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by jlev1 7y ago
I see, that makes sense. Though the phrasing of "how the world works" still makes it sound like you think it's shady and unethical, when I don't (necessarily) think it is.
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by jlev1 7y ago
This is just... not accurate. The closest I can agree with your description is that (a) getting help on specific questions about the class, is not highly differentiated from (b') having conversations about the class (or about your stud
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by jlev1 7y ago
The vehemence of this response surprises me. First, from the anecdote, there's no particular reason to think this student was the only one who was given a chance to take a make-up test. Second, re: the 'integrity of an education s
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Artificial Intelligence Confronts a 'Reproducibility' Crisis(wired.com)
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by jlev1 9y ago
Good point, it's not necessarily possible! That said, it would be enough to know that the intersection just contains all the rational points (and is finite, though that's automatic for 2+ polynomials in two variables with no com
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by jlev1 9y ago
Hmm. I don't know about this particular equation (which sounds like it's mainly significant because it's viewed as a bellwether -- if the method works on it, it's likely to work on other problems). Anyway. First -- for &
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by jlev1 9y ago
Just to add a comment on "why this idea is cool" from my perspective (I'm a mathematician). The situation being studied is: C is a curve in the plane (as another commenter pointed out, the z variable can essentially be ignore