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If you break a stick at two points chosen uniformly, the probability the three resulting sticks form a triangle is 1/4. Is there a “nice” proof of this fact?

mar 22 at 18:21 Shaswata 1

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Why are powers of $\exp(\pi\sqrt{163})$ almost integers?

may 18 12 at 9:12 Didier Piau 4,190●1●10●15

 
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Reference for the expected number of prime factors of n larger than n^alpha is -log alpha

nov 28 11 at 9:21 Eric Naslund 4,230●14●36

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Asymptotics of iterated polynomials

jun 10 11 at 18:32 Sylvain Bonnot 560●1●4●5

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What relationship, if any, is there between the diameter of the Cayley graph and the average distance between group elements?

apr 13 11 at 5:37 Denis Chaperon de Lauzières 2,209●2●8

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An integral that somehow equals pi^2/6 and involves dilogarithms?

apr 5 11 at 2:47 Tom Dickens 693●4●8

 
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Sprague-Grundy sequence for the ruler game

sep 18 10 at 1:13 zeb 3,321●1●12●24

 
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The game of “nimble” with no stacking

aug 31 10 at 20:04 Robin Chapman 14.5k●2●30●50

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How can I generate random permutations of [n] with k cycles, where k is much larger than log n?

jun 3 10 at 23:15 James Martin 1,596●4●14

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Is there a simple way to compute the number of ways to write a positive integer as the sum of three squares?

apr 26 10 at 22:36 Will Jagy 12.6k●1●26●45

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