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#251 2012-05-03 08:49:18

bobbym
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Re: Generating Functions

That is not correct.


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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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#252 2012-05-03 08:49:54

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Re: Generating Functions

I reversed the digits.


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#253 2012-05-03 08:51:28

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Re: Generating Functions

That is not correct.


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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#254 2012-05-03 08:54:05

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Re: Generating Functions

What are you getting?


“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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#255 2012-05-03 09:00:30

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Re: Generating Functions

Expanded out:


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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#256 2012-05-03 09:03:43

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Re: Generating Functions

So it was just a constant after all!!!


“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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#257 2012-05-03 09:06:55

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Re: Generating Functions

Well of course but you can not get that constant unless you do it the right way.


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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#258 2012-05-03 09:08:31

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Re: Generating Functions

Well,if I had only done it like a probability GF I would've got it right.


“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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#259 2012-05-03 09:11:12

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Re: Generating Functions

You did not have the 6 under each 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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#260 2012-05-03 09:12:41

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Re: Generating Functions

Yes,that was the problem. Got more?


“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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#261 2012-05-03 09:13:44

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Re: Generating Functions

Yes, millions of them. But there is a catch.


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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#262 2012-05-03 09:14:16

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Re: Generating Functions

What catch?


“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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#263 2012-05-03 09:15:02

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Re: Generating Functions

I can not solve them!


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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#264 2012-05-03 09:15:29

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Re: Generating Functions

Let me see one.


“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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#265 2012-05-03 09:16:14

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Re: Generating Functions

As soon as I can find one.


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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#266 2012-05-03 09:16:53

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Re: Generating Functions

Ok. Please make it as soon as possible.


“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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#267 2012-05-03 09:17:45

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Re: Generating Functions

That is not possible I have to look through lots of notes and books.


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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#268 2012-05-03 09:20:03

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Re: Generating Functions

Post it when you can. I want to see what's been bothering the bobbym.


“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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#269 2012-05-03 09:21:28

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Re: Generating Functions

Math is bigger than anybody. As soon as you can solve one problem 10 more pop up that you can not.


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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#270 2012-05-03 09:28:54

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Re: Generating Functions

That is true.


“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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#271 2012-05-03 18:23:45

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Re: Generating Functions

1000 die are thrown. What is the probability that the sum is not a prime?


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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#272 2012-05-03 23:58:18

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Re: Generating Functions

That is a very tough one. So,that's the one you haven't managed to solve?


“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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#273 2012-05-04 02:30:00

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Re: Generating Functions

Hi;

No, that is one I have not worked on.


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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#274 2012-05-04 03:30:57

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Re: Generating Functions

Oh,okay then. Tell me if you get this one.


“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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#275 2012-05-04 03:36:49

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Re: Generating Functions

Whoa! Whoa! What did you to solve 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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