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Undergrad Disproving A=B with Counter Example: Sets A, B & C
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Undergrad Continuous Compounding Interest
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Graduate Analyze Size of Pre-Image Sets Under Functions
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Graduate Why are real numbers usually split into Rational/Algebraic/Transcendental?
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MHB How can I check if there is a solution?
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Graduate Variable Set Distribution - Buckingham Pi Theorum
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MHB Finding the PMF of Y with Known X
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Undergrad Is the Definition of an Argument in Logic by Paul Teller Solid?
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MHB Is the Intersection of the Empty Set a Set?
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MHB Discrepency with book's answer to characteristic function
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MHB Card Hand probability question
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MHB Second moment of the Poisson random variable
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MHB A recurrence formula for an integral
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MHB How did we find sqrt(ε_7(2)) ?
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Graduate Proof of fundamental theorem of arithmetic
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Graduate The P vs. NP millennial prize problem
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MHB Determine the images of the functions f: R -> R....?
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Graduate Average displacement based on probability .
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MHB Need help with Interest question?
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High School Is the Star Test for Syllogisms a Valid Method?
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MHB Show Sentences Proof: "Hey Again! (Wasntme)
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MHB Total number of function from A to A
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High School Compound Interest Paid in 3.5 Years: Regional Laws & Concepts
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Graduate What Is the Difference Between a Measure and a Measurable Function?
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MHB Find the probability of being same
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MHB Which property does it satisfy?
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MHB Find the probability of choosing the same subset
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MHB Expressing a set as the difference between two sets.
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Undergrad What Are the Calculations Behind Probabilities in Combinatorial Problems?
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MHB Why can it consist of only one element of a?
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MHB Trouble understanding PMF tables
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Graduate Contact rate between individuals of different probability density functions
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Undergrad Interpreting hypothesis test results
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MHB Y=-X if X ~ Ber(1/4): Solving the Mystery
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Undergrad How many combinations can be formed from 5 binary digits?
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High School In proof of SQRT(2) is irrational, why can't a,b both be even
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Graduate Bayesian stats: how to update probability?
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MHB Introduction to Set Theory: Fundamentals, Construction, and Arithmetic
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MHB What is the Probability of Road Flooding Given Rain and Sewer Overflow?
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MHB How Do Probability Formulas for Bayes Theorem and Exponential Distribution Work?
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Graduate Understanding the Power of a t-Test
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MHB Rumor Propagation on a Small Island: Theoretical Analysis and Simulation Results
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Undergrad What Are Some Recommended Books for Learning Combinatorics?
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Graduate Doubts from transposition, fixing and Identity
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Graduate Can Hypothesis Testing for Proportions Simplify Design Variable Levels?
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Graduate Finding the PMF of a function of a discrete random variable
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Graduate Binomial distribution with dependent trials?
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Undergrad How many elements are in a set of unique rational numbers from 1 to 9?
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Undergrad Hypothesis test for the difference of the difference of means?
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MHB Parametric Statistics: Overview, Knowledge & Challenges
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Undergrad Clarification needed for "some"
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Undergrad Combinatorics Problem: Placing n Books with m Broken
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Graduate Extracting sigma from sum of distributions with moving mean
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MHB Bivariate distribution question
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Undergrad Understanding Sets & Images: A Beginner's Guide to Set Theory
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MHB Can you find a counterexample for this set theory statement?
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MHB Set Theory for Beginners: How is A' ⊆ A and its Complement a Subset of A?
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Graduate No uniform distribution on infinite sets
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MHB How do I calculate the standard deviation from a given table?
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MHB Does the number of events in a set always sum to one?
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Graduate Factor Analysis for scaling a test with pre-post data
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Undergrad How do you calculate the power set of a set of sets?
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Graduate Is it possible to measure Hausdorff dimension for real world objects?
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Graduate Why is the sequence of infinitely many coin tosses uncountable?
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High School What word can you use to describe a "set with repeated elements"
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Undergrad Margin of error, if all responses identical
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Graduate Justifying Linear Interpolation in Coin Toss Example
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High School What is the precise definition of, "Differs in exactly one element"?
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MHB How to Calculate Percent Correct: 87.5% - Understanding Decimals and Rounding
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Undergrad Converting Logarithmic Equations to Base 2
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MHB Understanding the Theorem for Feasible Solutions of Difference Constraints
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MHB Finding Real Solutions to the Floor Function Equation: A Scientific Approach
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MHB Help with Profit/Loss: Find Optimal Number of Items to Buy
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Undergrad Calculating the confidence interval of your data
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MHB Mean and variance of difference operators on a time series process
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MHB Conditional exponential probability
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Graduate The derivation of Ito formula and Stratonovich formula
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Undergrad Need help understanding book description for a combinatoris problem
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Undergrad Combinatorics problem Need help
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Graduate Impossible to make a program to tell whether a program runs forever
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Undergrad Standard deviation translation property proof - confused with property
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MHB Girth of $H_d$ Hypercube Graph: Proving $4$ by Induction
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Graduate Meaning of non-parametric empirical Bayes
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Undergrad Combinations with repitions when there's limits on how many repitions
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MHB Probability of Rolling Sum of Die-Rolling
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Undergrad How many subsets are there of a set consisting of n elements?
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Graduate Expectation of how many winners
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MHB Prim's algorithm-Minimum Spanning Tree
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MHB Proving $\delta(s,u)+w(u,v)=\delta(s,v)$ in a Shortest Path
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MHB Applying Dijkstra Algorithm: Solving a Problem
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Undergrad 5 count bag of balloons, 6 color possibilities
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MHB What is the Template Algorithm for Minimum Spanning Trees?
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MHB What Do the Symbols $\equiv$, =>, and <=> Mean in Mathematics?
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Graduate Dickey Fuller Test Sine Wave or seasonallity
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Undergrad Tips for Approaching Proofs and Theories in University Math Courses
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High School Why you can’t take the logarithm of a negative number or of 0 ?
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MHB Calculate the diameter of a tree
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MHB Understanding Equivalence of Sentences
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High School Marbles in a Bag Probability Question
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Undergrad Probability question - hypergeometric distribution?
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