Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-15, 12:46
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Replies: 896
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-14, 16:50
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Replies: 557
Views: 63,998
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Forum: Factoring
2022-05-14, 13:28
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Replies: 16
Views: 491
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Forum: Astronomy
2022-05-13, 01:33
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Replies: 92
Views: 12,708
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Forum: chalsall
2022-05-12, 02:05
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Replies: 24
Views: 754
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Forum: chalsall
2022-05-11, 11:41
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Replies: 24
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I have mentioned before, e.g. here...
I have mentioned before, e.g. here (https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=568827&postcount=1414) that people have been getting brainwashed for decades. I would add Rush Limbaugh and other...
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Forum: And now for something completely different
2022-05-10, 11:59
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Replies: 4
Views: 86
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Forum: chalsall
2022-05-09, 12:07
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Replies: 24
Views: 754
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-09, 01:05
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Replies: 1
Views: 67
Happy Mother's Day
On the first Mother's Day without her, I put a small portion of her ashes in a neighbor's garden she was fond of (with their approval). My sisters and I scattered small portions of her ashes in...
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Forum: Number Theory Discussion Group
2022-05-08, 02:26
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Replies: 12
Views: 736
A representation of a cofactor of a sum of two...
A representation of a cofactor of a sum of two squares can be found by finding the representations of the known factors and dividing out.
I find this easiest to do using the complex factors a +...
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Forum: Number Theory Discussion Group
2022-05-07, 12:05
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Replies: 12
Views: 736
If you want to know the decomposition(s) of a...
If you want to know the decomposition(s) of a composite number into a sum of two squares, in general you need to factor the number. You certainly need the factorization if you want to be sure of...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-06, 15:06
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
Assuming a multinomial distribution with 32...
Assuming a multinomial distribution with 32 random variates X1, ... X32, each with probability 1/32, we have (https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MultinomialDistribution.html) for 46 trials that the mean...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-06, 13:40
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Replies: 29
Views: 961
Well, my article...
Well, my article (https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQct6Hx-IkJd5-iIuDuOKkKdw2teGmmHW-P75MPaxqBXB37u0odFBml5rx0PoLa0odTyuW67N_vn96J/pub) has many examples of algebraic factorization...
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-06, 12:08
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,168
"Really desperate" might be more accurate.
...
"Really desperate" might be more accurate.
It is commonly said of such situations, "If they're going to treat you this way when you're applying, just think how they'll treat you if you take the...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-06, 12:03
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Replies: 29
Views: 961
Algebraic factorization can also prove...
Algebraic factorization can also prove compositeness.
If p and q are prime, 2^(p*q) - 1 has 2^p - 1 and 2^q - 1 as proper factors, regardless of whether these factors are prime. If p > 10^8 and q...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-06, 02:01
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
Actually, the question hasn't even been asked...
Actually, the question hasn't even been asked yet. You haven't explained what the 32 options are.
You've apparently got some "random variable" which assumes the values 1 to 32. You seem to want...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-06, 01:26
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-05, 14:59
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Replies: 361
Views: 44,205
See this post...
See this post (https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=515825&postcount=128) for May 5 events.
I will add that the fact that Napoleon III decided to abandon Emperor Maximilian of Mexico soon...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-05, 14:30
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Replies: 557
Views: 63,998
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-05, 14:19
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Replies: 137
Views: 11,125
I wonder if that would apply to Greyhound,...
I wonder if that would apply to Greyhound, Amtrak, Delta, KCATA, St. Louis Missouri's Metrolink, MegaBus, etc.?[/QUOTE]Possibly, but I doubt it. However, it would apply to any person or organization...
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-05, 12:52
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Replies: 137
Views: 11,125
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-04, 15:56
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Replies: 557
Views: 63,998
I was intrigued by the OP's specificity in...
I was intrigued by the OP's specificity in claiming to have mistyped a single digit. Why only one - and how did he know? And, the OP has expressed interest in digit patterns (both in decimal and...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-04, 13:45
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Replies: 557
Views: 63,998
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-04, 12:22
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Replies: 137
Views: 11,125
Roll some heads? In State after State, R's are...
Roll some heads? In State after State, R's are making it harder to vote, gerrymandering districts purely for partisan advantage, and allowing party hacks to nullify elections that don't go their...
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-04, 01:56
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Replies: 137
Views: 11,125
And therein lies part of the legal quagmire of...
And therein lies part of the legal quagmire of "human life begins at conception." If life begins at conception, a fertilized egg that fails to implant is, ipso facto, the death of a human being. ...
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