Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/August 2013

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 * 1) Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem

= August 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 2


 * 1) For those that enjoys probability puzzles
 * 2) orbifold questions

= August 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 4


 * 1) math
 * 2) probability

= August 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 5


 * 1) 3D noughts and crosses
 * 2) 10 9 20 8
 * 3) Brass crosses, the sequel

= August 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 7


 * 1) Forecasting Return on Capital Employed

= August 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 8


 * 1) 2-minor of a 2×n matrix

= August 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 9


 * 1) DIfference of averages versus average of differences
 * 2) Polynomial regression vs. Legendre polynomials

= August 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 10


 * 1) Seventeen or Bust question
 * 2) Quadratic polynomial name

= August 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 11


 * 1) decimals
 * 2) Can "n choose 4" be squarefree infinitely often?
 * 3) NP-Complete?

= August 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 12


 * 1) Polynomial determinants

= August 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 13


 * 1) Odd sided fair die?
 * 2) latex question

= August 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 14


 * 1) Schläfli symbol
 * 2) Are there infinite axioms?
 * 3) A deceptively simple statistics question

= August 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 15


 * 1) How does one define "symmetrized Kronecker product"
 * 2) If the arithmetic mean of seven different numbers is 5...
 * 3) Continued fraction types.

= August 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 16


 * 1) Fourier analysis

= August 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 17


 * 1) Laplacean correction for continuous variables

= August 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 18


 * 1) Asymptotic Problem
 * 2) Intraconference/intradivisional scheduling as pairing off elements from different sets
 * 3) Why do the combination of two negative signs give a positive result?
 * 4) Continued product of (Pa*Pb-2)/(Pa*Pb)

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 * 1) Name for a particular type of hypercomplex number

= August 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 21


 * 1) Mathematical Fiction list?

= August 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 22


 * 1) Amateurs Publishing on Complicated Topics, Possible?
 * 2) Upper bound on prime gaps?
 * 3) How to retrieve the cartesian coordinates of a line of $R^3$ from its Plücker coordinates?

= August 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 23


 * 1) the shape of heart
 * 2) Intersection of two "curves" question.

= August 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 24


 * 1) Symmetry groups
 * 2) Rational solutions of x^y = y^x
 * 3) Finding the root of a vector fixed point function

= August 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 25


 * 1) Integration
 * 2) Čech Cohomology

= August 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 26


 * 1) Values of the arcsecant function
 * 2) Limit of an (infinite) sum, and teaching a man how to fish
 * 3) Definition of Division
 * 4) Calculus - Function describing path of a car's back wheels.
 * 5) Axioms for arithmetic

= August 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 27


 * 1) Finding the value of an angle involving inverse trigonometric function
 * 2) Given that a = (500 000 - 1000b) / (1000 - b) has infinite solutions but only one pair for both a and b are integers...
 * 3) Ambiguous probability question ?
 * 4) Probability of making a type I error: not equal to alpha?

= August 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 31


 * 1) Division with small numerator and huge denominator?
 * 2) Capital omega of Catalan numbers