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#651 2012-04-11 16:46:00

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

They will all be continued in the computer math thread.


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.

#652 2012-04-11 17:16:00

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

Yes,I saw that. What will we do here then?


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#653 2012-04-11 17:23:50

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

I think there are many outstanding problems in this thread.


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.

#654 2012-04-11 17:26:08

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

Like what?


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

#655 2012-04-11 17:34:15

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

Post #401 for instance.


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.

#656 2012-04-11 17:39:19

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Axam,ok. I will try that as soon as I can.


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

#657 2012-04-11 17:43:27

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Okay, let me know if you get stuck.


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.

#658 2012-07-04 13:18:35

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Hi bobbym

Can you tell me examples of algorithms that are O((n!)^(n!)), O(sin(n)), O(cos(n)), O(sqrt(n)), O(n^(1/n))?


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

#659 2012-07-04 18:18:07

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

Hi;

Offhand? No, I can not.


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.

#660 2012-07-04 22:43:48

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Can you construct such algorithms?


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

#661 2012-07-04 22:58:43

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O(sin(n))? What is that?


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.

#662 2012-07-04 22:59:31

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Maybe a better one would be O(abs(sin(x))).


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

#663 2012-07-04 23:11:25

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Why would we not just pick the maximum value and say O(1)?


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.

#664 2012-07-04 23:27:43

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Because it is faster than O(1).


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

#665 2012-07-04 23:37:08

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|sin(n)| can take any value between 0 and 1. Isn't that less than some constant? Isn't that constant 1?


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.

#666 2012-07-04 23:54:17

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Yes. But that doesn't give us an algorithm with complexity |sin(n)|.


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

#667 2012-07-04 23:57:34

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What I am saying is I do not know what that means. I know what O(n) means and O(n^2) but what does O(|sin(n)|) mean for an algorithm?


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.

#668 2012-07-04 23:59:23

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It could mean that the number of operations oscilates as the largeness of input goes up.


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

#669 2012-07-05 00:05:53

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

Personally, I have never seen that. I am not an expert on Landau notation. Have you?


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.

#670 2012-07-05 00:33:34

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No. I thought maybe you would know.


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

#671 2012-07-05 00:41:18

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

Remember the chart they give you on the various Big(O)'s? That is about all I can deal 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.

#672 2012-07-05 00:43:44

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So nothing on sin and cos. What about the other two?


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

#673 2012-07-05 00:50:11

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Re: Oh,Oh,Oh,merry analysis!!!

O(n!^(n!)), are you serious? If you wrote an algorithm that was that bad you would never work again.


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.

#674 2012-07-05 00:52:28

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Well there is always worse. O(n^^^n), using Knuth's up arrow notation


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

#675 2012-07-05 01:06:47

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True. No computer could run such an algorithm.


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.

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