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Estimating sums 02/04/2009 - 11:55 10 years 1 week ago
Transform equation to reach a solved pattern 06/07/2009 - 18:42 10 years 1 week ago
The tensor power trick 10/12/2008 - 00:08 10 years 2 weeks ago
Mapped Quadrature 20/07/2009 - 06:03 10 years 4 weeks ago
If you are getting stuck, then try to prove rigorously that your approach cannot work 04/01/2009 - 21:15 10 years 5 weeks ago
A good way of proving that a set is countable 05/12/2008 - 23:14 10 years 5 weeks ago
Functional analysis front page 21/06/2009 - 01:13 10 years 5 weeks ago
How to solve cubic and quartic equations 29/04/2009 - 19:14 10 years 5 weeks ago
Equation-solving front page 16/12/2008 - 01:34 10 years 6 weeks ago
Discrete probability front page 25/06/2009 - 23:01 10 years 8 weeks ago
Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations 20/06/2009 - 21:32 10 years 9 weeks ago
How to use group actions 16/04/2009 - 17:26 10 years 9 weeks ago
To make a function less variable without changing it much, compare it with less variable functions 10/06/2009 - 19:36 10 years 10 weeks ago
When exhaustive search takes too long and a greedy algorithm is not optimal, consider Dynamic Programming 11/06/2009 - 20:26 10 years 10 weeks ago
To make a function nicer without changing it much, convolve it with an approximate delta function 06/05/2009 - 12:57 10 years 10 weeks ago
Approximating functions by better behaved functions 06/05/2009 - 18:48 10 years 10 weeks ago
Universal constructions 08/12/2008 - 14:50 10 years 11 weeks ago
Group theory front page 24/03/2009 - 15:47 10 years 11 weeks ago
How to determine whether a finitely presented group is finite 01/06/2009 - 21:44 10 years 11 weeks ago
Properties of groups 01/06/2009 - 01:56 10 years 11 weeks ago
How to find groups with given properties 07/12/2008 - 16:10 10 years 12 weeks ago
To increase the occurrence of a property in a set, try randomly refining that set in a way that favors the property 28/05/2009 - 18:02 10 years 12 weeks ago
How to use martingales 29/03/2009 - 22:41 10 years 12 weeks ago
New groups from old 25/04/2009 - 00:35 10 years 12 weeks ago
Basic examples of groups 07/12/2008 - 16:03 10 years 12 weeks ago