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| bio | website | people.virginia.edu/~chg5w |
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| location | Charlottesville, VA | |
| age | 40 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | 11 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 20 |
PhD candidate, computer engineering. iOS developer.
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Mar 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 18 |
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In the induction proof for $(1+p)^n \geq 1 + np$, a term is dropped and I don't understand why. Thanks! This was my original confusion. Once I understood that we already know that $(1+p)^n \geq 1 + rp + p + rp^2$ so we can drop the last term without harm, it started making sense. I was originally thinking that we were trying to show that the left side was greater than the right side, which is why I didn't understand how we could drop the last term. |
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Dec 18 |
awarded | Student |
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Dec 18 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 18 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Dec 18 |
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In the induction proof for $(1+p)^n \geq 1 + np$, a term is dropped and I don't understand why. @Scott: got it. Interesting that the book says, "Dropping the positive term $rp^2$ only strengthens this inequality." Cheers! |
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Dec 18 |
accepted | In the induction proof for $(1+p)^n \geq 1 + np$, a term is dropped and I don't understand why. |
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Dec 18 |
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In the induction proof for $(1+p)^n \geq 1 + np$, a term is dropped and I don't understand why. ah, I get it now. Because we already know that the left hand statement is larger than the sum on the right, dropping one of the right hand terms makes it a stronger inequality. I was getting it backwards. Thanks! |
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Dec 18 |
asked | In the induction proof for $(1+p)^n \geq 1 + np$, a term is dropped and I don't understand why. |
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Aug 4 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Aug 4 |
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Standard deviation of a rate Thanks for the info! |
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Aug 4 |
accepted | Standard deviation of a rate |
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Aug 4 |
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Standard deviation of a rate @gary - thanks, I'll take a look! |
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Aug 4 |
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Standard deviation of a rate Yes, although that is part of the problem--I want to express how much the throughput varies. |
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Aug 4 |
asked | Standard deviation of a rate |
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Aug 1 |
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Books or site/guides about calculations by hand and mental tricks? @Algific -- glad you liked it. I didn't know there was a Kindle edition. |
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Jul 31 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jul 31 |
answered | Books or site/guides about calculations by hand and mental tricks? |
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Jul 31 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
