Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/May 2012

= May 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 3


 * 1) Octahemioctahedron
 * 2) 4-fold and 5-fold rotational symmetry
 * 3) How widespread is the notation

= May 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 5


 * 1) Uniform dual polyhedra
 * 2) Summation
 * 3) Normalise a DE

= May 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 6


 * 1) pearsons r and F test
 * 2) Information theory and infinities
 * 3) Is there an "abelian version" of the free product?
 * 4) Meaning of a symbol in a specific context
 * 5) vector identities
 * 6) Green's theorem
 * 7) Second order ODEs

= May 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 7


 * 1) Beta Function
 * 2) Riemann P function
 * 3) Table problem
 * 4) Probability ball
 * 5) How do you show completeness?

= May 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 8


 * 1) Transitioning from one arc to another and finding the radii of curvature and the joining point

= May 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 9


 * 1) Number Theory / Set Intersection
 * 2) What use are the ⋛ and ⋚ symbols?
 * 3) When are calculators allowed in math examinations and education?
 * 4) Question about the harmonic series
 * 5) geometry problem
 * 6) p-adic integration
 * 7) Time before ruin

= May 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 10


 * 1) Intersection of two functions
 * 2) Fraud in Mathematical Papers
 * 3) Union symbol with dot in graph theory?
 * 4) Weight of card

= May 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 11


 * 1) Ramsey theory
 * 2) Coordinates of points on a circle

= May 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 12


 * 1) Why why why do I always have so much difficulty with analysis proofs?
 * 2) prime number
 * 3) Simple groups
 * 4) Slope of the Axes

= May 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 13


 * 1) Definition of determinant

= May 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 14


 * 1) 98 power 0=1

= May 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 15


 * 1) Graham's number
 * 2) New equation without sources
 * 3) Aren't mixed number useless?

= May 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 16


 * 1) The norm of a multivariate normally-distributed vector
 * 2) Inertia tensor question

= May 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 18


 * 1) Parity of Numbers Given by Polynomials
 * 2) my matrix-fu is weak
 * 3) Smallest prime number

= May 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 19


 * 1) Uniform Convergence of Fourier Series
 * 2) Mnemonic equation finding
 * 3) Calculations involving large integers
 * 4) Analyticity
 * 5) What's a proof worth if it needs more than elementary algebra

= May 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 20


 * 1) Anti-Hilbert problems?
 * 2) Silly syntax has me stumped
 * 3) How far does light travel in a light year?

= May 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 21


 * 1) Kernel
 * 2) Proving that the Mandelbrot set has a bound of 2.
 * 3) boys and girls
 * 4) Closure of set of functions
 * 5) Fruits

= May 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 22


 * 1) Convolution identity
 * 2) Matrices and infinite sums
 * 3) Scale Symmetry
 * 4) Orbits of GL(n,F) on bivectors?
 * 5) Point probability of a continuous distribution

= May 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 23


 * 1) Integral Calculus
 * 2) Plouffe's Inverter
 * 3) Column vector to diagonal matrix

= May 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 24


 * 1) Weather info
 * 2) Algebra course
 * 3) Minkowski's cousins
 * 4) Four dimensional Honeycombs (and the additional entries where not all the polytopes are identical)?

= May 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 25


 * 1) Pairing letters and numbers
 * 2) Left handed redheads

= May 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 26


 * 1) Converting between guitar tablature and pitched music notation

= May 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 27


 * 1) Coupled pendulurms

= May 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 28


 * 1) Convergent Power Series

= May 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 30


 * 1) Are there any other non-Euclidean geometries?
 * 2) Q. What is the technical term for the innermost edge of a curved plane?