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#226 2013-03-20 03:26:45

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Re: Expectation

For me it always was one of the best.


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#227 2013-04-01 00:53:13

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Re: Expectation

Is there a pattern in these?

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#228 2013-04-01 01:07:12

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Re: Expectation

Up - down or left - right?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#229 2013-04-01 01:08:15

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Re: Expectation

Both.


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#230 2013-04-01 01:09:05

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Re: Expectation

How about the first column, can you supply more?


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#231 2013-04-01 01:10:21

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Re: Expectation

11, 12, 13, 14, 15...


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#232 2013-04-01 01:12:00

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Re: Expectation

Hi;

Yes, the more the merrier!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#233 2013-04-01 01:14:54

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Re: Expectation

Well, the first column is obvious. Those are the natural numbers...


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#234 2013-04-01 01:28:13

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Re: Expectation

Yikes! That is a good one. The second column.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#235 2013-04-01 01:30:51

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Re: Expectation

You can generate all the numbers you need:

f[bins_, k_] := Sum[i*(i - k)!/(bins^(i - 1))*Binomial[i - 1, k - 1]*Coefficient[(Sum[x^j/j!, {j, 0, k - 1}])^(bins - 1), x, i - k], {i,k, bins*(k - 1) + 1}]
MatrixForm[Table[Table[f[i, j], {i, 1, 10}], {j, 1, 10}]]

“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#236 2013-04-01 01:36:25

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Re: Expectation

Hmmm, that looks like M code to me.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#237 2013-04-01 01:45:02

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Re: Expectation

It is M code.

And the function f is the function which calculates the expected value for k balls to appear in a bin, where the number of bins is represented bt the number "bins".


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#238 2013-04-01 01:51:48

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Re: Expectation

Are you aware of its awesome firepower?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#239 2013-04-01 02:03:10

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Re: Expectation

Like what?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#240 2013-04-01 02:04:33

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Re: Expectation

FindSequenceFunction for one thing...


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#241 2013-04-01 02:08:37

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Re: Expectation

I got this for 2 bins:


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#242 2013-04-01 02:16:01

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Re: Expectation

You mean:


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#243 2013-04-01 02:16:51

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Re: Expectation

Well, it spit out the above for me...


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#244 2013-04-01 02:18:14

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Re: Expectation

If it spits at you then you have to beat it into submission until it gives that answer.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#245 2013-04-01 02:19:45

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Re: Expectation

How did you get that answer?

I entered:

FindSequenceFunction[Table[f[2, j], {j, 1, 100}]]

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The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#246 2013-04-01 02:23:37

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Re: Expectation

Underneath any answer should be the command bar.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#247 2013-04-01 02:27:38

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Re: Expectation

There is. I have plot, evaluate at a point, differentiate and integrate...


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#248 2013-04-01 02:32:04

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Re: Expectation

You have more there than I do. But it changes, trying to figure what you want.

After you compute your answer, type in a new cell

FullSimplify[%]


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#249 2013-04-01 02:34:22

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Re: Expectation

It's still the same...

What did you enter, exactly?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#250 2013-04-01 02:37:08

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Re: Expectation

First take the MatrixForm wrapper off the original code and change it to this:

ans=Table[Table[f[i,j],{i,2,2}],{j,1,15}]


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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