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#1276 2014-04-17 13:15:05

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi;

What does the above factorization combinatorically tell us?


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#1277 2014-09-11 12:08:37

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Re: Bafflers?

That factorization isn't quite correct.


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#1278 2014-09-11 19:14:39

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi;

Yes, I am missing the square. I have fixed it.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1279 2014-09-11 22:35:27

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Re: Bafflers?

Well,
can be, for example, the number of passwords of at least 1 character and at most 6 characters that can be made from x characters, allowing repetitions.


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#1280 2014-09-11 23:30:19

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi olinguito;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1281 2014-09-11 23:30:27

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Re: Bafflers?

My money is on the one on the right being the gf of two dice being thrown.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#1282 2014-09-11 23:32:25

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi anonimnystefy;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1283 2014-09-11 23:42:35

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#1284 2014-09-11 23:44:38

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Re: Bafflers?

I have forgotten that too.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1285 2014-09-12 00:03:29

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Re: Bafflers?

But what is it needed for?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#1286 2014-09-12 00:05:25

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Re: Bafflers?

To look underneath a hidden tag, especially one for another person.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1287 2014-09-12 00:08:29

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Re: Bafflers?

A hidden tag?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#1288 2014-09-12 00:10:08

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Re: Bafflers?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1289 2014-09-12 00:23:56

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Re: Bafflers?

Ah, okay. I thought you meant a tag like on SE.

Where did you get this problem?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#1290 2014-09-12 00:28:38

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Re: Bafflers?

I was looking at proving combinatoric identities using gf's, it was a while back so...


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1291 2014-09-12 01:46:51

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Re: Bafflers?

The only thing coming to my mind is that multiplying by 1/(1-x) gives the gf of the partial sums of the sequence given by the rest of the gf.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#1292 2014-09-12 01:48:58

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Re: Bafflers?

Yes, that is correct. So obviously, I had seen or derived something about the throwing of two die.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1293 2014-09-12 02:01:29

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Re: Bafflers?

bobbym wrote:


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#1294 2014-09-12 02:14:23

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1295 2015-04-18 21:23:25

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Re: Bafflers?

What is a unit triangle?

A says) An equilateral triangle with sides 1.

B says) Obviously it is a triangle with the longest side being equal to 1.

C says) What is a unit?

D says) It is a triangle with an area that equals 1.

E says) I have never heard of it.

What do you say?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1296 2017-01-13 16:13:39

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Re: Bafflers?

This will be the toughest baffler ever posed here.

Disclaimer: Do not try this problem and then drive or operate heavy machinery.

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Okay, you see that side PQ is the square root of 3 and the equation of the ellipse is given below it.

The rules are rather extreme:

You may not use any CAS, that means Mathematica, Maxima, Wolfram Alpha, Maple, Matlab, Mupad, Octave, Pari, Yacas, Fricas, Magma.

You may not use any programming language, that means C, C++, Wolfram, Haskell, Basic, Pascal, Cobol, Fortran, Python or any other.

You may not use any mathematics that means calculus, group theory, algebra, trigonometry, geometry (Euclidean or any other), probability, any math theorem.

You can only use the tools of EM or you can try the force.

Okay, now for the question:

If we move P and Q along the circumference of that ellipse what is the sum of the largest area and the smallest area for triangle POQ? Of course the length of PQ must always remain constant at

A says) 2.
B says) That is not correct.
C says) 6.022 x 10^23
D says) 0
E says) I know the answer.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1297 2017-01-14 00:42:50

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Re: Bafflers?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#1298 2017-01-14 02:04:56

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Re: Bafflers?

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#1299 2017-01-14 15:48:30

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Re: Bafflers?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#1300 2017-01-14 15:53:00

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Re: Bafflers?

It is very desirable to get an analytic form. Can you do that, with the same rules still applying?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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