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Concerning example 1: There are different concepts, such as average-case scenarios (for example modeled by expected value) or quantiles. Use them if this is wha
by wolfgke 10y ago
Concerning example 1: There are different concepts, such as average-case scenarios (for example modeled by expected value) or quantiles. Use them if this is what you want to model (but pay attention to the assumptions).
Concerning example 2: If you want some 'common sense' property to hold, why don't you specifiy it then?
- yomritoyj 10y agoWhat you are saying is definitely true within mathematics and its applications. But the original article was about “The […] skills that students of mathematics […] will practice and that will come in handy in their lives outside of mathematics” and in the same spirit I wanted to point out habits of thought developed doing mathematics which have a negative effect when the problem you are facing cannot be fully formalized.