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- Igor Pak: What if they are all wrong?
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Test Your Intuition (16): Euclid’s Number Theory Theorems
Euclid’s Euclid’s book IX on number theory contains 36 propositions. The 36th proposition is: Proposition 36.If as many numbers as we please beginning from a unit are set out continuously in double proportion until the sum of all becomes prime, … Continue reading
Test Your Intuition (15): Which Experiment is More Convincing
Consider the following two scenarios (1) An experiment tests the effect of a new medicine on people which have a certain illness. The conclusion of the experiment is that for 5% of the people tested the medication led to improvement while for … Continue reading
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