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Re:Mathematics is full of wonderful but relatively unknown t... by j2kun on Sunday June 29, 2014 @09:40AM (#7961141)
How can a theorem be "poorly" used?
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Re:Mathematics is full of wonderful but relatively unknown t... by lucasvb on Sunday June 29, 2014 @09:59AM (#7961183)
Good point. I meant that they are presented and used in a much more limited scope than they could be.
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Re:Mathematics is full of wonderful but relatively unknown t... by IanCal on Sunday June 29, 2014 @10:26AM (#7961249)
It's not used much? That's my understanding of the phrase.
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Re:Mathematics is full of wonderful but relatively unknown t... by mdlthree on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:54PM (#7961645)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem
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Re:Mathematics is full of wonderful but relatively unknown t... by j2kun on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:55PM (#7961646)
If you use the central limit theorem truly as a theorem, then you're using it correctly. Either a theorem applies or it does not. That's the point.
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Re:Mathematics is full of wonderful but relatively unknown t... by Grue3 on Monday June 30, 2014 @08:37AM (#7964717)
Any theorem in statistics really. Also, Godel's Incompleteness Theorem.
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