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    Comment #4793174

    I like this thread very much. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663791

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    Would like to learn relativity theory

    I'am 27 now and i have a burning desire to study math and physics from the ground up and I strongly prefer doing a self study.I want to be a self tutor till i reach certain level. …

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    What's the source of electricity for the human brain?

    1down votefavorite share [fb]share [tw]share [in] I keep hearing that there's always electrical activity taking place inside the human brain.Our heart and various other organs func…

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    Comment #2922540

    i think i found the solution http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/59526/symmetry-with-...

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    Symmetry of graphs

    Please help me prove that if a graph is symmetric with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis,then it is symmetric with respect to the origin. I tried to post this in math stack e…

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    Hyperbolic sine of x

    Hyperbolic sine of x, sinh x= (e^x −e^−x)/2 What method do i use to prove this? Can someone prove this for me?i tried to post the same in math.stackexchange but it won't accept for…

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    C-source code

    I've started to learn the c programming language.i'am wondering if i can get a list of websites which has plenty of c-source codes covering all aspects of c.I want to read code wri…

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    Comment #2739270

    Congragulations again.I'am a beginner c programmer and i don't intend to learn anything other than c and c++.I'am crazy about low level coding like firmware and device driver devel…

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    Algebra books

    Hi all, With reference to this post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663791 Please advice nice books on algebra.you may even include all possible algebra books that you've read.…

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    Comment #2074700

    yes i now have an quintic equation.now i can use any method to solve for 'x'. thank you

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    Ask HN:help with algebraic equation

    any idea on how to solve this equation 2x(4-x)^(-1/2) - (4-x)^1/3 = 0..i could somehow simplify and reach 2x-(4-x)^5/6 = 0.now i don't know what to do

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    Working for defence companies

    has anyone come accross posts within HN or else where that talked about questions asked when facing interview's for defence companies . i recently read a post in HN who had given v…

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    Comment #1836096

    too good..i've added it to my favorites.

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    Comment #1831397

    abstraction of...ya go on i realy want to know what's beneath that if there is. would be very happy if you could recommend a book which goes so deep.(deeper then that preferebly!!)…

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    Reading euclid's elements

    i've already mentioned that i have a burning desire to learn math from the ground up in my previous posts. to completely understand geometry is it worth reading ALL VOLUMES OF EUCL…

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    Comment #1808543

    hey..has it got to do with fractal geometry? just curious.

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    Comment #1796103

    hey that's a very good point.i've heard NSA makes it's own CPU,memory etc..is that true??

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    Comment #1796047

    no this isn't stupid.

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    Comment #1794024

    i know even i used to hate formal proofs!!!i assumed this might have a formal proof by not knowing that this property is based on informal reasoning. (but i personally like formal …

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    Comment #1794011

    oh ya..that looks like a formal proof!!!!!!!!!

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    Comment #1793987

    well..this gives the definition of real numbers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_numbers..but doesn't mention even a single bit about the truthfullness of the properties of realnu…

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    Comment #1793971

    we are in the same page !!!!