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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 1

1. Homomorphism
2. Squares cross-number
3. Semilinear is not linear?
4. Are there simple propositions, written in Peano language, but undecidable in Peano system?

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 2

1. Keyboard shortcut

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 5

1. Are there theorems of number theory that have so far needed Calculus for being proven?
2. calculating the average odds?

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 6

1. Digits of pi and cryptography
2. Paper for learning math: squared, lined, graph, dotted or plain?

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 7

1. partial permutation of a multiset
2. Finding focus and directrix of a conic section
3. Rigor of visual calculus

August 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 8

1. b^a=ab ?

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 9

1. Peano Arithmetic

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 11

1. Peano Arithmetic: Are there propositions provable in PA, yet not in the following similar system?

August 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 12

1. Proof of mass - energy equivalence
2. Z/P-value for skewed data
3. Sufficient Condition for Relaxation Method for Integer Linear Programming
4. as the first digit

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 14

1. Proof for some bound
2. Why is there 360 degrees in a circle instead of 5040 degrees?

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 15

1. How do you vocalise Knuth's up-arrow notation?

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 18

1. Normalized Mean Square Error

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 21

1. Topology - properties of closure
2. Intersection of Ellipsoid and Hyperplane

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 25

1. Looking for 2D conic section graphing utility
2. May the force be with you

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 27

1. How to calculate odds on percentages

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 29

1. Counting Hamiltonian Circuits
2. Faithfully flat extensions
3. Matrices

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 30

1. Locus of P so that Angle PIP` = Given Constant

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 August 31

1. Extension by definitions
2. Representation of Ellipsoid
3. The Church-Turing thesis: are there any candidates for real or imagined alternatives?