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| bio | website | vyznev.net |
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| location | Helsinki, Finland | |
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I like programming in Perl and C. I know Java and PHP too (I'm a MediaWiki developer), but I can't really say I like them. I keep meaning to learn Python some day, but never seem to get around to it.
I'm working on a Ph.D. in biomathematics. I also like programming puzzles and cryptography.
Please consider any (original) code I post to Stack Overflow (and other Stack Exchange sites) to be released under CC-Zero unless stated otherwise. You may do whatever you want with it and don't have to credit me in any way, although of course that would be nice.
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Can you raise $\pi$ to a real power to make it rational? Well... not incorrectly, just imprecisely. "Trivial" is one of the vaguest, most subjective and hand-wavey terms in mathematics; even in specific areas where it does have a reasonably well agreed-upon meaning, that meaning depends entirely on context. Anyway, if you were trying to sound like a working mathematician, I'd say you succeeded. However, I'd also say that's not necessarily something to be proud of. :) |
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1000 doors, few keys as possible problem You seem to be implicitly assuming that $P(O_1)=1/1000$. Where did you get that assumption from? |
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Can you raise $\pi$ to a real power to make it rational? I assume the word "non-trivial" in your question is meant to exclude $\pi^0 = 1$. |
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1d |
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Big Greeks and commutation While you have my +1, note that this trick won't generalize well to infinite products. Although one could always write those as explicit limits, e.g. $\dotsb x_2 x_1 x_0 = \lim_{n\to\infty}\prod_{i=0}^n x_{n-i}$. |
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May 20 |
awarded | Constituent |
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May 10 |
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is there a name for this function (parity of a finite sequence)? add notice about crossposting |
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May 9 |
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AI strategies for losing positions @xisk: I don't really agree that this question is off topic for math.SE; to me it's well within (applied) game theory, which is a field of mathematics. That said, I've flagged it for moderator attention and suggested migration to a more suitable site; in case the request is declined, I've also cast a reopen vote. |
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May 9 |
awarded | Analytical |
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May 9 |
answered | AI strategies for losing positions |
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May 8 |
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Algorithm to separate an array of numbers into “low”, “medium” and “high” ranges copyedit |
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May 8 |
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Algorithm to separate an array of numbers into “low”, “medium” and “high” ranges added 585 characters in body |
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May 8 |
answered | Algorithm to separate an array of numbers into “low”, “medium” and “high” ranges |
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May 6 |
awarded | Caucus |
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May 6 |
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Roll a pair of dice..what is the expected value? For the sum, this is true even if the variables are not independent. For the product you do need independence, however. |
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May 6 |
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Seeking Fourier series solution on Laplace equation…still looking, am I on track? blockquote, formatting, capitalization |
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Apr 30 |
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Understanding the graph of the displacement of a particle wirh respect to time edited title |
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Apr 30 |
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the sixth number system The article on quaternions and spatial rotation is somewhat less abstruse, at least in some parts. |
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Apr 26 |
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Why is every answer of $5^k - 2^k$ divisible by 3? I saw the comments, but really, the amount of modular arithmetic needed for this can be picked up just by looking at the Wikipedia article I linked to (even if it is rather horribly written). |
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Apr 26 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 26 |
answered | Why is every answer of $5^k - 2^k$ divisible by 3? |
