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You are not logged in. #1226 2012-01-31 22:11:24
Re: Is this cool with you?Okay. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1227 2012-01-31 22:14:24
Re: Is this cool with you?How did you do on your exams? In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1228 2012-01-31 22:23:15
Re: Is this cool with you?Exams were okay... "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1229 2012-01-31 22:32:44
Re: Is this cool with you?Good! I am glad you had no problems. What made you choose that probability book and is it the third edition? In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1230 2012-01-31 22:49:09
Re: Is this cool with you?That probability book is the fourth edition. I wanted a book on probability, it looked better among the books there. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1231 2012-01-31 22:58:12
Re: Is this cool with you?The Feller books, V1,2,3. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1232 2012-01-31 23:06:06
Re: Is this cool with you?Okay. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1233 2012-01-31 23:09:04
Re: Is this cool with you?There is one more that I have been using In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1234 2012-01-31 23:12:48
Re: Is this cool with you?Okay, thank you. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1235 2012-01-31 23:15:15
Re: Is this cool with you?I know that is a big list but looking through a lot of books helps to understand difficult concepts. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1236 2012-01-31 23:23:11
Re: Is this cool with you?Yes, that's right! "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1237 2012-01-31 23:24:27
Re: Is this cool with you?Trying to learn from a book is hard. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1238 2012-01-31 23:47:46
Re: Is this cool with you?Yes, but I like to learn the hard way! "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1239 2012-02-01 00:07:42
Re: Is this cool with you?It is rewarding to learn like that and very private. Sometimes I wish there was a faster way. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1240 2012-02-01 00:20:11
Re: Is this cool with you?Learning at our own pace is the way to learn! "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1241 2012-02-01 00:24:49
Re: Is this cool with you?There are two compendiums. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1242 2012-02-01 00:28:19
Re: Is this cool with you?What are they? "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1243 2012-02-01 00:33:43
Re: Is this cool with you?CRC concise encyclopedia of mathematics V1,2,3,4 In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1244 2012-02-01 00:36:02
Re: Is this cool with you?Oh, okay. Thanks. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1245 2012-02-01 00:36:57
Re: Is this cool with you?Also another: In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1246 2012-02-01 00:42:50
Re: Is this cool with you?Okay. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1247 2012-02-01 00:46:33
Re: Is this cool with you?They are not exhaustive but they do contain lots of problems. Also Guy has a book on open number theory problems. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1248 2012-02-01 00:48:14
Re: Is this cool with you?Yes, I don't know whether I'll be able to go through all of them. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." #1249 2012-02-01 00:51:44
Re: Is this cool with you?Who could? I like the OEIS best. Generate a sequence and then find the generating function already done for you. In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means. 90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics. #1250 2012-02-01 01:00:35
Re: Is this cool with you?I too frequently use OEIS for problems involving sequences. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha? "Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." |