Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/January 2016

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 1


 * 1) What is the difference between Mathematics Q&A on Stack Exchange and Wikipedia Reference Desk
 * 2) Interpolating sine

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 2


 * 1) What is the probability of two photographs appearing simultaneously from a set of thirteen photos?

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 4


 * 1) equation for any Point Inside a Triangle
 * 2) Newton's Method
 * 3) An elementary question about bookies
 * 4) Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics - notability

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 5


 * 1) Hex grid map

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 7


 * 1) Coupon collector problem with drawing the coupons in batches of k coupons (with possible repetition in the batch)
 * 2) Identifying important relationships with too many variables and not enough data

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 9


 * 1) Lotto odds
 * 2) Characteristics of the Toroidal Cross-sections.

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 10


 * 1) What are the odds of winning the $1 billion Powerball lottery?
 * 2) Dot product

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 11


 * 1) Dobble maths

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 12


 * 1) Computing whether a number N is a palindrome in any bases < N-1.
 * 2) Why do transcription errors yield a difference of a multiple of nine?

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 13


 * 1) Trigonometry identities
 * 2) Relative quantity

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 14


 * 1) Topology terminology
 * 2) Pairwise combinations from binary strings

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 15


 * 1) Alzebra
 * 2) Multivariate Limit

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 16


 * 1) Time and Work question anomaly

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 17


 * 1) Wolfram Alpha- sum bug?
 * 2) A math professor's statement

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 18


 * 1) Increase and decrease

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 19


 * 1) 49th perfect number

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 20


 * 1) Convexity
 * 2) Matrix Determinant
 * 3) Accurate date sought

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 21


 * 1) General question on complex solutions to polynomial equations.
 * 2) Deciding whether some dice are fair or not
 * 3) Applying the extended Euclidean algorithm to finite fields

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 22


 * 1) give me detail about Digital watermarking new research topic.

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 23


 * 1) Trigonometry problem
 * 2) Turtle racing

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 24


 * 1) Connecting line between hex centers on hex grid that intersects exactly one vertex

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 25


 * 1) Extending the Steinmetz Solids to n dimensions...
 * 2) Want name of book

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 January 28


 * 1) What did people use before slide rule and calculators and computers were invented?