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August 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 1

  1. Powers of 2 are "rude"
  2. Looking for easy way to check for enough at bats...
  3. Strong induction

August 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 3

  1. Shannon coding and graphs in a video
  2. Primality of least positive m such that n!+m is prime

August 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 6

  1. Is there any advantage to a floating point number system for computer that is other than binary or base ten (BCD)

August 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 7

  1. Coupon collector's problem variation

August 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 10

  1. Death day probability

August 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 13

  1. Odds of drawing all 4 suits, but only the highest cards in each

August 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 15

  1. Independence of two random variables

August 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 21

  1. How to integrate it
  2. Solving linear differential equations with constant coefficients

August 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 23

  1. Statistical estimation
  2. Approximating low-frequency modes with discrete non-uniform data
  3. Angles

August 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 24

  1. Resources to learn A-level (year 11 & 12) maths?
  2. Simultaneous quadratic equations
  3. Diophantine question...

August 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 25

  1. Revised Simultaneous quadratic equations

August 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 27

  1. Wikipedia article about adding subtracting dividing and multiplying two PDF

August 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 30

  1. Coastline length problem: does a width help?

August 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 31

  1. MPG Word Problem