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    Undergrad Finding Max Product in NxM Matrix Without Duplicate Rows/Cols

    Wait, do you mean the maximum product as simply the result of multiplying the greatest non-intersecting plots of a MN matrix? Just to clarify For example, in the 6-schematized matrix: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) the maximum product would be (5)(4) = 20 etc.
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    Ultimate question: Why anything at all?

    That doesn't explain why things exist in the first place; it merely hints at the nature of interpretive perception You're reducing the problem from that of the physical to that of the mental and metaphysical. however, the problem of existence is indifferent to that dichotomy; the phantasms of...
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    Ultimate question: Why anything at all?

    Sorry for backtracking a thought post mortem, but I just wanted to clear up any fallacies that the original author directed through his/her reasoning. (if this post is not allowed by the standard regulations, just edit/delete it please) The set of real numbers (shorthand being R) implies the...
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    Graduate Where should you sit in a circular pecking order?

    Well, subtle innuendos in the art of trolling are one of my favourite vocations However, as I do not (ostensibly) have a sufficiently advanced background in the technical formality of the language you are anxiously aquainted with on a regular basis, I wasn't so much trying to troll you as to...
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    Graduate Is the list of particles complete and unique?

    Considering the multiverse interpretation of quantum mechanics, I wouldn't expect the SM to be holistically unique, but let's not delve there (for now). If there were more than one universe, there would undeniably be different sets laws governing reality- each of them independently tinkering...
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    Undergrad Can a Mathematician Prove a Coin is Biased?

    You can't determine whether the coin is biased or not by simply questioning the ratio of heads : tails per M coin tosses. The ratio is determined by the experiment, but the validity of the experiment is not discernibly determined by the expectancy fallout percentage - the margin or error in...
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    Can there ever be a finite pattern?

    Well, you can extend the applicability of a pattern to as many terms as you like, so ... there is no such thing as a finite pattern in the sense it is commonly construed. On the other hand, regarding periodicity, there has to be some underlying frequency in tabulation as determining the...
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    Undergrad Can you have binary stars with the same radius but different masses?

    Simply put, if they are identically constituted by virtue of physical properties, then they are similar to one another as directly proportional to the relation of the radii. On the other hand, if the stars of the binary system are, although uniform, different in composition, then they are, in...
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    Graduate Where should you sit in a circular pecking order?

    If M is unspecified in a given set of extractions, then any logistical coordinate is as good as any other. Really, there is no range of optimality without a set of reference for the value(s) of M. Even if M was only defined as a numerical range or even an algebraic formulation of some...
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    Undergrad Prove: Rational Number Squared Has Prime Factors w/ Even Exponent

    I infer that you are a mathematical amateur (like me, a high school freshman - perhaps we can personally relate?) and are in requirement of guidance. Umm ... a little advice, a small tip of insurance. For any composite number 'n' raised to any power 'p', the prime factorization of it yields...
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    High School Why does a ball rebounds more over the edges?

    Just establishing what I anticipate to be an enriching opportunity in tenure of the scientifically literate cognoscenti. (This is my first post in this entire forums.) xD Bearing in mind that I do not specialize in any means of physics, I suppose I may qualify for the approval of various...