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Is there such a thing as the "median range" of a set of numbers? I don't recall encountering the term before, but the article Case Western Reserve University#Undergraduate profile says
Whittier Law School#Admission statistics says
Kleinbrook, Texas says
Traces, Texas says
Is median range accepted mathematical terminology? Loraof ( talk) 01:01, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. Our article interquartile range defines it as the difference between the upper and lower quartiles--i.e., as a measure of dispersion. I guess the best way to express the interval is interquartile interval. Even if it's not a technical math term, it's accurate. Loraof ( talk) 15:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
So, now that we have determined that it is theoretically possible to fold a 4-inch square into a 1.38-inch 16-gon (but with at least 10 layers), how exactly can this be done? (Yes, the steel mesh has arrived -- in fact, it arrived quite a while ago -- and it looks and feels flexible enough that even 10 layers of folds might be possible!) Keep in mind the other condition -- one of the faces of the 16-gon (or whatever-gon, as long as the number of sides is 16 or more) must be smooth, so all the folds must be on the other face. 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:240D:7200:4A16:32C2 ( talk) 09:41, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
A couple of questions about Russian roulette: (1) With only 1 bullet in the cylinder, how much less is the actual probability of dying than the theoretical probability of 1/6? (1.1) With this probability, if you play Russian roulette once a day with only 1 bullet, is it even remotely possible to survive for 7 years? (2) Likewise, for any non-symmetric distribution of bullets in the cylinder, how does the actual probability of dying differ from the theoretical probability for that number of bullets? (Question inspired by the movie The Deer Hunter.) 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:240D:7200:4A16:32C2 ( talk) 09:55, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
What are the mathematical proof steps of the connection between a inverse-cube central force expression and the form of the trajectory (on spirals) of a (material) mobile point subjected to the central force with the given mathematical expression?-- 213.233.84.13 ( talk) 11:44, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
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Is there such a thing as the "median range" of a set of numbers? I don't recall encountering the term before, but the article Case Western Reserve University#Undergraduate profile says
Whittier Law School#Admission statistics says
Kleinbrook, Texas says
Traces, Texas says
Is median range accepted mathematical terminology? Loraof ( talk) 01:01, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. Our article interquartile range defines it as the difference between the upper and lower quartiles--i.e., as a measure of dispersion. I guess the best way to express the interval is interquartile interval. Even if it's not a technical math term, it's accurate. Loraof ( talk) 15:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
So, now that we have determined that it is theoretically possible to fold a 4-inch square into a 1.38-inch 16-gon (but with at least 10 layers), how exactly can this be done? (Yes, the steel mesh has arrived -- in fact, it arrived quite a while ago -- and it looks and feels flexible enough that even 10 layers of folds might be possible!) Keep in mind the other condition -- one of the faces of the 16-gon (or whatever-gon, as long as the number of sides is 16 or more) must be smooth, so all the folds must be on the other face. 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:240D:7200:4A16:32C2 ( talk) 09:41, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
A couple of questions about Russian roulette: (1) With only 1 bullet in the cylinder, how much less is the actual probability of dying than the theoretical probability of 1/6? (1.1) With this probability, if you play Russian roulette once a day with only 1 bullet, is it even remotely possible to survive for 7 years? (2) Likewise, for any non-symmetric distribution of bullets in the cylinder, how does the actual probability of dying differ from the theoretical probability for that number of bullets? (Question inspired by the movie The Deer Hunter.) 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:240D:7200:4A16:32C2 ( talk) 09:55, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
What are the mathematical proof steps of the connection between a inverse-cube central force expression and the form of the trajectory (on spirals) of a (material) mobile point subjected to the central force with the given mathematical expression?-- 213.233.84.13 ( talk) 11:44, 5 October 2016 (UTC)