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October 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 1

1. Monty Hall and Condorcet

October 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 2

1. Span - definition of the term

October 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 7

1. Visualizing Klein Bottle
2. Demographic mathematics
3. maths

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 8

1. number theory

October 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 9

1. Case fatality rate question

October 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 10

1. non-Gaussian primes

October 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 11

1. polygon disjoint sets

October 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 12

1. Usage of articles in math English
2. Matrices being sets of vectors?

October 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 13

1. Is there a name for something that is finite but not countable?
2. Random numbers

October 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 15

1. untilable shape with only right angle corners?

October 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 16

1. Algorithm

October 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 17

1. Does a solution exist?
2. Is there a easy way to do this math?
3. Is the following proof of Goldbach Conjecture correct?
4. Is the following proof of Riemann Hypothesis correct?

October 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 18

1. Norm identity for a normed *-algebra with B*-identity

October 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 19

1. Smallest Polymino whose Convex Hull is not tilable...
2. Real Analysis: Bounded Sequences
3. Is the following elementary proof of Fermat's Last Theorem correct?
4. Request permission to add a category to the Fractal subheading 'Common techniques for generating fractals'

October 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 21

1. Importing equations and pictures from Word

October 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 22

1. Optimal strategy for moving on a graph

October 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 23

1. Continuous probability distribution, with finite support, and closed-form quantile function

October 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 24

1. What is the name for a number that has 307 zeros

October 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 25

1. Number of possible positions of X-puzzle
2. Is the following proof of the Collatz Conjecture correct?
3. probability/expected value question

October 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 26

1. Gambler's delight
2. Stable distribution question
3. Equivalence of conditions for a positive operator on complex Hilbert space
4. a polynomial based question

October 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 27

1. dividing an exponential curve
2. Condition That Convergent Series of Functions Be Termwise Diff.
3. What is the highest known number?

October 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 28

1. Catalan number
2. Situations where indeterminate forms are NOT considered indeterminate

October 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 29

1. Real Analytic Extension from Closed Nowhere Dense Set and Coefficient Control

October 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 30

1. Chamfer/Conway notaion
2. Nets of unusal 3D geomertic figures
3. I am having trouble with infinity

October 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2014 October 31

1. Base-Ten Shortcut