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#151 2011-08-18 04:12:44
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hi gAr and bobbym,
Sorry to butt in but I'm having real trouble understanding what I'm meant to be helping this OP to do. Would you mind putting your brains to work, not to do the problem, but just to help me understand what the problem is?
http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=16175
Thanks guys,
Bob 
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#152 2011-08-18 04:19:59
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Hi bobbym,
Hi Bob,
Okay, will try.
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#153 2011-08-18 04:24:11
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Hi gAr;
That is the one I saw in the Berndt book. It is one of Ramanujans notebooks. I did not understand it so I could not use it. I will ask you more questions about it tomorrow.
Hi Bob;
He is asking too many questions at once. He moves to a different question before you can finish the last one.
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.
#154 2011-08-18 04:27:07
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Hi,
Okay, we'll discuss later.
See 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."
#155 2011-08-18 04:28:43
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Thanks. But I don't even know what the question is. After 37 years of trying to work out what certain pupils were trying to say, I can usually see through the fog and get to the meat. (Apologies for the mixed metaphore). But this one has got me beat.
I'm not sure he is changing the question; just re-phrasing it; that's how confused I've got.
Anyway, any thoughts, however bizarre, greatfully received.
Bob
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#156 2011-08-18 04:32:49
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I have found the toughest questioners are programmers. They are taught to think in code. That means they work by arbitrarily changing code as they go along. They try this and then they try that. Nothing wrong with that but math types will find that somewhat dizzying.
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.
#157 2011-08-18 14:21:21
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Hi bobbym,
Last edited by gAr (2011-08-18 15:07:55)
"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."
#158 2011-08-18 14:35:51
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Hello gAr;
That is a nice one and I figured out this afternoon why my method got the wrong answer.
I have the notebooks but have only gone through the first one. Also the Berndt book on continued fractions and the Chrystal book on Algebra do not do the problem. Where did you find the solution?
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.
#159 2011-08-18 14:58:47
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Hi bobbym,
I think I did a sign mistake inside the summations, I'll rectify it.
I too read the notebook.
The question in there wanted to prove
I couldn't understand how the sum was manipulated there, so tried to do it myself.
"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."
#160 2011-08-18 20:25:54
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Hi gAr;
Okay, thanks for showing what you did. I enjoyed working on the problem!
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.
#161 2011-08-18 20:29:09
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Hi,
You're welcome!
"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."
#162 2011-08-19 00:25:32
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"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."
#163 2011-08-19 02:19:08
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"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."
#164 2011-08-19 15:22:25
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"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."
#165 2011-08-20 19:38:58
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Problème des partis
Players A and B play a series of games.
The condition is that A wins if he wins 'a' games before B wins 'b' games.
The probability of A winning a game is 'p' and that of B is 'q' ( = 1 - p ).
What is the probability of A winning the series?
"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."
#166 2011-08-20 20:03:18
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Hi gAr;
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.
#167 2011-08-20 20:17:44
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"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."
#168 2011-08-20 20:31:18
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Hi gAr;
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.
#169 2011-08-20 20:33:21
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Hi,
Okay!
You're welcome.
"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."
#170 2011-08-20 21:07:08
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Hi gAr;
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.
#171 2011-08-20 21:14:47
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Hi bobbym,
"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."
#172 2011-08-20 21:30:36
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Hi gAr;
Thanks for the problem!
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.
#173 2011-08-20 21:40:48
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Hi,
You're welcome!
"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."
#174 2011-08-21 18:03:01
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Find
"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."
#175 2011-09-16 07:13:17
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anyone know how to do these?
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