Activity for Olin Lathrop‭

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Comment	Post #290493	Whoever downvoted this, please explain. I'm not seeing the problem. More could have been said (that's always the case), but what exactly do you think is wrong or badly written? (more)	—	4 months ago
Comment	Post #288101	Yes, and that seems rather strange, but the law is sometimes unintuitive. If I buy some arbitrary item for 5 dollars and you immediately take it from me, it seems a reasonable argument that you deprived me of 5d. If it was an ice cream cone and I let it sit and melt and you took the remains an hour... (more)	—	12 months ago
Comment	Post #288101	This seems like more of a legal question than a mathematical one. (more)	—	12 months ago
Comment	Post #287999	@#36356 I agree that what you're saying is effectively the case, but only because the linear approximation is quite good for small numbers of tickets relative to the odds of winning. If each ticket is guaranteed to have a unique number, then it is truly linear. But then only a fixed number can be s... (more)	—	about 1 year ago
Comment	Post #287973	Yes you do. When you ask *here*, information pertinent to the question needs to be *here*. Links can be used for background information, but any question here needs to be understandable and answerable without following links. This question was correctly closed as *unclear* since you didn't define ... (more)	—	about 1 year ago
Comment	Post #287973	This question makes no sense since you don't define what your expectations are of "d". If A changes to B, then there certainly is a value D where A + D = B. You seem to have some expectations about D, but since you didn't state them, your premise in the question is false. -1 since this should have ... (more)	—	about 1 year ago
Comment	Post #287674	Since this Kaktovik numerals system is central to your question, you should include at least a brief introduction. Links should be for background and supporting information, not essential information. (more)	—	about 1 year ago