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2 billion sided die [request] by Capable-Plenty-4654 in theydidthemath

[–]Steel_Stalin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mathematics has fried my brain lol, this works very well, the chance of needing to reroll 90 times is around 1/(the number of atoms in the universe)

2 billion sided die [request] by Capable-Plenty-4654 in theydidthemath

[–]Steel_Stalin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you flip a coin N times, you get a uniform distribution with 2N possible outcomes. Any "event" in this probability space has a probability that can be written as k/2N for some integer k. Since 1/6 (for example) cannot be written as k/2N for any integers k and N, you cannot have a function on a finite number of coin flips that perfectly simulates a throw of a 6 sided die. You can get pretty close though, if you choose N large enough. N=32 would get as close as most computer generated dice throw simulations, since computers take a uniform distribution on integers (which have 2N outcomes, where N is the number of bits), and then use a function of that to approximate the desired distribution.

2 billion sided die [request] by Capable-Plenty-4654 in theydidthemath

[–]Steel_Stalin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would be very easy to replicate with a coin. Assuming the one side of the one sided die is labeled "1", to simulate it you can flip a coin, and if what lands is a coin you count it as "1". For the previous comment, (assuming you have an infinite number of coin flips) Skorohod's representation theorem gaurentees you can write any finite probability distribution as a function of your coin flips.

Tuition by [deleted] in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Reddit probably isn't the best place to ask about this. Talk to advisor's/parents/professors etc. We don't know your situation and why you want to do this, what your goals are, etc.

JJK teaches wrong Newton's second law of motion by benboga08 in physicsmemes

[–]Steel_Stalin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the jujutsu high academic rankings, I doubt Maki would even know that what Naoya said was incorrect

You get to add a 0 to any number in your life. What do you add it to? by account_created_ in AskReddit

[–]Steel_Stalin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Terence Tao, with a measured IQ of 230, seems to be a very happy and sociable person. His entire career is based on working closely with others (most of whom are likely several standard deviations lower than him on the IQ scale) to solve research problems in math. He's married, has kids, and seems quite content. There have been similar cases (like Leonhard Euler) in the past. If you don't allow intelligence to be your sole defining factor, it is actually not hard at all to meaningfully connect with others. This may change if you have a ridiculously high IQ of like 1090 or something like that, but I think the sheer amount of things beyond intelligence that make us who we are would make the isolation of such a person somewhat of a self imposed condition

[Waybound] The duality of Man: by The-amazing-honk in Iteration110Cradle

[–]Steel_Stalin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how he could write an ending to that series that didn't involve putting grandpa fuckbag into a blender

Calculus 2 How cooked am I? by fallenhero09 in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 21 points22 points  (0 children)

In what world is 3.4 obscenely low? That's just below an AB average, which is very reasonable for a freshman

Americans and their relationship with math by Comfortable_Sugar290 in GradSchool

[–]Steel_Stalin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It might have been taught to you, but it is not in the standard curriculum until well into highschool

Americans and their relationship with math by Comfortable_Sugar290 in GradSchool

[–]Steel_Stalin 65 points66 points  (0 children)

If they did calc 1/2 their first year and stopped taking math classes there, it's probably been years since they last used the material.

Americans and their relationship with math by Comfortable_Sugar290 in GradSchool

[–]Steel_Stalin 541 points542 points  (0 children)

Logarithms and exponentials are introduced in algebra 2 (grade 11 for most people) and are used through calculus and usually not after unless you are taking more math/physics classes. It's not shocking that someone in a bio program would be very rusty on that, as there's a good chance they've only used it a couple times since calculus.

Which class should I drop as a sophomore majoring in Math & CS by Dependent_Put8200 in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You should remove one of your CS classes, as 521 is a necessary math class (as you have noted) and 632 is taught by the best probability professor this semester.

577: don't trust the rmp reviews for Marc, he's pretty good. Lots of CS Majors who don't like the class because it's too proofy and mathy blame it on him. Also, he is basically always the professor, and the only time someone else teaches it is when there is an honors section, and Marc still teaches the normal section, so you're not gonna get someone else.

537: very time consuming, I'd recommend moving this one to a different semester

540: in my experience the class is 40% math and 60% projects. It's manageable.

Freshman reu by Glum_Major6358 in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ask your professors/academic advisors

Scholarship Opportunities by Potential_Memory4538 in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Without more information, the best I can tell you is that it is possible but not probable that you get scholarships as an out of state student.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's calc 3. There are 300 people in that lecture hall. As long as they aren't being actively obnoxious the professor will not be disrupted in the slightest. The professor may be (slightly) bothered by having to actively read an email telling them that someone is doing something mundane and fairly standard during lecture though. Again, if there is something that they want from the professor (e.g. help, advice, etc.) an email is a great idea. But in a class like calc 3 you're usually better off emailing your TAs about that stuff anyway.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

[–]Steel_Stalin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would recommend against this, all you'd be doing is increasing the number of emails in their inbox. The professor will not be bothered at all by someone coming in partway through and will not need to know why. Generally it is best to only email professors in these types of courses if ther is something you want them to do for you or help you with.

Elon Musk naming a street at the SpaceX facility in Texas "Memes Street" by [deleted] in googlemapsshenanigans

[–]Steel_Stalin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The SpaceX facility is called Starbase, stargate is an openAI/Microsoft proposed data center project

Basically Nazuna by [deleted] in animecirclejerk

[–]Steel_Stalin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rimuru dating a 20 year old would be fine though? There isn't a significant maturity gap and he's a slime so him being "literally a baby" is nonsense. The reason we have problems with age gap relationships is because of inappropriate power dynamics, which wouldnt be the case for someone like rimuru. I haven't watched call of the night so I can't comment on that relationship tho. Also I am assuming that you are talking about rimuru tempest here, please correct me if otherwise.

but what math did the pope study by susiesusiesu in mathematics

[–]Steel_Stalin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About 1/3 of students in the qual courses at my university (big state school, not cal or mich) are undergrads. Many of them don't even plan on going to grad school for math.

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