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   by conradcb 13y ago

   "Also the sample size should be increased by a factor of 10." You could say the same for just about any study. Obviously that would be a good thing. I don't know what the relevant p-values are, here, but my guess is that it
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   Stephen Fry's open letter to the IOC(stephenfry.com)

   6 points by conradcb 13y ago|0 comments
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   by conradcb 13y ago

   You've argued that if the the primes were basically random, we would expect Goldbach to hold, but as I understand it, we would expect to not be able to prove that it holds. The fact that we can prove the ternary Goldbach conjecture is (nece
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   by conradcb 13y ago

   Just as a quick note: I'm a counterexample to the assertion that anyone who needs a basic explanation of Fourier Series doesn't know enough maths to understand the primer. I've got a strong (pure) mathematical background (degree in Maths &#
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   by conradcb 14y ago

   I haven't used it for programming languages (though I intend to the next time I learn one), but I used it for my maths degree (for sit-down exam at the end of the year), and it seemed to be very effective. The danger is always that it can