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13661
I found this to be amusing http://4dlab.info/article_historical_quotations_about_prime_numbers.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
cino hilliard
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Mar 1, 2009
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13662
What's the sum of the infinite series: Sum(n=1,oo) 1/(n^2-1/4) also how about: Sum(n=1,oo) 1/(n^2-1/16)...
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Apr 4, 2009
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13663
 Sum(n=100) 1/n^2-1/4 is 396/199 Sum(n=100) 1/n^2-1/16 is 792/199 ________________________________ From: video_ranger <video_ranger@...> To:...
Swetha Yagati
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Apr 4, 2009
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13664
In a message dated 4/4/2009 16:07:11 Eastern Daylight Time, ... swetha_ypsl, you gave the sum of n=100, but the question asked for the sum of n=1 to infinity...
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lojbaner
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Apr 4, 2009
9:13 pm
13665
... Answer is 2 in first case. Indeed Sum(n=1,oo)1/(n^2-1/4)=Sum(n=1,oo)[1/(n-1/2)+1/(n+1/2]= 1//1/2 -1//3/2 + 1//3/2 -1//5/2 + .............. 1//(2n-1)/2...
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Apr 5, 2009
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13666
In a message dated 4/5/2009 02:09:37 Eastern Daylight Time, ... This notation is a little new to me. What does the double slash mean (e.g., 1//3/2 - 1//5/2)? ...
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lojbaner
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Apr 5, 2009
6:19 am
13667
... here I introduce an "ad hoc" notation 1//a/b for fraction 1/(a/b)...
tetrakovsky
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Apr 5, 2009
6:38 am
13670
... My BIG APOLOGIZE TO tetrakovsty and all other. The sum {from 1 to infinity}of series (1/(n^2-1/4)) IS 2 . I made mistake because by inegral criteria...
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Apr 5, 2009
10:20 am
13671
Can you show how you worked that out? ... From: Swetha Yagati <swetha_ypsl@...> Subject: Re: [MATH for FUN] Series To: mathforfun@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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Apr 5, 2009
1:51 pm
13672
... 1/(n^2 - 1/4) = 1/(n-1/2)(n+1/2) = 1/(n-1/2) - 1/(n+1/2) using partial fractions. sum of first 3 terms of the series are simply [2/1 + 2/3 + 2/5] -...
Peter Otzen
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Apr 7, 2009
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13673
Hi this is suresh from hyd thank you for the message. ... From: Swetha Yagati <swetha_ypsl@...> Subject: Re: [MATH for FUN] Series To:...
suresh kumar
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Apr 7, 2009
2:34 pm
13675
... I think you're on the right track ... if you factor and 8 out of each of the terms, you're left with: 8* (1/3 - 1/5 + 1/7 - 1/9 +...) Since Pi/4 = 1 - 1/3...
Brian
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Apr 11, 2009
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13676
I just did a search of the book on googlebooks and didn't see the reference you mentioned, but not all pages are viewable. I would be very surprised if there...
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Apr 19, 2009
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13677
This is called CATALAN CONJECTUREOnly one solution Solution near 1997 by a "nonprofessionist" mathematician MIHAILESCUSearch in this direction ... From:...
leon petrakovsky
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Apr 20, 2009
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13678
Civil engineering horizon http://horizon.webinfolist.com is a continuously published journal in order to bring together the information in different areas of...
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Apr 24, 2009
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13679
Is there a continuous function f:R --> R such that: f(f(x)) = x^2 + 1 (I saw this on Yahoo! Answers but there was no answer ...
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Apr 26, 2009
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13680
Is there anyone who can solve this set of equations? 1) d^2x/d^t = x*SQRT(x^2+y^2) 2) d^2y/d^t = y*SQRT(x^2+y^2)...
dj_poni
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May 4, 2009
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13681
... it easy: 2dx/dt*d^2x/dt^2+2dy/dt*d^2y/dt^2= 2x*dx/dt*SQRT(x^2+y^2)+2y*dy/dt*SQRT(x^2+y^2) ==> d((dx/dt)^2+(dy/dt)^2) = some function of x^2+y^2 etc...
tetrakovsky
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May 4, 2009
2:51 pm
13682
... These are the equations of a particle moving in a central (repulsive) r^2 force field. Maybe tetrakovsky means the quantity: E = (1/2)((dx/dt)^2 +...
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May 4, 2009
6:33 pm
13683
hi thanx for help but I'm a physics student and lil slow in math, is there dt on the left side? and what kind of function will I be needing for the other...
parmida shabestary
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May 4, 2009
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13684
hi thanx for help but I'm a physics student and lil slow in math, is there dt on the left side? and what kind of function will I be needing for the other...
parmida shabestary
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May 4, 2009
8:09 pm
13685
Help needed with Hypotenuse     Hey guys, I'm looking for help with a simple triangle problem.   Here is what I'm trying to figure out;   Given two side...
Dahlia Lahla
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May 6, 2009
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13686
try this out. http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/all_subjects/trigonometry/sine_cosine/resources/312 ________________________________ From: Dahlia Lahla...
Arristeo Rabajante
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May 6, 2009
12:28 pm
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Hi, From Geometry, congruence of two triangles is established by equality of corresponding parts of the triangles: Two sides and included angle SAS Two angles...
cino hilliard
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May 6, 2009
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13688
Cino is correct. Three pieces of information is a necessary, but not always sufficient, condition to completely determine a triangle. See Law of Sines...
Rick
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May 6, 2009
4:43 pm
13689
Thank you for sending that link!  I looked a ton of these sorts of things up on the net, but the one you sent was a lot better than the ones I found.   I...
Dahlia Lahla
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May 6, 2009
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13690
0.603333333 is cos(C), not C. So C is arccos(.603333333) ~ 53.9 degrees -- Rick...
Rick
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May 6, 2009
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13691
Hypotenuse Calculator - Can someone test my program?   I just wrote a small VB app, its only 16 Kb, it lets you enter three known side lengths for a triangle...
Dahlia Lahla
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May 7, 2009
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13692
Without seeing the program or your Excel worksheet, it sounds like you need to check your input before you apply the trig formulas.  Specifically, you need to...
Edward Moore
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May 7, 2009
10:24 am
13693
Hi, I took the liberty of changing the Subject line. The Romans said 2000 years ago, "Scientia potestas est." Lets see what we can do with a little knowledge. ...
cino hilliard
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