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Graduate Transformation of two dimensional random var
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Undergrad Probability of 6 or 1 with Two Dice: An Infinite Experiment
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Undergrad Which branch of mathematics is this?
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Graduate Show that the function f is bijection
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Undergrad Let A, B and C be sets. Prove that
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Undergrad Law of Total Probability/Bayes' Theorem
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Graduate Sum and product rule of measures
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Undergrad Formula to Balance Logarithmic or Continuously Compounding ?
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Undergrad Why/How does the definition of implication in mathematics work?
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Undergrad Simulation, distribution, statistics.
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Graduate Help on an exercise about computability theory.(not homework)
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Graduate Understanding the recursion theorem
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Undergrad Help finding a best fit to an angular distribution
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Graduate Upper bound of random variable
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Graduate What is the Correct Logical Statement for a Fractional Factorial Design?
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Undergrad Binomial Distribution: What Is It?
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Undergrad Creating a Dice Game in a Casino: An Analysis
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Graduate Uncertainty for a star being between two values
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Graduate How to Derive Upper and Lower Bounds for a Random Variable?
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Undergrad Binomial distribution and lottery
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Undergrad What to plot as the errors for a moving average plot of temperature?
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MHB Proving the Uniform Distribution of Y from Independent Random Variables X
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Undergrad Algorithm for dividing a set of numbers into groups
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Undergrad Problem Solving With Permutations
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Undergrad Bar dice: six-of-a-kind out of nine in one shake
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Undergrad Expected value of a roulette bet
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Undergrad Calculating Hybrid Probability When Two Probabilities Affect the Same Event
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Graduate The meaning, if any, of probability -1 or i
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Undergrad Understanding Binomial Distribution: Sum Always Equals 1?
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Graduate Determining the distribution of a variable
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Undergrad Proof: show that negation of converse is true?
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MHB How can I solve a recurrence equation of the form T(n) = aT(n-1) + bn?
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High School Can I prove the statement if n^2 is odd, then n must be odd by contradiction?
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MHB What are some common calculations in Brownian motion?
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Graduate Equivalence of models with respect to Turing-recognizability and -decidability
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Undergrad Existence of a string that connects more than one string in a problem
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MHB Another distribution problem....
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MHB Showing Conditional Independence Does Not Imply Independence
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Graduate Rayleigh and Extreme Value Distribution Type II (Fretech Distribution)
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Undergrad Confidence interval for estimated mean of (discrete) uniform distribution
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Undergrad Are answers in this part of the forum unneccessarily pedantic?
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Undergrad Logic of quantified statements: for all vs if then
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High School What kinda of Variable is this?
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Undergrad Generating Normally Distributed Integers in R, Matlab, and Other Software
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Graduate Proving Sum of 2 Indep. Cauchy RVs is Cauchy
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Graduate Set of real numbers in a finite number of words
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Graduate Are the events A1 and A2 conditionally independent, given F2?
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MHB Calculating Probabilities of Exchange Rate Fluctuations with Markov Processes
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Graduate Confidence in estimated parameters
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Undergrad Question about random variables
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Undergrad Probability immigrants Question
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Undergrad Calculating probability distribution for rolling 4 dice plus reroll lowest die
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Graduate Probably (yea I know, hilarious) easy qs about Bin and Normal distributions
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Undergrad Confidence in investment yield, betting
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High School Help for coin grading % error, odds & conclusions
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Undergrad Generating data from trendline
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Undergrad Help needed with dependent event probablity question
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Undergrad HiI am testing that data are normally distributed by using
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High School Probability Question - Chances Of Meeting Again
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Undergrad Statistics: Question about mild and extreme outliers.
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MHB Finding a set which is not equinumerous with series of sets
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Graduate Set-Theoretic Notation Kuratowski
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Graduate Mathematical Induction question
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MHB Velleman problem 14(a) section 7.3
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MHB Velleman problem 5(d) section 7.2
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Graduate Is there a measure for every Borel σ-algebra?
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MHB Sums of independent random variables
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Undergrad Scaling expression for better data range?
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Undergrad Studying Statistics with DeGroot & Schervish 3e: Reviews and Solutions
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Graduate Creating 2^ω with Sequence: Discovering Infinite Possibilities
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Undergrad Why Do We Subtract 1 from n When Calculating Standard Deviation?
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MHB Can Power Sets of Equinumerous Sets Remain Equinumerous?
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Graduate Applying Bayesian Inference to Test Hypothesis on 100 Samples of Random Numbers
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Graduate Proving Covariance for Stationary Stochastic Processes
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Graduate Can Taking Infinite Power Sets Lead to Cardinality of \aleph_0?
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Undergrad Help with T-Test Analysis: Tips & Degrees of Freedom
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MHB Finding Moments of $X\sim N(0,1)$ using MGF
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Graduate A very probably flawed attempt at CH
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Undergrad Prove or Counterexample problem
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MHB Questions about sets and subsets
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Graduate Having trouble understanding variance of OLS estimator
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MHB Reviewing Basic Probability: Solving for $E(min(A,B))$
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MHB Finding Joint Density for Minimum of Independent Variables: $\min(A,B)$ Formula
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Graduate Did any of my classmates cheat on their homework?
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Graduate Relationship Between Uncertainty and Emergence (neuroscience)?
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Graduate How does asymptotic approximation follow in this scenario?
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Undergrad Parts Per Thousand & Gradients Question
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Graduate Cantor's Diagonalization Proof of the uncountability of the real numbers
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Graduate Generating sets based on a recursive language definition
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Graduate Quick question about sigma algebra proof.
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Graduate What {in,sur}jectivity of composite map implies for components
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Graduate Need help from someone who knows about importance sampling.
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Undergrad What are the steps to prove 2^n < n! using induction?
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Graduate Proving sets with structural induction
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Graduate What is the role of forcing in understanding uncountable sets in set theory?
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Undergrad Financial math modeling of MBS?
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Graduate Can Structural Induction Prove All Elements of Set T Are Powers of 2?
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