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August 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 1

  1. Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem

August 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 2

  1. For those that enjoys probability puzzles
  2. orbifold questions

August 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 4

  1. math
  2. probability

August 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 5

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

August 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 7

  1. Forecasting Return on Capital Employed

August 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 8

  1. 2-minor of a 2×n matrix

August 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 9

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

August 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 10

  1. Seventeen or Bust question
  2. Quadratic polynomial name

August 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 11

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

August 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 12

  1. Polynomial determinants

August 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 13

  1. Odd sided fair die?
  2. latex question

August 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 14

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

August 15

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Wikipedia: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

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 16

  1. Fourier analysis

August 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 17

  1. Laplacean correction for continuous variables

August 18

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Wikipedia: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)

August 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 20

  1. Name for a particular type of hypercomplex number

August 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 21

  1. Mathematical Fiction list?

August 22

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Wikipedia: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   from its Plücker coordinates?

August 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 23

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

August 24

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Wikipedia: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

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 25

  1. Integration
  2. Čech Cohomology

August 26

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Wikipedia: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

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Wikipedia: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

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2013 August 31

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