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lindah

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Cubic expansions

Hi guys,

I just wanted to ask if you guys are aware of any shortcuts/rules when expanding something along the lines of:

I can manually do this, however it is a past exam question, thus wanted to find out a quicker way to do this. I realise the last two terms cancel, but it's just a little for when I'm assessing if Brownian motion is a martingale.

I've come across only cubic expansions of the form (a+b)^3 so far in my searches,
Thank you in advance for any feedback

gAr

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Re: Cubic expansions

Hi lindah,

There's a small wikipedia entry on trinomial expansion, which looks easy to remember.
The cubic expansion looks similar to that of binomial's

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lindah

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Re: Cubic expansions

Hi gAr,

Thank you for that!
That was exactly what I was looking for, the word trinomial seemed to elude me on my searches.

gAr

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Re: Cubic expansions

Hi lindah,

You're welcome!

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Cubic expansions

Hi gAr

I am sorry for being boring and tedious with this, but have you gotten around to checking the solutions in your Series thread?

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-06-24 15:11:28)

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gAr

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Re: Cubic expansions

Hi anonimnystefy,

I'll check today, I forgot about it.

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Cubic expansions

Okay. Thank you.

Btw, how old are you?

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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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gAr

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Re: Cubic expansions

You're welcome, younger than bobbym!

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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

anonimnystefy

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Re: Cubic expansions

So, you are being secretive too? Okay then

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“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.

gAr

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Re: Cubic expansions

Mathematics is more interesting to think about.

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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

anonimnystefy

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Re: Cubic expansions

Whatg does that have to do with you not revealing your age?

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“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.

lindah

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Re: Cubic expansions

They are both child prodigies under 20

anonimnystefy

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Re: Cubic expansions

Who is?

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“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.

bobbym

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Re: Cubic expansions

Me and gAr of course!

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