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deesin

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Registered: 2006-11-20

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Please Help Me

I Have Discovered A New Theorem. I Want To Give This Theorem My Name Or Patent It. What Is The Procedure For Doing So.

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Dross

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Registered: 2006-08-24

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Re: Please Help Me

I Have Discovered A New Theorem. I Want To Give This Theorem My Name Or Patent It. What Is The Procedure For Doing So.

I'm gonna be frank with you* - the only people these days who come up with new stuff are people who know how to publish it, mostly people who are doing/have done PhDs. Maths has been studied for centruies, and lots and lots of brilliant people have been over every area with a fine-toothed comb, I'm afraid!

What have you come up with, anyway? Post it here and we'll tell you if it's already been discovered, and if not then it will be worth taking it to a university.

* - you can still be Garth.

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deesin

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Registered: 2006-11-20

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Re: Please Help Me

thanks for your reply. I have discovered that what is the coefficient of r raised to n in r(r+1)(r+2)........(r+k).please reply it.

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Ricky

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Registered: 2005-12-04

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Re: Please Help Me

This looks like a special case of Binomial Thm, though I don't have much time right now to look into it.  Is n arbitrary?  What I mean is, if I tell you that n is 2, you can tell me the coefficient of a^2 and if I tell you n is 3, you can tell me the coefficient of a^3?

Also, you can't patent math.  To get a theorem named after you, you must first publish it, then get it accepted into the mathematical community.  I've never done so myself, but I've heard that it can be rather expensive.

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Toast

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Registered: 2006-10-08

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Re: Please Help Me

But you can be famous and win a Fields Medal!!!

deesin

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Registered: 2006-11-20

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Re: Please Help Me

thanks rickey sir, for your reply. My theorem is not the special case of binomial. n is here an arbitary constt. and we can find out r^2,r^3 etc. please tell me where should i publish it? i would be very thankful to you.

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George,Y

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Registered: 2006-03-12

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Re: Please Help Me

Yes it is different from simple binomial formula considering +1,+2,+3 instead of +1,+1,+1
Yes you can. Why not? Choose a journal that had a similar proof (I mean in the same field, with similar difficulty) and give it a try!

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Ricky

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Registered: 2005-12-04

Posts: 3,791

Re: Please Help Me

This sequence is A094638

The MathWorld page is a bit cryptic to read, but I think that your theorem is the equivalent of (9).

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