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Robby McKilliam
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estimate the error term in CLT
@mr.gondolier: Is $f(x) = x^4$ allowed? You state in the question that $f(x)$ is bounded.
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Computing equivalent vector of random variables from covariance matrix
It depends on what you are doing. Say you want uniformly distributed random variables with a particular correlation structure. You can't just generate uncorrelated uniform random variables and apply the Cholesky decomposition because a sum of uniform random variables is no longer uniform. It will have the correct correlation (as you show) but the marginal distributions will not be uniform.
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get standard error from correlation coefficient?
You will probably have more luck with this question on stats.stackexchange.com.
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
Still, I did like Daniel's plane story :)
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
This is a bit off topic, but related to gowers last sentence. I don't really like the idea of having to justify that proof is important. I think asking the question Why?' is natural and important in its own right. Curiosity appears to be built in to us. 'Why?' drives a significant portion of the sciences and humanities and everyday life. It would be hard to deny that our active desire to satisfy this inbuilt curiosity is at least partially responsible for human advance (whatever that is). For me, trying to find specific examples where having a proof saves lives' cheapens the whole process.
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
Way to ruin the story Richard!
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
That Strong Law of Large Numbers paper is fantastic!
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Integral positive definite quadratic forms and graphs
I know $K_n$ is the complete graph and $C_n$ is a cycle graph and I am assuming that $E_n$ is the empty graph. What are $A_n$ and $D_n$?
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Maximum differences in sorted vectors of naturals
Neat idea. I think you might mean $A^{m-1}$? Also, don't you need to sum all of the elements in the matrix, not just those above and on the diagonal?
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Minimum differences in vectors of naturals
Indeed, I mean vectors. I have fixed the title. I have made a bit of a mess of this question! And multiplying Peters answer by $m!$ as you have said give the desired result.
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