Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/May 2016

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 * 1) Pythagorous theorem

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 * 1) Im puzzled
 * 2) Max size Octahedron inscribed in a cube?
 * 3) Calc 2 simple question
 * 4) Vertex of a cone

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 * 1) Percent deviation from additivity

= May 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 6


 * 1) What kind of function does this data represent?  How do I represent the formula in Excel?

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 * 1) how can lines/curves of infinite length have positive area?

= May 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 8


 * 1) statistical difference
 * 2) Rotational Invariants

= May 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 9


 * 1) Preservation of precious Science and Mathematics knowledge

= May 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 10


 * 1) Finding a bijection between a permutation of n digits and the range [1,n!]
 * 2) Relation vocabulary
 * 3) Railroad tracks

= May 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 11


 * 1) Maximum coverage of plane by identical regular polygons...

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 * 1) System of Linear Eequations
 * 2) Numerical recipes for fixed point convergence
 * 3) Infinite product

= May 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 13


 * 1) About Mazarae and :de:Mazarä
 * 2) predicting grade distributions?

= May 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 14


 * 1) Neighborly polytopes
 * 2) When does a "multiple comparisons problems" occur (statistical inference / t-tests)
 * 3) Stupid complex number question
 * 4) A formalism rigorous

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 * 1) infinity/infinity

= May 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 16


 * 1) Rational functions that can't be evaluated anywhere

= May 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 17


 * 1) Integration problem
 * 2) Generalizing curl

= May 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 18


 * 1) Smallest prime factor of 2^1277 - 1
 * 2) Seeking References

= May 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 19


 * 1) Banach–Tarski paradox

= May 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 20


 * 1) Power tower
 * 2) Knot theory
 * 3) Equal distribution (infinitely many sides on a die)

= May 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 21


 * 1) Polynomial optimization problem
 * 2) Using

= May 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 23


 * 1) Lindstrom's Theorem and Extensions of FO
 * 2) Interchanging between surface area and an integral

= May 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 24


 * 1) Computability of classical mathematical/geometric theorems
 * 2) Definite summation of rational functions
 * 3) Generalization of circular points at infinity

= May 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 25


 * 1) Correctness of an Algorithm
 * 2) Solving a shape that looks like a parallelogram, but isn't marked as one

= May 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 27


 * 1) Significance of the multiplicative digital root
 * 2) Deriving the volume of a box from only two linear measurements

= May 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 29


 * 1) Calculus:Bounded function,Uniform continuity,limits

= May 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 May 30


 * 1) Diffy qs
 * 2) What is a 'grim reaper curve'