Recent content by tresty

Thanks to all who replied! I actually decided to a send a written letter, because I thought being more formal than necessary wouldn't hurt me, whereas the opposite might. I just kept it short and simple thanking them for being so generous and for lightning my financial burden.

Hi everyone, I have a quick question, and it may be a "no duh" question so please bare. If the department (not a specific person but the department as a whole) awards you with a small admission fellowship based on your application package, is it necessary to write a hard-copy thank you...

Thanks for your reply kjl. I've now tried a whole bunch of things, and have come to a final result. After taking different approaches to this problem, including the weight method and the probability method, I noticed that the real problem comes into play when the sample space is extremely...

Thanks for your reply Gerenuk, Yes, when the sides are flat I think there's an easy way to calculate the probability. Now, I really don't know about the intermediate angles (1 to 89 degrees). Something to do with spatial sampling bias I suppose...hmm..

Hi everyone, I have a question that seems simple, but I cannot come up with the right answer. Suppose you have a square with sides 2 (xrange[-1:1], yrange[-1:1]) Further suppose that there are equal number of vertical, horizontal and diagonal (exactly 45 degrees) lines of various...

Hi, (I'm not too sure where to post this but this seems to be the most suitable place. Apologies if I am wrong.) If I am majoring Astrophysics and applying to grad schools, is my Math gpa an important factor in addition to my Physics gpa , Astronomy gpa and cumulative gpa? If so, how...