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#26 2014-06-19 03:11:32

anonimnystefy
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

It's a bit strange. Maybe he solved it a bit later.


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“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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#27 2014-06-19 03:13:42

bobbym
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

I thought it was a she.


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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#28 2014-06-19 03:16:35

anonimnystefy
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

Might be.

Will you be posting that problem today?


“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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#29 2014-06-19 03:17:45

bobbym
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

Right now, please hold.


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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#30 2014-06-19 03:20:49

anonimnystefy
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

Ah, okay, sorry. Thought you might hold it back for a while. smile


“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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#31 2014-06-19 03:25:18

bobbym
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

Heck no! This one wants out.


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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#32 2014-06-19 03:28:58

anonimnystefy
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

Thanks for posting it.


“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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#33 2014-06-19 03:31:40

bobbym
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Posts: 109,606

Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

There may be some solutions around where the solver does something clever. Try to avoid that type of solution.


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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#34 2014-06-19 03:38:26

anonimnystefy
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Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

I'm not sure what you mean.


“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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#35 2014-06-19 03:40:52

bobbym
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Posts: 109,606

Re: Anyone know how to do this optimisation problem??

J wrote:

Human reasoning is considered a disease in some of the better galaxies.

As jimmyR says I do not trust proofs or solutions that do not rely on computation but have lots of reasoning in them.


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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