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High School Quick set builder notation question
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Graduate To parenthesize, or not to parenthesize (that is the question)
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High School Just a general probablility question
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Graduate Can infinities have different sizes?
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Undergrad How do I find the radix r of equalities?
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Graduate Can This Propositional Logic Proof Be Presented More Formally?
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Undergrad What are the domain, range, x-intercept, and vertical asymptote of y=logₓ4?
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Graduate Events {(-1)^n i.o.} and {1/n Almost Always} in Probability Space (R, B, P)
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Undergrad Why Does Switching Doors Give You a 2/3 Chance of Winning?
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Undergrad Combining Calculus and Statistics: The Perfect Pair for Advanced Data Analysis
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High School Is the Probability of Events Always 50% Regardless of Odds?
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Graduate Primitive Recursive Proof in Davis, Sigal & Weyuker Textbook
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Undergrad Something to be a subset of something?
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Graduate Troubling Lemma: Understanding Integration Variables & E[X]
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High School What Does It Mean When We Define a Variable in Mathematics?
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Graduate Proving Borel Sets from Finite Sample Spaces
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Graduate How do functions relate to operations in mathematics?
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Graduate How does \sigma \leq \mu relate to the subset relation and ordering of sets?
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Graduate Proving Sigma-Algebra Generated by Elementary Events
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Graduate Pearson Correlation Coefficient: How Did He Derive It?
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High School Quick and Easy Set Questions: Understanding the Concept of Elements in Math
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Undergrad Average Number of Fill Commands Needed to Turn a Billion Pixel Screen White
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Graduate Need help understanding this problem
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Graduate Solving a Probability Problem for Thermodynamics: Stirling's Approximation
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Graduate What happens to the coefficient in O(t(n)b^{t(n)})?
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Graduate A question about [tex]\sigma[/tex] algebra
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Graduate Transformations of Discrete RVs
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High School Discover the Number of Combinations for Three Letters from A,B,C,D
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Graduate Converting CNF to DNF: Does it Always Work?
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Undergrad I hope this is the right place
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High School How Do You Calculate Probabilities for Multiple Coin Tosses?
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Graduate Set Builder Notation: POS_λ(\alpha) Explained
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Graduate Constructing a Pseudo-Probability Space from an Outer Measure in V
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Undergrad Will someone hit this softball out of the park?
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Undergrad Statistical analysis: data filtering
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Undergrad Help with permutations and combinations
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Undergrad Is Poker Just Luck? Comparing it to the Basket Game
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Graduate Should the Possibility of Never Rolling a Six be Included in the Sample Space?
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Graduate How many primes are there in a certain range of numbers?
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Undergrad Winning Probability in Card Game: 1/4 + (13/51)?
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Undergrad How Many Flips to Get 10 Heads/Tails in a Row?
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Undergrad Comparing Finite Math and Logic: Which One Covers More Topics?
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High School Ank pays 5% simple interest on money deposited
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High School Calculate s^2 & s: Intro to Stats Guide
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Undergrad What Percentage of Bags Are Rejected Due to Weight Limits?
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Graduate Entropy of Sets: What It Is & How to Calculate
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Graduate Understanding the Definition of an Ordered Pair
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Graduate Cardinality of Real-Valued Functions on R
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Graduate Online resource for type theory?
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Undergrad How Many Ways to Arrange Marbles in a 6x6 Grid Without Color Repetition?
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Undergrad What Are the Best Game Theory Resources for Beginners and Non-Scientists?
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High School 1+1=2: Is There a Proof or Acceptance?
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Graduate Can Mathematical Certainty be Achieved for Common Claims?
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Undergrad Question regarding Binomial expansion.
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Undergrad Question about Binomial expansion.
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High School Answer Time & Distance: Thief and Policeman Catch Up
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High School What Is the General Formula for Calculating Combinations?
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Graduate Definable Numbers: Countability, Uncountability & Paradoxes
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Graduate Cardinality of Complex vs. Real
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Undergrad Can We Mathematically Prove the Basics of Probability?
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Undergrad Calculating Probability of Winning a Case - 60% & 70% Chances
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Undergrad Hold'em poker hands simulation
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Undergrad Combinatorial Problems: Inviting Friends and Seating Arrangements
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Undergrad Is Probability Truly Meaningful in Research Studies?
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Finding the Source of Assignment Copies
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Graduate How to Find c for Given Joint PDF?
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Graduate Separated topology and existence of a metric
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Undergrad How do you find moment generating function?
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High School Evaluating 12 C 2: How to Simplify Without a Calculator
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Graduate Why is Fourier transform of exp(ix) a delta?
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High School Calculating Average Speed in a Two-Mile Trip
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Undergrad Phi- normal distribution (how to look normal tables )
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Graduate A horse has infinite number of legs? huh? help
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Undergrad Smoker Tree Diagram: Calculate P(H|D)
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Undergrad Normal and lognormal distribution
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Undergrad Understanding the General Linear Model
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Undergrad Understanding the Probability of Rolling 4 of a Kind in Yahtzee
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Graduate Russell's type theory, ZF set theory
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Graduate Proving Limit Points in Point Sets for Scientists
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Undergrad Question on Fisher's Exact Test
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Undergrad Balls in Boxes, Probability Question
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Undergrad Expected Value of X in Binomial Trials
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Undergrad Sample size needed for power of a study
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Undergrad How do I calculate the number of elements in set Z using set theory?
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Graduate How Do You Convert a PDF to a CDF Using Integration?
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Undergrad What are Some Questions on Probability Distributions?
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Graduate Understanding Partial Order Relations and Their Definition on X={a,b,c,d,f}
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Undergrad How to calculate some probabilities?
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Undergrad Average Throws Needed for All Dice Points to Appear
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Undergrad Solve Travel Problem: 10 Fans in 3 Taxis
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High School Percent Error When Measured Value is 0 - Always 100%
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Undergrad Counting Unique 7-Digit Phone Numbers - No Repeats
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Undergrad Help on normal distribution question please
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Graduate Gaussian normal distribution curve
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Graduate How can I prove that X is COUNTABLY compact?
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Undergrad Why does changing an x-value affect the mean but not the variation?
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Undergrad Find the probability of his having to stop at the light Answer
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Graduate Cantor's diagonal argument (I guess technically this comes under set theory)
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Graduate THe Laplace random variable has a PDF that is a double exponential
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