Possible?

ashi_mashi
Apr 1, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 2, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Topology for Beginners: Describing a Torus

waht
Apr 1, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 2, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad Learning statisticts and probability

slug
Mar 29, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 1, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Proving Equal Cardinality of 0 < x < 1 & 0 < x ≤ 1

Zurtex
Mar 31, 2005 · Replies 11 · Apr 1, 2005

Replies: 11

Graduate Help with Metalogic Problem: Showing Sentence Truth Value

gravenewworld
Mar 30, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 31, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Using summation with probability question

spikemurphy
Mar 30, 2005 · Replies 5 · Mar 31, 2005

Replies: 5

Graduate How can I prove [(A^B)-(B^C)]-(A^C)'=0 using contradiction?

mathrocks
Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 30, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Probability of 0-6 Students in Class of 20 - Help!

dranger35
Mar 26, 2005 · Replies 8 · Mar 30, 2005

Replies: 8

High School Toss a Pair of Threes Twice: What Are the Odds?

Uno Lee
Mar 17, 2005 · Replies 13 · Mar 29, 2005

Replies: 13

Graduate Understanding 0-ary Functions: Universe & Individuals

honestrosewater
Mar 28, 2005 · Replies 9 · Mar 29, 2005

Replies: 9

Undergrad Can anyone confirm formula (combinations)

uart
Mar 26, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 27, 2005

Replies: 3

High School Can You Assume the Converse in Mathematical Proofs?

Kamataat
Mar 25, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 26, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Probability Distribution of X, Y & N(i): Questions & Answers

JohanL
Mar 25, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 25, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad How can I prove that 34n+2 + 26n+3 is divisible by 17 using induction?

devious_
Mar 23, 2005 · Replies 7 · Mar 24, 2005

Replies: 7

Graduate Fourier analysis and prob. distributions?

Zaphodx57x
Mar 16, 2005 · Replies 5 · Mar 23, 2005

Replies: 5

Undergrad Probability question help

tc
Mar 23, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 23, 2005

Replies: 1

Graduate Poisson Approximation to Binomial

Victor Frankenstein
Mar 22, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 22, 2005

Replies: 2

Undergrad Is a Spearman's Coefficient of 1 Indicative of a Linear Relationship?

richnfg
Mar 22, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 22, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Is It Ever Necessary to Assign Multiple Letters to a Single Sentence?

honestrosewater
Mar 15, 2005 · Replies 13 · Mar 22, 2005

Replies: 13

Graduate Making an open statement to satisfy two conditions help

MtX
Mar 22, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 22, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Why is Pascal's triangle a powerful tool in solving mathematical problems?

bomba923
Mar 19, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 21, 2005

Replies: 4

High School Help Needed: Proving Logical Equivalence of (C -> A) and (!C -> B)

flying2000
Mar 20, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 21, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad What is "Z" - Alphas, LaTex & MathType Explored

bomba923
Mar 20, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 20, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Probability and Geometry

philosophking
Mar 15, 2005 · Replies 17 · Mar 19, 2005

Replies: 17

Graduate What is P(B) given conditional probabilities and the complement of A?

buddingscientist
Mar 15, 2005 · Replies 5 · Mar 16, 2005

Replies: 5

Graduate Understanding Uncountable Well-Ordered Sets: An Intuitive Explanation

zefram_c
Mar 12, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 15, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Tableau Proof for All x P(x) V Q(x) $\supset$ Exists y P(y) V Exists z Q(z)

gnome
Mar 13, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 14, 2005

Replies: 2

High School Calculating n!(N-n)!: N = 16, n = 3

mouse
Mar 13, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 14, 2005

Replies: 3

High School FINANCIAL MATH: Question on Compounding Interest Semi-annually

nicole
Mar 13, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 13, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Line of real numbers-transcendental numbers

C0nfused
Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 11 · Mar 11, 2005

Replies: 11

Undergrad Calculating the Probability of a Shared Birthday among n People

buddingscientist
Mar 5, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Characteristic function of an exponential distribution

Zaare
Mar 10, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 1

Graduate What is the loop invariant for proving the LCM algorithm?

flying2000
Mar 5, 2005 · Replies 7 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 7

Graduate Characteristic function (Probability)

Zaare
Mar 9, 2005 · Replies 9 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 9

Graduate What is the role of definitions in an axiomatic theory?

C0nfused
Mar 6, 2005 · Replies 9 · Mar 9, 2005

Replies: 9

Undergrad Unknown in discrete variable problem

buddingscientist
Mar 6, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 8, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Calculating the Expected Number of People Arriving at a Restaurant in an Hour

jetoso
Mar 4, 2005 · Replies 6 · Mar 7, 2005

Replies: 6

High School Such an easy math problem but i can't do it help

the4thcafeavenue
Mar 6, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 6, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Understanding how Strong Induction works

honestrosewater
Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 19 · Mar 6, 2005

Replies: 19

Graduate Good books for logic, proofs course?

mathwonk
Mar 3, 2005 · Replies 8 · Mar 6, 2005

Replies: 8

Undergrad Learning Probability: Solving a Density Function Problem

Niels
Mar 4, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 4, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Proof that, (1/0 = 1/0) is false.

Owen Holden
Feb 26, 2005 · Replies 81 · Mar 3, 2005

3

Replies: 81

Graduate Proving the Existence of a Greatest Element in a Set

gnome
Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 9 · Mar 3, 2005

Replies: 9

Undergrad Proving the Summation Formula for 1/(n(n+1)) Using Mathematical Induction

knowledgeSeeker
Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 3, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Computing Statistical Distributions: A Practical Guide

Hurkyl
Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 2, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Master Propositional Logic Deductions: How to Infer R -> S with Q and R Premises

honestrosewater
Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 8 · Mar 2, 2005

Replies: 8

Graduate Who has actually read Godel's theorems?

gravenewworld
Feb 17, 2005 · Replies 35 · Mar 2, 2005

2

Replies: 35

Graduate Negating a Math Equation: ( \exists x ) ( \forall y ) \Phi (x,y )

gnome
Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 1, 2005

Replies: 3

Resolving Disagreements to Open-Minded Communication and Growth

cepheid
Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 0 · Mar 1, 2005

Replies: 0

Undergrad Solve Stats Prob: Colgate Total US Market Results

mouse
Feb 27, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 1, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Verifying Lottery Combinations: 49 Choose 6

Physics is Phun
Feb 23, 2005 · Replies 10 · Mar 1, 2005

Replies: 10

Undergrad Find a: Solve Discrete Math Problem with a & x Intergers

boiseneon
Feb 28, 2005 · Replies 3 · Feb 28, 2005

Replies: 3

Graduate Collecting different rules for Natural Deduction

honestrosewater
Feb 27, 2005 · Replies 3 · Feb 28, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Proving: n^2 % 3 = 0 Implies n % 3 = 0

Dr-NiKoN
Feb 21, 2005 · Replies 8 · Feb 28, 2005

Replies: 8

Undergrad Arbitrary function is true when n = 1

danne89
Feb 26, 2005 · Replies 9 · Feb 27, 2005

Replies: 9

Graduate Countably infinite sigma-algebra

Zaare
Feb 24, 2005 · Replies 1 · Feb 24, 2005

Replies: 1

High School Steps on how to simplify log5/log125 to 1/3

Gughanath
Feb 24, 2005 · Replies 11 · Feb 24, 2005

Replies: 11

Graduate How Do Weights and Degrees Influence the Structure of Logical Formulas?

honestrosewater
Feb 24, 2005 · Replies 6 · Feb 24, 2005

Replies: 6

Graduate Is the Russell Class a Member of Itself?

Bartholomew
Feb 2, 2005 · Replies 15 · Feb 24, 2005

Replies: 15

Undergrad Amazingly simple probability question

msmith12
Feb 21, 2005 · Replies 4 · Feb 24, 2005

Replies: 4

Graduate There Exists a Unique Solution?

microtopian
Feb 11, 2005 · Replies 11 · Feb 23, 2005

Replies: 11

Graduate The Paradox of Russell: Understanding Modern Set Theory

symplectic_manifold
Jan 7, 2005 · Replies 21 · Feb 23, 2005

Replies: 21

Graduate Proving XOR Commutativity: Sufficiency of Tautology

gnome
Feb 21, 2005 · Replies 2 · Feb 21, 2005

Replies: 2

Graduate Proving the Law of Large Numbers & Chebyshev's Theorem

bomba923
Feb 20, 2005 · Replies 1 · Feb 21, 2005

Replies: 1

High School Are Disjoint Sets Truly Without Common Elements?

Townsend
Feb 21, 2005 · Replies 1 · Feb 21, 2005

Replies: 1

Undergrad How is the normal distribution formula derived?

bomba923
Feb 20, 2005 · Replies 3 · Feb 20, 2005

Replies: 3

Undergrad Question bout normal distribution:

semidevil
Feb 18, 2005 · Replies 4 · Feb 20, 2005

Replies: 4

Undergrad Logic and Set Theory Book Suggestions for Beginners

C0nfused
Feb 16, 2005 · Replies 3 · Feb 19, 2005

Replies: 3

High School Fuzzy Logic Simplified: Understanding the Basics

pikapika!
Jan 9, 2005 · Replies 15 · Feb 19, 2005

Replies: 15

High School Understanding the Probability of Coin Toss and Spin | MathWorld

Icebreaker
Feb 14, 2005 · Replies 6 · Feb 17, 2005

Replies: 6

Undergrad Is it possible to prove that -(-A)=A using the concept of set subtraction?

Kamataat
Feb 16, 2005 · Replies 4 · Feb 16, 2005

Replies: 4

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