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What are the big problems in probability theory?

answered Aug 30, 2010 at 23:09

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answered Nov 6, 2010 at 22:39

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entropy and flatness of densities

answered Jun 7, 2010 at 5:20

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Is it true that the geodesics on SO(n) and SU(n) are closed?

answered Mar 30, 2013 at 13:14

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Markov chain Monte Carlo: why is non-reversible MC MC not as popular?

answered Aug 26, 2014 at 5:53

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Examples of algorithms requiring deep mathematics to prove correctness

answered Jul 12, 2016 at 20:17

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Examples of seemingly elementary problems that are hard to solve?

answered Oct 12, 2014 at 20:27

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Golden ratio in contemporary mathematics

answered Nov 25, 2022 at 20:51

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Inner product with normalized Gaussian

answered Apr 13, 2013 at 5:12

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$\sum _{k=0}^{\infty } \frac{1}{(k+m) k!} \equiv 1$ for $m=2$

answered Apr 7, 2013 at 1:00

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Law of large numbers for stochastically chosen samples

answered Nov 9, 2011 at 18:44

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What are the possible numbers of regions that 4 planes can divide space?

answered Sep 10, 2010 at 6:19

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Theorems first published in textbooks?

answered Sep 17, 2010 at 21:39

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Roots of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind

answered Jan 1, 2016 at 7:05

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Asymptotics of functional of i.i.d. Rademacher random variables

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 22:09

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Where can square roots come from when they are not distances?

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 15:23

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Roots of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind

answered Jan 3, 2016 at 18:22

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Constructing an independent uniform random variable from two independent ones

answered Dec 31, 2015 at 17:44

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Concentration results for non-standard Gaussian random vectors.

answered Sep 20, 2010 at 22:12

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What is the probability that every pair of students is at some point in the same classroom?

answered Nov 6, 2010 at 17:42

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Where does a math person go to learn quantum mechanics?

answered Feb 24, 2011 at 21:53

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identify a curious subgroup in $U(n)$

answered Mar 25, 2012 at 18:31

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Linear Recurrence Relations in 2 Variables with Variable Coefficients

answered Apr 6, 2013 at 1:36

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What is known about zero-sets of Schur polynomials?

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 20:37

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What are some examples of ingenious, unexpected constructions?

answered Mar 14, 2012 at 21:07

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Eigenvalue density of some random matrices?

answered Oct 15, 2011 at 5:36

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How can I generate (suitably random) symplectic matrices?

answered Oct 15, 2011 at 5:47

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Some questions concerning a random number process

answered Oct 30, 2011 at 0:52

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Applications of measure, integration and Banach spaces to combinatorics

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 5:24

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Markov random field with continuous index set

answered Mar 13, 2011 at 4:23

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What are the big problems in probability theory?

Most memorable titles

entropy and flatness of densities

Is it true that the geodesics on SO(n) and SU(n) are closed?

Markov chain Monte Carlo: why is non-reversible MC MC not as popular?

Examples of algorithms requiring deep mathematics to prove correctness

Examples of seemingly elementary problems that are hard to solve?

Golden ratio in contemporary mathematics

Inner product with normalized Gaussian

$\sum _{k=0}^{\infty } \frac{1}{(k+m) k!} \equiv 1$ for $m=2$

Law of large numbers for stochastically chosen samples

What are the possible numbers of regions that 4 planes can divide space?

Theorems first published in textbooks?

Roots of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind

Asymptotics of functional of i.i.d. Rademacher random variables

Where can square roots come from when they are not distances?

Roots of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind

Constructing an independent uniform random variable from two independent ones

Concentration results for non-standard Gaussian random vectors.

What is the probability that every pair of students is at some point in the same classroom?

Where does a math person go to learn quantum mechanics?

identify a curious subgroup in $U(n)$

Linear Recurrence Relations in 2 Variables with Variable Coefficients

What is known about zero-sets of Schur polynomials?

What are some examples of ingenious, unexpected constructions?

Eigenvalue density of some random matrices?

How can I generate (suitably random) symplectic matrices?

Some questions concerning a random number process

Applications of measure, integration and Banach spaces to combinatorics

Markov random field with continuous index set