Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/August 2017

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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 1

1. Powers of 2 are "rude"
2. Looking for easy way to check for enough at bats...
3. Strong induction

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 3

1. Shannon coding and graphs in a video
2. Primality of least positive m such that n!+m is prime

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 6

1. Is there any advantage to a floating point number system for computer that is other than binary or base ten (BCD)

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 7

1. Coupon collector's problem variation

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 10

1. Death day probability

August 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 13

1. Odds of drawing all 4 suits, but only the highest cards in each

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 15

1. Independence of two random variables

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 21

1. How to integrate it
2. Solving linear differential equations with constant coefficients

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 23

1. Statistical estimation
2. Approximating low-frequency modes with discrete non-uniform data
3. Angles

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 24

1. Resources to learn A-level (year 11 & 12) maths?
2. Simultaneous quadratic equations
3. Diophantine question...

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 25

1. Revised Simultaneous quadratic equations

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 27

1. Wikipedia article about adding subtracting dividing and multiplying two PDF

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 30

1. Coastline length problem: does a width help?

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2017 August 31

1. MPG Word Problem