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Graduate Chi-squared inverse function and incomplete gamma function

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High School Start Learning Probability Theory Now

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Graduate How to Calculate Mutual Information for a Die Roll on a Leaning Table?

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Graduate Why Any Telephone Directory is too Small

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Graduate Julia Set: Chaos on Irrational Points on Unit Circle

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Undergrad Question about roulette probability

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Undergrad Compute Mean Square Error (MSE) for a Problem

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Graduate A binomial problem involving 2 different random variables.

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Undergrad Mann-whitney U test? math n00b?

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Graduate Is there a shorthand for an indicator function of a positive integer?

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Graduate The PDF of the exponential of a Gaussian random variable

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Graduate Sum over k from 0 to an even n of abs(k/n - 1/2)*C(n,k)=(1/2)*C(n,n/2)

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Graduate Recursion-theoretic if-statements

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Graduate Combine several measures: consensus mean or a sampling problem?

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Undergrad Elementary probability problem I can't get my head round Help

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Graduate Calculating Probability in Poisson Process Problem | Z(t-c)=m, Z(t)=k

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Undergrad How Likely Is It That Two Points on a Segmented Line Are Less Than 20cm Apart?

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High School Real easy probabily ( i forgot the basics)

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Undergrad Settling a Debate: Chances of Promotion Over Time

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Undergrad Dice probabilities on opposed sets of 10-sided dice

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Undergrad Why Is Sample Variance Calculated with n-1 Instead of n?

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Graduate Normalized SSE for a set of data?

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Graduate Help on Covariance: Approximating \Theta1 & \Theta2

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Undergrad Number of ways to go to the opposite corner.

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Undergrad Poisson distribution problem help

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Undergrad How to Determine a 95% Confidence Interval and Best-Fit Distribution in Excel?

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Graduate Understanding Russell's Paradox: The Paradox of Self-Referential Sets

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Graduate What Distribution Does Z Follow When Both Means and Variances Differ?

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Graduate Joint distribution function of z and |z|

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Graduate How Do Moment Generating Functions Prove Distribution Stability Under Addition?

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Graduate Calculating Width of Gaussian PDF(x) Given Sigma & N

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Graduate Show that Xbar - Ybar is a consistent estimator

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Graduate What is the probability that the top pancake is burned on both sides?

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Graduate Standard Error of Replicates, Each With Standard Error

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Undergrad What other functions can be used to aproximate Poisson's distribution?

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Undergrad Finding Bestfit Distribution [image]

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Graduate Subsets of non countably infinite sets

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Graduate Limit of the intersection of events

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Undergrad How do I calculate the confidence interval for a set of data using excel?

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Undergrad Probability: getting two of the same when rolling 2 or more dices

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Graduate Calculating error in coefficients determined from fitting a curve to data?

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Graduate Stability of the gaussian under addition and scalar multiplication

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Graduate Is this conditional probability has derived correctly?

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Graduate Why Is It Acceptable to Interchange Sum and Integral for Martingale Proof?

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Graduate Density function for X^2Y^2 and max(X,Y)

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Graduate What is the convolution of two independent standard gaussian distributions?

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Undergrad How Many Permutations of Coins Meet a Specific Value Threshold?

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Graduate Does E(e^{-X}) = 0 imply X = \infty almost surely for X \geq 0?

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Graduate Finding a probability given joint p.d.f of the continuous random variables

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Undergrad Exploring Subsets: Understanding Integers and Their Relationships in Mathematics

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Graduate How to deal with a probability conditioned on empty

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Undergrad Probability of an event is p, average attempt until p happens?

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High School Unpacking the Mystery of the Empty Set

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Undergrad Interpolation Method: Solving Missing Data

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Graduate An upper bound for a conditional probability

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Graduate Proof of Convergence Theorem for Decreasing Sequences with Logic Laws

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Undergrad Determining number of possible move sequences in Connect-4

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Undergrad How to find a logical statement equivalent to the one I have?

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High School Determining Functions from relations

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Undergrad What's the difference between a dictionary and a basis?

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High School What Is the Difference Between Outcome Space and Sample Space?

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Graduate A question regarding conditional probabilities

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Graduate Is the set of rational numbers in [0,1] a set in the algebra?

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Graduate Definition of Random Variable (from Durrett)

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Graduate Uncertainty for p = 0 for binomial distribution?

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High School Introduction to Proofs: A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic

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Graduate Books on Axioms: ZF(C) & Why It's Complete

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Undergrad Prove by Induction: 3n-1 is Divisible by 2

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Undergrad Set theory. What does this mean?

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Undergrad Calculating string given index in Cartesian Set

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Graduate Can all open sets in R^n be expressed as countable union of open cubes?

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Graduate A problem about computability theory

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Graduate Mathematical Logic by Cori and Lascar: Incomplete proof of Lemma 1.9?

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Graduate Mathematical Logic by Cori and Lascar : Possible typo?

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Undergrad Understanding Combinatorics: Probability of Selecting Balls from a Box

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Graduate Linear regression, error in both variables

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Graduate Characteristic Function of a Compound Poisson Process

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Graduate Determining error of function value from state estimates

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Graduate Why are sigma fields significant in probability theory?

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Graduate Cartesian products and the definition of a map

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Undergrad Figuring out the correct number of permutations for a problem at work

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Graduate Relation between exponentially distributed random variables and Poisson(1)

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Graduate Does Convergence in Distribution Guarantee Probability Equality for Events?

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Graduate Algebraic sum of continuous random variable probabilities

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Graduate Dixon Statistical Test: Deriving Density Function

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Undergrad What is the meaning of the weird symbol in 'Mathematical Logic'?

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Undergrad Confused with using Proof by Smallest Counterexample

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Graduate Do Indicator Functions Require Independence of Variables?

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Undergrad What Is the Probability That Player 1 with More Coins Wins in a Coin Toss?

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Undergrad Grade Calculator: Find GPA & Subject Grades

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Undergrad How important is a solid understanding of Logic

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Undergrad Contrapositive: Basic but Makes No Sense | xy=0, x!=0 & y!=0

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Undergrad Understanding Probability in Lottery Odds: A Misconception

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Undergrad How Do You Calculate E(XY) for Dependent Variables with Given Observations?

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Graduate Trivariate CDF, solving for variable within CDF itself?

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Graduate Axiom of Choice: finite sets to infinite sets

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Graduate Conditional expectation of exponential random variable

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Undergrad Texas Hold'em: Probability of Full House

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Undergrad Calculating Odds of Royal Flush in Poker - Excel

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Graduate Question about infinite sets ?

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