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May 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 3

  1. Octahemioctahedron
  2. 4-fold and 5-fold rotational symmetry
  3. How widespread is the notation

May 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 5

  1. Uniform dual polyhedra
  2. Summation
  3. Normalise a DE

May 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 6

  1. pearsons r and F test
  2. Information theory and infinities
  3. Is there an "abelian version" of the free product?
  4. Meaning of a symbol in a specific context
  5. vector identities
  6. Green's theorem
  7. Second order ODEs

May 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 7

  1. Beta Function
  2. Riemann P function
  3. Table problem
  4. Probability ball
  5. How do you show completeness?

May 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 8

  1. Transitioning from one arc to another and finding the radii of curvature and the joining point

May 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 9

  1. Number Theory / Set Intersection
  2. What use are the ⋛ and ⋚ symbols?
  3. When are calculators allowed in math examinations and education?
  4. Question about the harmonic series
  5. geometry problem
  6. p-adic integration
  7. Time before ruin

May 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 10

  1. Intersection of two functions
  2. Fraud in Mathematical Papers
  3. Union symbol with dot in graph theory?
  4. Weight of card

May 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 11

  1. Ramsey theory
  2. Coordinates of points on a circle

May 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 12

  1. Why why why do I always have so much difficulty with analysis proofs?
  2. prime number
  3. Simple groups
  4. Slope of the Axes

May 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 13

  1. Definition of determinant

May 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 14

  1. 98 power 0=1

May 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 15

  1. Graham's number
  2. New equation without sources
  3. Aren't mixed number useless?

May 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 16

  1. The norm of a multivariate normally-distributed vector
  2. Inertia tensor question

May 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 18

  1. Parity of Numbers Given by Polynomials
  2. my matrix-fu is weak
  3. Smallest prime number

May 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 19

  1. Uniform Convergence of Fourier Series
  2. Mnemonic equation finding
  3. Calculations involving large integers
  4. Analyticity
  5. What's a proof worth if it needs more than elementary algebra

May 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 20

  1. Anti-Hilbert problems?
  2. Silly syntax has me stumped
  3. How far does light travel in a light year?

May 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 21

  1. Kernel
  2. Proving that the Mandelbrot set has a bound of 2.
  3. boys and girls
  4. Closure of set of functions
  5. Fruits

May 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 22

  1. Convolution identity
  2. Matrices and infinite sums
  3. Scale Symmetry
  4. Orbits of GL(n,F) on bivectors?
  5. Point probability of a continuous distribution

May 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 23

  1. Integral Calculus
  2. Plouffe's Inverter
  3. Column vector to diagonal matrix

May 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 24

  1. Weather info
  2. Algebra course
  3. Minkowski's cousins
  4. Four dimensional Honeycombs (and the additional entries where not all the polytopes are identical)?

May 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 25

  1. Pairing letters and numbers
  2. Left handed redheads

May 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 26

  1. Converting between guitar tablature and pitched music notation

May 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 27

  1. Coupled pendulurms

May 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 28

  1. Convergent Power Series

May 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 30

  1. Are there any other non-Euclidean geometries?
  2. Q. What is the technical term for the innermost edge of a curved plane?