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May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 3

1. Octahemioctahedron
2. 4-fold and 5-fold rotational symmetry
3. How widespread is the notation

May 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 5

1. Uniform dual polyhedra
2. Summation
3. Normalise a DE

May 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 6

1. pearsons r and F test
2. Information theory and infinities
3. Is there an "abelian version" of the free product?
4. Meaning of a symbol in a specific context
5. vector identities
6. Green's theorem
7. Second order ODEs

May 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 7

1. Beta Function
2. Riemann P function
3. Table problem
4. Probability ball
5. How do you show completeness?

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 8

1. Transitioning from one arc to another and finding the radii of curvature and the joining point

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 9

1. Number Theory / Set Intersection
2. What use are the ⋛ and ⋚ symbols?
3. When are calculators allowed in math examinations and education?
4. Question about the harmonic series
5. geometry problem
6. p-adic integration
7. Time before ruin

May 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 10

1. Intersection of two functions
2. Fraud in Mathematical Papers
3. Union symbol with dot in graph theory?
4. Weight of card

May 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 11

1. Ramsey theory
2. Coordinates of points on a circle

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 12

1. Why why why do I always have so much difficulty with analysis proofs?
2. prime number
3. Simple groups
4. Slope of the Axes

May 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 13

1. Definition of determinant

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 14

1. 98 power 0=1

May 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 15

1. Graham's number
2. New equation without sources
3. Aren't mixed number useless?

May 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 16

1. The norm of a multivariate normally-distributed vector
2. Inertia tensor question

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 18

1. Parity of Numbers Given by Polynomials
2. my matrix-fu is weak
3. Smallest prime number

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 19

1. Uniform Convergence of Fourier Series
2. Mnemonic equation finding
3. Calculations involving large integers
4. Analyticity
5. What's a proof worth if it needs more than elementary algebra

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 20

1. Anti-Hilbert problems?
2. Silly syntax has me stumped
3. How far does light travel in a light year?

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 21

1. Kernel
2. Proving that the Mandelbrot set has a bound of 2.
3. boys and girls
4. Closure of set of functions
5. Fruits

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 22

1. Convolution identity
2. Matrices and infinite sums
3. Scale Symmetry
4. Orbits of GL(n,F) on bivectors?
5. Point probability of a continuous distribution

May 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 23

1. Integral Calculus
2. Plouffe's Inverter
3. Column vector to diagonal matrix

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 24

1. Weather info
2. Algebra course
3. Minkowski's cousins
4. Four dimensional Honeycombs (and the additional entries where not all the polytopes are identical)?

May 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 25

1. Pairing letters and numbers
2. Left handed redheads

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 26

1. Converting between guitar tablature and pitched music notation

May 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 27

1. Coupled pendulurms

May 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 28

1. Convergent Power Series

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Mathematics/2012 May 30

1. Are there any other non-Euclidean geometries?
2. Q. What is the technical term for the innermost edge of a curved plane?