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Graduate Understanding Open Sets in Topology
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Undergrad What is Heaviside Function? Tutorial & Application
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Undergrad Probability of at Least One Girl in a Five-Child Family | Independent Births
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Graduate Proving two events are independent given that one has a probability of 1
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Undergrad A question about intersection of system of sets
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Graduate What is the distribution of difference of two Gamma Distributions ?
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Undergrad Tell if this Argument is valid (Propositional Logic)?
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Graduate How does knowledge affect randomness?
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What are some potential topics for scientific research?
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Undergrad What statistical analysis should/could I use in this scenario?
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Undergrad Given a random number from 0-3, return a random number from 0-6
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Undergrad Equations for Various Functions ?
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Undergrad Find the Composion of this relation
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High School How to create a matrix from this relation
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Undergrad Probabilities involving Mins and Maxes
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Graduate Jacobian Matrix of Residuals
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Undergrad Binomial Probability Problems: Finding Probability for Glasses and DMF Teeth
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Standard Deviation of Profit Per Lottery Ticket?
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Undergrad Detecting gradual change in an oscillating data set.
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Undergrad Ordinal Numbers: Bridging English & Set Theory
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Undergrad Game Show Theory: Should You Switch Choices?
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Graduate Confused about set-theoretic definition of a function
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Graduate Random Variable Measurability w.r.t. Sigma Fields
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Undergrad Statistics - Within-subjects for categorical data
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Undergrad Regression SS in multiple linear regression
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Undergrad Logic confusion - formally clear but practically not so.
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Graduate Estimating Error Functions for very large values
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Graduate Why does the sum 1/log(n) behave like 1/log(n)?
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Undergrad Set builder notation and proofs
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Undergrad Formula for combinations with repeting objects
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High School Help, find a statement using a truth table
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Graduate Is My Proof on Finite Sets and One-to-One Correspondence Correct?
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Undergrad Permutation Question with "ABERRATIONAL" - Get Help & Insight
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Graduate Resolution of Russell's and Cantor's paradoxes
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Undergrad Find Expected Number of Cakes per Person: Bernoulli to Gamma
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Graduate Trivial Question on Gamma Distribution Function
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Undergrad Intersection of sets with infinite number of elements
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Undergrad Meaning of a union symbol in front of a set?
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Graduate No Probability Measure for Equal Probability of Countable, Infinite Set
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Undergrad Is there an optimal upper limit for power in statistical testing?
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Undergrad Calculate Odds of Getting Hit by Falling Satellite
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Graduate Why Do Lines 3 and 4 Equate in Random Walk Probability Calculations?
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Graduate Solving Overdetermined Problems: X2 Distribution Requirements
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Graduate Nonetheless, FOL is a very good start to formalizing physics.
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Undergrad Calculating a Bijective Function: f(N0)
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Undergrad Negation of Implication: Tautology or Contradiction?
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Graduate Joint probability for an infinite number of random variables,
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Graduate Joint hipergeometric and binomial probability?
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Graduate What is the probability of #4
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High School Can someone please answer this probability question based on coin flip?
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Undergrad Calculating Overall Variance & Standard Deviation for 3 Sets of Data
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Graduate A simple question that I don't know what I should call it
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Undergrad How Many Vertices Does a Planar Graph with Degree 4 and 10 Regions Have?
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Undergrad Can a Monkey Rearrange Letters to Spell Illinois and Tennessee?
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Graduate Can we represent pi as a dedeking cut in the rationals
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Graduate Proving the Limit of a Sequence: A Formal Proof Refuting an Informal Claim
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Unsafe street leads to safer drivers?
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Graduate Forming a sigma field from a countable infinite set
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High School Very simple maths question to determine my fate
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Graduate How Can I Prove the Second Equation from the First in a Random Walk Probability?
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High School What Is the Correct Probability of Selecting Three Candies of the Same Kind?
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Graduate Is Q Complete in the Context of the Completeness Axiom?
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Graduate Choosing Normalization to Create Bell Curve with Mean 1
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Graduate Prove Pr(t<X<t+dt)=f(t)dt - Get Help Here!
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Graduate Equating Field of Elements via the Radix
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Graduate What is the negation of the statement
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Graduate Proving (A∩B)' = A'∪B' Without De Morgan's Method
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High School What don't I get about coin tossing?
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Graduate Generating multivariate normal vectors under constraints
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Graduate What is the definition of supremum and how can it be used to compare sequences?
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Undergrad Distributivity Theorem in Boolean Algebra
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Undergrad Standard deviation versus absolute mean deviation
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Undergrad Discrete Mathematics - (A∪B)-(A∩B)=(A-B)∪(B-A) - prove by cases?
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Graduate Why is likelihood function defined as such?
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Undergrad Z-score/percentile rank question
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Graduate Gaussian distributed falling drops on a non-orthogonal plane
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Graduate CDF of a normal vector is there a closed form?
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Graduate How Many DNA Molecules to Sample for Sufficient Unique Sequences?
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Graduate Consistent estimator for parameter from Rayleigh distribution.
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Undergrad Methods for computing partial-costs of product bundles?
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Graduate Deriving the standard deviation of a resultant vector
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High School Probability of Correctly Answering 1 of 4 Questions
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Undergrad Ipv6 unique address for each person
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Undergrad Probability Help: Formulas for Random Variables with Mean 5 and Variance 12
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High School Probability Notes: HK Syllabus & Recommendations
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Undergrad I think this is my first proof but constructing it
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Undergrad Why not choose a confidence level retrospectively?
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Graduate Question about a logic notation
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Undergrad Linear regression and bivariate normal, is there a relationship?
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Undergrad Proving De Morgan's Law: A' U B
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Graduate Verifying Identity: Easier Way to Solve?
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Undergrad Help I need the expected value for a tricky situation
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Graduate Finding or estimating confidence interval for populaion mean
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Graduate Cardinality of the set of ordinal numbers
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Undergrad Working out the sides on a die and the numerical ratio on the die
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Graduate Expansion of Taylor series for statistical functionals
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Graduate My proof of very basic measure theory theorem
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Undergrad What Are the Steps for Calculating Residuals in a Regression Model?
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Undergrad Are Events A and B Independent?
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Graduate Is the Number of Binary Sequences Countable or Uncountable?
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