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Let n equal the highest possible prime number.

Multiply all of the primes together, from 2 up to n, and add +1 to the final product. Call this number x.

The number x cannot be divisible by any of our primes, because it would leave a remainder of 1.

So our number x must either itself be prime, or much be composed only of prime factors larger than n.

In either case, our assumption of a largest possible prime n is contradicted.

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ChristianBC wrote:

So ? hitthepin?

I did what @blueemu did, but I somehow got 6 and 1, and added them to get 7. Whoops.

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For technical stuff like this (no real problem to solve) you can use this tool:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=derivative+of++sin+%5B+cos+(tan+t)+%5D

Last part need be taken also. Can't make it a whole.

 

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What is the sum of the inverse-squares of all the natural numbers?

In other words:

x = 1/1^2 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + 1/4^2 + 1/5^2... what is x?

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There is other kind of problem that I can actually solve.

Solve the differential equation  d^(1/2)y/dx^(1/2)) = y.

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@pg. I know it is not complicated. Chain rule. There is no problem to solve. So use a calculator.

What I meant is that the url is split so the link is incomplete.

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Trexler3241 wrote:

There is other kind of problem that I can actually solve.

Solve the differential equation  d^(1/2)y/dx^(1/2)) = y.

I find it hard to believe that this is actually hard.

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ok i'll do my homework!

This is the difference between exercice and problem solving. The second is challenging.

In general we have    w'(t)=f'(g(h(t))) x g'(h(t)) x h'(t)  ; as f is a sine, it's derivative is cos. Let's replace step by step. (Here x is for multiplication.)

cos(g(h(t))) x g'(h(t)) x h'(t) ; next, g is a cosine so it's derivative is -sin.

cos(cos(h(t))) x -sin(h(t)) x h'(t) ; h is tan so it's derivative is sec^2

cos(cos(tan(t))) x -sin(tan(t)) x sec^2(t)

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@trexler. Can you write it with an equation editor, take a screen shot and join the picture?

I don't know if you mean the square root of a derivative or else.

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physics_girl wrote:

On that note, an easier problem:

I want to grow a portfolio at 10%, if I am to invest $500,000 into two accounts, paying 4% and 16% respectively, what portion of the $500k will be invested in each?

Show your work

4% x + 16%  (500k - x) = 10% 500k

x = 1/2 500k

So half and half.

4% 250k + 16% 250k = 20% 250k = 10% 500k 

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blueemu wrote:

What is the sum of the inverse-squares of all the natural numbers?

In other words:

x = 1/1^2 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + 1/4^2 + 1/5^2... what is x?

This one is hard. I would try Fourier series or maybe MacLauren but not now. Thanks to all for these great sharing.

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ChristianBC wrote:
blueemu wrote:

What is the sum of the inverse-squares of all the natural numbers?

In other words:

x = 1/1^2 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + 1/4^2 + 1/5^2... what is x?

This one is hard. I would try Fourier series or maybe MacLauren but not now. Thanks to all for these great sharing.

If I mentioned Euler and "the Basel problem", would that jog your memory? I believe it's mentioned in Riemann's seminal paper as well.

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ChristianBC wrote:

@trexler. Can you write it with an equation editor, take a screen shot and join the picture?

I don't know if you mean the square root of a derivative or else.

It's the half derivative of y = y.

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This is new to me. Hère is a nice video .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3OUl5TVSY

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Play the gamma fonctions!

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ThreeBlueOneBrown has an amazing video on the Fourier transform.

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ChristianBC wrote:

This is new to me. Hère is a nice video .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3OUl5TVSY

The presenter seems to forget the minus sign in the du=- dt. So, dt= - du.

He doesn't include the minus sign in the further equation for dt.

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At 9:22 he explains that u varies from x to 0. So he changes the sign of du to let u vary from 0 to x. There is no mistake there.

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blueemu wrote:

ThreeBlueOneBrown has an amazing video on the Fourier transform.

The one on linear algebra is also very nice!

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Trexler3241 wrote:
Trexler3241 wrote:

There is other kind of problem that I can actually solve.

Solve the differential equation  d^(1/2)y/dx^(1/2)) = y.

I find it hard to believe that this is actually hard.

Please show us the way.

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