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#1 2013-01-18 12:40:44

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Scientia’s puzzles

#1. What is the meaning of the following?

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#2 2013-03-04 03:52:11

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

both The positive or negative value of x


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#3 2013-03-04 06:09:44

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

The plus/minus sign followed by a times sign? Doesn't make much sense...


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#4 2013-03-05 04:25:41

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

anonimnystefy wrote:

The plus/minus sign followed by a times sign? Doesn't make much sense...

You are very, very, VERY close to the answer. big_smile

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#5 2013-03-05 04:33:47

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Good times, bad times?

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2013-03-05 04:34:37)


“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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#6 2013-03-05 07:47:22

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

Nope. You were actually closer the first time. wink

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#7 2013-03-06 09:00:33

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

If you get the hang of it, you can try the next one. cool

#2. [1 − cos[sup]2[/sup](sleep)][sup]1/2[/sup]

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#8 2013-03-06 10:46:05

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

Absolute sign of sleeping?


“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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#9 2013-03-07 02:16:43

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

sin(sleeping)


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#10 2013-03-07 08:01:19

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles

@anonimnystefy: Nope.

@Agnishom: Nope.

Try again. smile

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#11 2013-03-11 05:26:20

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Re: Scientia’s puzzles


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