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1 vote
1 answer
101 views

The signs of some mean-zero random variables

2 votes
1 answer
243 views

The probability that iid draws from a mean zero random variable sum to zero

15 votes
1 answer
873 views

Scrambling a “Connections” grid

6 votes
1 answer
284 views

Sequence of digits of powers of two

4 votes
3 answers
614 views

Mean width and perimeter

18 votes
2 answers
1k views

Formula for volume of $n$-ball for negative $n$

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A face and all its neighbors: terminology?

56 votes
12 answers
29k views

Is pi a good random number generator?

11 votes
1 answer
467 views

Asymptotics for pairs of positive integers whose harmonic (resp. geometric) mean is an integer

7 votes
2 answers
462 views

Adrastus, Proclus, and 2+8+50+288+… vs. 1+9+49+289+…

30 votes
3 answers
2k views

Do roots of these polynomials approach the negative of the Euler-Mascheroni constant?

37 votes
2 answers
4k views

1+2+3+4+… and −⅛

9 votes
2 answers
302 views

Solving systems of linear equations without introducing negative numbers

2 votes
1 answer
171 views

Terminology associated with mathematical induction

9 votes
0 answers
312 views

Goldberg-Seymour conjecture

7 votes
1 answer
235 views

Counting returns in null-recurrent random walk

8 votes
3 answers
1k views

Dedekind-Peano axioms, but numbers have at most one successor

1 vote
1 answer
72 views

Fixed points of rational continuous piecewise affine maps

7 votes
1 answer
175 views

Origin of the abacus bijection

45 votes
0 answers
910 views

Extending a line-arrangement so that the bounded components of its complement are triangles

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65 views

Counting pieces when an object is cut n ways

15 votes
1 answer
683 views

Information inequalities

2 votes
2 answers
259 views

Optimizing a multilinear function over the vertices of the cube

2 votes
1 answer
128 views

Conjectural congruences for numbers related to Littlewood-Richardson coefficients

1 vote
0 answers
179 views

Writing the plane as {(x,y,z): x+y+z=0} [closed]

3 votes
1 answer
267 views

Linear combinations of geometric series

12 votes
1 answer
593 views

Geometric series in algebraic number fields

27 votes
8 answers
1k views

Area-differences for lattice triangles in a checkerboard

1 vote
1 answer
163 views

Nomenclature for largest odd factor

5 votes
2 answers
351 views

Extended binomial coefficients and the gamma function

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