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MHB Proving Induction Principle using Well Ordering Principle of Natural Nos
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MHB Wackerly/Mendenhall/Schaeffer Problem 2.74: Double the Probability?
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MHB Does cardinality of a set refer to the number of elements it has?
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Graduate How do I prove this? (summation problem)
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Graduate Degrees of Freedom: Can I Sum Individual Model DF?
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Graduate Dispersion or standard deviation?
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MHB Introduction to J-tuples in set theory
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Graduate Simple set theory problem - definition of a J-Tuple
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MHB By using rules of inference how the valid conclusion can be determined?
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MHB How to remember set theory properties?
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Graduate Distribution of sample mean and variance, and variance of sample means
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Undergrad Probability distribution function
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MHB Solving: a_n=3a_n-1 + 2n to cn + d = 3(c(n-1) + d) + 2n
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MHB Solve Constant Alpha's in Images: Help to Understand and Get Unstuck
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MHB Solve Recurrence Relation w/ 3 Terms & Initial Conditions
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Undergrad Solving Probability Questions: 2 Homes, Cats, Dogs
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Graduate Infinite Distribution: Generating Unbounded Real Numbers
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Undergrad (Potential massive search-space) Is this an exponential problem?
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MHB Showing the nth prime is primitive recursive
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MHB Union & Intersection questions
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MHB Discovering Intersections of Infinite Primes Sets
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MHB Transform Random Var CDF to Standard Normal: F(x)=1-exp(-sqrt x)
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Undergrad Set Theory and Binary Logic: Understanding XOR in Set Theory Operations
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Undergrad What Is the Standard Deviation of the Volume?
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MHB Why Does This Summation Simplify to a Power of p?
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Undergrad Find the 90% two-sided confidence interval for the mean score.
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MHB Conditional Probability and law of total probability.
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Graduate Correlation confused on integration
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Graduate Find a general formula for the MLE for p
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MHB What are the distributions for R and fi in polar coordinates?
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MHB How Many Tests to Break DES and AES Encryption by Brute Force?
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MHB How Do You Prove the Logarithm Identity \frac{log_a n}{log_b n} = C?
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Undergrad What is the topic of auto regresive in math?
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Undergrad Where did the correlation formula come from?
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Graduate Missing step in standard proof of |P(N)|=|R|
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Graduate Propagation of uncertainty from wavenumber to wavelength
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Graduate How can I write down this property of relations
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Graduate Set of All Groups: Defining & Trouble?
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Undergrad What is the probability of each type of ball going in a pipe?
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MHB Gaussian Mixture Models and Geodesics
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High School What is the probability of my poker room's bad beat?
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Graduate F test for R^2 when comparing two models
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Undergrad How Many Years to Test Every Combination of a 15-Piece Molecular Puzzle?
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Graduate (Terminology) bijective correspondence between proper classes?
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Graduate Cartesian product of index family of sets
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MHB Probability distribution of girls
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Graduate What is an intractable integral? How do you recognize one?
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Graduate Has Anyone Else Proven 1 + 1 = 2 Besides Russell?
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Graduate Calculate item from n-size cross product without creating product?
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MHB Two dimensional normal distribution
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Graduate Alternatives to proving the uncountability of number between 0 and 1
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Graduate Don't believe that pi is a real number
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Graduate Comprehension Schema: The Possibility of Multiple Sets with the Same Property
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Graduate Stable Distributions And Limit Theorems
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Graduate Show that the set of sets {An} has n elements
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Undergrad Algebraic proofs for probability equations?
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High School Uncertainty significant digits
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Undergrad Why are normal distributions so frequent?
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Undergrad How often on average - shooting arrows into 2 targets
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Graduate Coin Flip Variation: Equal Outcome Probability?
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Graduate Bessel's correction and degrees of freedom
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Undergrad Should you call in this situation? (Hold'em card game)
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Graduate Random variables: Total probability, Transformations & CDFs
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Graduate Alternative to Von Neumann bias correction method
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Undergrad Poisson Process Probability Question
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Graduate Finding the Uncertainty of the Slope Parameter of a Liner Regression
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MHB Wackerly/Mendenhall/Schaeffer Problem 2.14: Perspective's Role in Probability
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Graduate Probabilty in a torrent (advanced probability)
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MHB Wackerly/Mendenhall/Schaeffer Problem 2.19: Assignment of Probabilities
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Undergrad What's the probability of a similar evolution on a different planet?
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High School The union of a subset and its complement
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Undergrad Calculating Probability for Rematch in FIFA12 on Xbox Live
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Undergrad How to determine monthly deposits to reach a financial goal
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MHB Geometry Book: 2 Axioms & Their Implications
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Undergrad Where Can I Learn Lambda Calculus?
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Graduate Role of future measurements on Bayes Filter
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Undergrad What is the Probability of an Earthquake Occurring During Positive Tidal Stress?
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Undergrad Restore indirect relations within a transitive relation
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MHB Solving Inference Exercise: ¬t∨w
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MHB Find p(x=0 or 1) & F(x) for Poisson Distribution
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Graduate Factorisation Theorem for Sufficiency
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Undergrad Uncovering the Hidden Probabilities in Georgia's Keno Lottery Game | Explained
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Undergrad Violation of the Markov property
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Graduate Difference between prediction and update on Bayesian Filters
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Graduate Maximizing the entropy of a constrained distribution
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Graduate Poisson process, question about the definition.
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Undergrad Are these medical records Anonymised ?, (birthday problem variant)
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Graduate The Mathematics of the Mandelbrot Set
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Graduate Does Cantor's Diagonal Argument Apply to the Rationals?
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Undergrad Calculate 8% Chance Event Occur After 3 Tries
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Undergrad Determining error in a linear gradient/slope
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Undergrad Some information on this topic?
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MHB Sets Intersection Proof: G and {F(n)} Family of Sets
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Graduate What is the true value given successive sub-unity sensor readings?
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High School What is the pattern in this series of numbers?
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MHB Probability problem in hexagon
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Undergrad Poisson distribution on a simulated (SSA) data set
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Graduate How do we interpret P(A|B|C) ?
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High School Wisdom of the Crowd for lesson plan
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Graduate Sets - Relations - proof involving transitivity
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