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#51 2013-05-02 23:50:45
- anonimnystefy
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
They take the same time.
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#52 2013-05-02 23:53:49
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Go to 100000, I am getting a marked difference then.
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#53 2013-05-02 23:56:50
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Ah, I see it.
So, Table is slower at getting 10 random numbers than RandomVariate?
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#54 2013-05-02 23:58:01
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Yes, Random Variate is much faster. You try to avoid loops in M coding. Table is like a loop.
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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#55 2013-05-03 00:00:03
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Hm, so, this should be faster than both:
Count[RandomVariate[DiscreteUniformDistribution[{0, 1}], {100000, 10}], {___, 1, 1, 1, 1, ___}]right?
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#56 2013-05-03 00:07:03
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Yes, I agree. But no simulation is even faster.
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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#57 2013-05-03 00:10:47
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
That is true.
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#58 2013-05-03 00:13:38
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
First one in post #42 was the man until...
How fast is this?
1 - (RecurrenceTable[{a[n] ==
a[n - 1] + a[n - 2] + a[n - 3] + a[n - 4], a[1] == 2,
a[2] == 4, a[3] == 8, a[4] == 15}, a, {n, 1, 10}] // Last)/1024In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#59 2013-05-03 00:26:36
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Could you explain it a bit?
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#60 2013-05-03 00:28:52
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
It is time for you to see something.
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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#61 2013-05-03 00:29:30
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Sure. What is it I am to see?
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#62 2013-05-03 00:30:13
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Something wonderful. I got that from 2010 the movie.
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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#63 2013-05-03 00:31:16
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
I haven't watched it. Or at least I do not remember watching it.
What is it?
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#64 2013-05-03 00:33:55
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
A great movie that modern people have not seen.
Do you know who --------- is?
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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#65 2013-05-03 00:35:04
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
I do not.
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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#66 2013-05-03 00:36:29
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
This is my favorite:
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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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#67 2013-05-03 00:41:01
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
I still do not understand how you got that recurrence.
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#68 2013-05-03 00:44:42
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Experimental math of course! Did you read the link I sent you to?
Since you have seen it I am removing the link.
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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#69 2013-05-03 01:09:25
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
I read it and still do not understand the recurrence. But, if it is true then there is a closed form.
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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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#70 2013-05-03 01:16:11
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Solving that would be ugly beyond belief. Also, the recurrence and Fellers formula are sufficient for such a small problem.
The recurrence can be derived from the Markov chains but I do not remember how.
I derived them by counting up each a[k] individually and relying on the known fact for two coins in a row. M did the rest. Proof in the experimental sense was established using the methods of numerical analysis.
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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#71 2013-05-03 01:50:11
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Sorry. I thought I saw a pattern that wasn't really there.
When can we get new problems in the Exercises threads? A friend of mine would like to see one which is not yet solved.
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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.
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#72 2013-05-03 02:01:31
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
One from me? As soon as I solve something of worth and interest.
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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#73 2013-05-03 02:03:41
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Ok. 
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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#74 2013-05-03 02:05:17
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
Who is your friend, may I ask?
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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#75 2013-05-03 02:07:16
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Re: anyone good with doing math on excel?
He is on the forum under the name danilodjokic997.
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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