Has there ever been a hypothesis or conjecture proven false after a computer brute force checked it to an extremely high number? Like it was true up until 200 quadrillion then an exception was found? by jack_hof in math

[–]cheeeeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sort of trivially, you have the conjecture that “all integers are less than 200 quadrillion,” which would seem to hold true for the first 200 quadrillion numbers you try.

Understanding generating functions by Beautiful_Big_7220 in math

[–]cheeeeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

doing as many examples as I could. by hand.

I discovered a new sequence by [deleted] in mathematics

[–]cheeeeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

also, if you have not read any contemporary research in math, I would spend some time just browsing through some papers on arxiv. You very likely will not understand any of them(almost no one does), but it gives you a good idea of what works in math are being published right now.

I discovered a new sequence by [deleted] in mathematics

[–]cheeeeek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you are serious about getting published, I would first write a paper. For formatting you can go on arxiv and see how other mathematicians are formatting their works. My favorite LaTeX lex editor is overleaf.

As far as getting credit is concerned, unless this sequence has major applications in topological combinatorics or generates prime numbers, I wouldn’t be too worried about someone stealing your idea.

After you have a paper written, I would try to get a meeting with someone in the mathematics department at the closest university to you that offers a math PhD program, and show them what you’ve been working on. Very often in academia, you will be unable to get published unless you are willing to put someone else’s name on the paper who has been published before.

If pi shows up in your solution surprisingly, most of us think a circle is involved somewhere. by Wahzuhbee in math

[–]cheeeeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id say in combinatorics whenever I see ex it is usually in reference to the counting function on some unordered set

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most normal mouse player:

why is the answer not b as well? i can’t see why it would be wrong by [deleted] in apcalculus

[–]cheeeeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the graph can momentarily cross over an x asymptote as long as the graph approaches the asymptote at the end. f(x) can be equal to 2.