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Ppbuk replied to the thread Intro Math Terrence Tao is coming out with a popular math book.I hadn't planned to buy this book but I was browsing for Christmas presents in our local bookshop in the UK and I couldn't resist (I am...
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Ppbuk reacted to Frabjous's post in the thread Intro Math Terrence Tao is coming out with a popular math book with
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In the US, according to Amazon, it is being published on 10 Nov. I am guessing that the additional “s” slows down the Brits so Tao is... -
Ppbuk replied to the thread Intro Math Terrence Tao is coming out with a popular math book.It was published on 27 October, the day before you posted this.
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Ppbuk reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Solve this problem about paintings that involves permutations with
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Ppbuk replied to the thread Solve this problem about paintings that involves permutations.You forgot to multiply by 6 (Case 1 + Case 2 = 81,285,120). That is an elegant solution - was it inspired by @PeroK's (or...
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Ppbuk replied to the thread Lingusitics Instruction to acquire the main language in other countries.LMGTFY This is wrong. Target Language as a foreign language is taught in a country where Target Language is a foreign language i.e. is...
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Ppbuk reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Solve this problem about paintings that involves permutations with
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Does nobody care why a music curator is trying to hang these rare paintings? 🤔 -
Ppbuk replied to the thread Solve this problem about paintings that involves permutations.Yes, 487,710,720 verified by computation.
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Ppbuk reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Solve this problem about paintings that involves permutations with Like.
The answer I got was ##(224 \times 9!) \times 6##. Given that the total number of permutations is ##12!\times 6##, that gives the...
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Ppbuk reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Solve this problem about paintings that involves permutations with Like.
Here's how I did it. Temporarily take the two modern art pieces as indistinguishable. We can multiply by 2 at the end. There are 66...
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Ppbuk replied to the thread High School Probability (all possibilities) can be >1 ?.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley Edit: many of their books are aimed at younger readers, however the "Simply..." series...
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Ppbuk replied to the thread Linear independence of vectors through a problem.Read the OP again. It is true that the OP has gone about this problem in a strange way, but your criticisms are invalid.
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Ppbuk reacted to kuruman's post in the thread Linear independence of vectors through a problem with
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Why is that? The problem is asking you to "show that two lines from one vertex of the parallelogram to the midpoints of the two opposite... -
Ppbuk replied to the thread Undergrad A banal lemma from measurable functions.Maybe so, however you seem surprised by something (I am still not sure what) an AI has done. Is it possible that the AI is not as...
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Ppbuk replied to the thread High School Finite number divided by infinity.I don't think that is true. Can you point to such a claim?