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#126 2012-05-01 05:58:36
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I did use my function:
Input:
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list : [6,6,6,6]$ expand(CombOGF(list)/6^4);
Output:
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x^24/1296+x^23/324+(5*x^22)/648+(5*x^21)/324+(35*x^20)/1296+(7*x^19)/162+(7*x^18)/108+(29*x^17)/324+(149*x^16)/1296+(5*x^15)/36+(103*x^14)/648+(14*x^13)/81+(77*x^12)/432+(14*x^11)/81+ (103*x^10)/648+(5*x^9)/36+(149*x^8)/1296+(29*x^7)/324+(7*x^6)/108+(7*x^5)/162+(35*x^4)/1296+(5*x^3)/324+(5*x^2)/648+x/324+1/1296
And the term with exponent 20 has the coefficient of 35/1296.
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#127 2012-05-01 06:05:40
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Now supposing 2 die had faces of 2,4,6,8,10,12 and 2 other die had faces of 1,3,5,7,9,11.
All four die are thrown once. What is the probability of them summing to 20 or more?
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90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#128 2012-05-01 06:15:03
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493/648?
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#129 2012-05-01 06:19:42
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That is not correct.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#130 2012-05-01 06:31:03
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Thought so. 
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#131 2012-05-01 06:32:33
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What did you have a problem with?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#132 2012-05-01 07:01:19
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Altering the code to acompany the numbers on the dice.
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#133 2012-05-01 07:04:08
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There is a rather succinct method to do that in mathematics. It is called
summation notation. It is perfect. It is implemented in Maxima. That is why I suggested you use
math commands to do math tasks.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#134 2012-05-01 07:07:46
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I did use the summation un a part of my code.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#135 2012-05-01 07:10:42
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But you did not use parameters with the summation. Then the code is simple, fast and
complete.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#136 2012-05-01 19:43:42
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Iwill try today you function. But I do not like that I have to type everything agin to make a GF for more dice.Here for 100 dice,I could just make code (agin to your disliking) to make me a list of 100 omes. I just put that list into my function and I am done.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#137 2012-05-01 19:48:06
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You are misunderstanding my reasoning. It is not an arbitrary decision. It is not bobbym's
function.
1) Built in functions are faster and use less memory than procedural code.
2) Your function can not handle gf's that increment by more than one. Remember you
did not get the right answer.
3) Supposing you were throwing 10 million die? Do you wan to create a list of
10 million numbers? My function does not grow in size when the problem does
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#138 2012-05-01 19:56:18
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The first one is right.
The second one is not correct. I made a new one that uses the parameter n for the increment.
Third one is also right.
4)Is yyour function applicable to dice with more sides?
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#139 2012-05-01 19:58:44
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Of course!
About 2) Your new function is probably larger, uses more memory and is slightly slower.
In mine it easy to do things like that with no overhead increase. Bet it took you a couple of hours to
add your addition. In mine additions are part of the notation.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#140 2012-05-01 20:19:34
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Nope,just one multiplication by n.
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#141 2012-05-01 20:35:57
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But I hope you can see that the one I want you to use is smaller.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#142 2012-05-02 06:37:55
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Yes,I will try your way.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#143 2012-05-02 17:26:04
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Is there something done?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#144 2012-05-02 20:41:57
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Not yet. No access to Maxima yet.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#145 2012-05-03 00:13:43
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Hi bobbym
Check out this link:A pdf file on GFs in counting problems
It isn't very much,but does explain some crucial things.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#146 2012-05-03 00:50:30
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Hi anonimnystefy;
I disagree it is quite good.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#147 2012-05-03 00:56:17
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Who said it wasn't good. Everything that you need is in there. Maybe a few more solved harder examples and it would be even better.
Hay,I found somewhere a GF for partitions of a number but I disagree with the formula. Could you post the partition GF you think is right?
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#148 2012-05-03 01:18:36
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Depends on what you are partitioning.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#149 2012-05-03 01:20:18
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Partitions of a number.
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#150 2012-05-03 01:21:15
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Which numbers?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.