Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/August 2008

= August 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 1


 * 1) Statistics
 * 2) Geometry :convex quadrilateral

= August 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 3


 * 1) Markup syntax for a mathematical sequence and lbrace rbrace not documented
 * 2) Derivative of the generalized factorial function.

= August 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 4


 * 1) Raffle winning strategy
 * 2) Poisson Distribution
 * 3) Looking for Simon Plouffe's magical formulae
 * 4) confusing problem
 * 5) Is there a formula for the probability of rolling a sum? given a pair of 6-sided dice?

= August 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 5


 * 1) Integral of an Absolute Value
 * 2) Permutations
 * 3) NP-completeness of 3-colouring
 * 4) Which graphical calculator is best for me?
 * 5) Price support example: utter nonsense, or not?
 * 6) Ray-tracing in more exotic non-euclidian spaces?

= August 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 6


 * 1) Ramsey's Theorem Proof
 * 2) Trigonometry: Secant to Cosecant
 * 3) Polynomial that generates ALL primes
 * 4) list methods which can demonstrate ability to perform a given function

= August 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 7


 * 1) Natural log integral
 * 2) Exponentially losing viewers
 * 3) Matrices

= August 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 8


 * 1) Gaussian function
 * 2) Sudoku minimum and maximum for fixed outcome
 * 3) The Dilogarithm
 * 4) Cosmological constant influencing the moon and pioneer orbits?
 * 5) Modulus integrals
 * 6) Unsolved Mathmatical Proof
 * 7) "Three-edge Coloring"

= August 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 9


 * 1) NonStandard Number Theory
 * 2) Another proof of $0.999dots $
 * 3) Iain Evans constant
 * 4) Momentum
 * 5) Labour-theory value of human life

= August 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 10


 * 1) Which world map projection is most accurate in terms of scale?
 * 2) What's a nonstandard integer?
 * 3) Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, as an example of Russell's paradox
 * 4) Horizontal force
 * 5) Indian numbering system
 * 6) Efficiently determining whether any vector in a span satisfies a system of inequalities

= August 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 11


 * 1) Mandala problem
 * 2) Can two asymptotic functions touch or cross?
 * 3) Conversion
 * 4) linear regression

= August 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 12


 * 1) Manifold
 * 2) Convergence

= August 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 13


 * 1) Convolution
 * 2) Marge Inoverra election

= August 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 14


 * 1) Euler's theorem
 * 2) Deceptively distributed decimal digits
 * 3) 2012
 * 4) A question about terminology  in elementary category theory
 * 5) How fast?

= August 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 15


 * 1) Projective Space
 * 2) First Principle

= August 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 16


 * 1) Induced coloring method
 * 2) Polynomials

= August 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 17


 * 1) Connecting points without intersecting lines
 * 2) Square root of i
 * 3) Infinity

= August 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 18


 * 1) Sum of two disks
 * 2) 220 pages probability
 * 3) Clifford algebra
 * 4) a,b,c are three rational numbers..
 * 5) Tensor products
 * 6) Fuel economy

= August 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 19


 * 1) Mathematicians do not use sliderule??
 * 2) Pronumerals that satisfy an equation
 * 3) Hyperbolic dynamics problem
 * 4) Pronumerals?

= August 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 20


 * 1) Pi ^ Pi
 * 2) Math grad student forum
 * 3) Compact

= August 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 22


 * 1) Nothing?
 * 2) Semplifying my problem above
 * 3) Category of monoids
 * 4) About the Möbius strip
 * 5) On beyond expm1
 * 6) Sine function

= August 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 23


 * 1) Pyramid Volume section contains wrong derivation of volume: a negative sign in the integral...
 * 2) How to find the shorter path?
 * 3) Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 23

= August 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 24


 * 1) Math question
 * 2) mathemetician

= August 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 25


 * 1) Mathematical notation equivalent
 * 2) northest point

= August 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 26


 * 1) Series' & Sequences
 * 2) Calculus
 * 3) Kernel density estimation question
 * 4) Limits

= August 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 27


 * 1) Laplace Transforms
 * 2) 1590897978359414784
 * 3) matrices
 * 4) Tank

= August 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 28


 * 1) Formula
 * 2) Graphing inaccuracy on TI-84 Plus SE
 * 3) Coincidence
 * 4) Human height

= August 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 29


 * 1) Statistics - How can i test for the existance of a significant difference?
 * 2) A generalization of Brouwer's fixed point theorem

= August 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 30


 * 1) Operation of adding a fraction and its reciprocal
 * 2) Verhoeff algorithm
 * 3) Affine curvature
 * 4) Range and Domain

= August 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2008 August 31


 * 1) Problem in a proof
 * 2) Sine Law Ambiguous Case