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8:05 PM
I just voted for Daniel, Pedro and Jyrki.
In so doing, I also got a silver badge.
 
Me too.
In the exact same order.
 
Fools seldom differ.
 
:P You've already said that.
 
Y'all are suckers for reps
 
Indeed.
 
8:07 PM
@AlexanderGruber!
 
No one votes for Jack :(
 
I don't care for rep.
 
Anyway, our decision will not ruin any lives.
 
@Venus He's not going to be a mod, don't worry.
 
I beat somebody with higher rep than me for moderator.
90% sure it was having the better profile picture
 
8:09 PM
@BalarkaSen Why? He is a good guy & smart too
 
When are you going to chuck out Yu from your gravatar, @Alex?
 
Nobody votes for me as moderator :(
anyway hi guys
 
@robjohn are you going to remain a moderator without attending the elections? Just asking because I'm not sure I understand the way MSE works.
 
Hi @mick. Nice to see you here. Don't worry about your bid. :-)
 
@AlexanderGruber will you continue to remain a moderator or? Sorry for my ignorance, I was never really interested before in knowing the details. I'm just a bit curious since everybody talks about elections these days.
 
8:17 PM
@Chris'ssis what do you mean, "without attending the elections?"
 
@robjohn Once a user gets this position, for how long will that user be a moderator?
 
@robjohn Is it okay to ask about book recommendations on more than one subjects in a single post?
 
Hi @Alex
Hi @mick
So you done with your probability beat-down, @Alex? It was considerably more advanced than my final :D
How unrelated are the subjects, @Swapnil?
 
@Chris'ssis Until they retire (as Willie Wong is doing) or are removed for some reason.
@SwapnilTripathi It is best to keep questions focused if possible.
 
hi again @robjohn
 
8:25 PM
@robjohn What do you mean by "until they retire"?
 
@TedShifrin hey again
 
@Chris'ssis: THey can decide they've done it long enough.
Just like me on the faculty at the university :)
 
@Chris'ssis Like this.
 
@Ted Salut
 
@G.T.R !! Salut!
 
8:26 PM
Suppose I want to ask a book recommendation for module theory and topology, will it do? I think chat would be a better option (but there aren't many people here). @robjohn
 
Tu reviens nous dire bonjour?
You need it still more specific by far, @Swapnil
rehi bronze @Jasper
 
Yes, I will include the topics that I have next semester.(Beginner course) @TedShifrin
 
@TedShifrin I see you got a lovely hat.
 
Oh, did I get another?
 
I just didn't see it just now, maybe.
 
8:28 PM
You need to include what your background is, as well, @Swapnil.
 
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Q: $\int_0^{\infty} A( f(B(x)) ) + C(x) ) dx = \int_0^{\infty} f(x) dx$

mickI was thinking about $\int_0^{\infty} A( f(B(x)) ) + C(x) ) dx = \int_0^{\infty} f(x) dx$ The inspiration came from the following 3 integrals : Lemma If $f(x)$ is a bounded non-negative function, then \begin{equation}\int_0^\infty f\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)\,\frac{\ln x}{x}\,dx=0\end...

 
Remember to vote for the mods now.
 
Oh, no, I've had that for a week, @Jasper.
@Mick: There are other ways to approach the problem you posted. I would say symmetry is the crucial feature. Such things show up frequently on the Putnam, too. It's the $x\mapsto 1/x$ symmetry that needs to be exploited. So that's what you need to generalize, specifically.
 
Thank you. @TedShifrin
 
@BalarkaSen hey dude, didn't mean to come on earlier lol, how r things?
 
8:30 PM
@ted I pass by occasionally. How are your courses going ?
 
@TedShifrin Is there theory of this ?
 
I'm done for a few weeks, @GTR. A significant number of students did very well, but, sadly, also a significant number did very poorly.
 
@Ted Like you thought, he meant the hodge theorem (suggested reading was the last chapter of Warner).
 
@SwapnilTripathi If you think one book might cover those topics, then it would be fine. If you are looking for one book in each topic, I'd ask two questions.
 
@BalarkaSen Once I get plastic surgery and look just like him in real life.
Then I'll change my gravatar to a pen drawing of what I look like now.
 
8:31 PM
@MikeMiller That's one of the few books that prove it.
 
@TedShifrin I do not think putnam exists in europe ... is it like the international math olympiad ? or is it different ? ( how ? )
 
Yes, I'm aware, @Jasper.
 
@TedShifrin I am indeed
 
I dunno what more to say, @mick. Typically you want to split the interval into two pieces (I suppose you could do with more, too) and have a nice differentiable function that exchanges the two pieces. Then do integrals by substitution and it works perfectly if the problem is set up right.
 
Nobody want a bounty question! ? math.stackexchange.com/questions/776127/…
 
8:32 PM
Oh, sorry, @mick, it doesn't exist in Europe. You can google and get past tests, though. It's rather easier than the IMO.
Your back recovered from the parental visit, @Alex?
 
@TedShifrin Easier? Hmm. I have not done questions from either, so I don't know.
 
@bolbteppa You're probably not offering enough, that question will take some effort
 
I've seen the IMO, @Jasper, and I've done a number of Putnams.
 
@robjohn @AlexanderGruber could you estimate an average number of hours/day required for a good moderation? It seems to me like a job with lots of responsabilities, but no salary at all. I would never do it for free.
 
@TedShifrin well yeah , that is how some are proved ... but that is the answer part ... basicly I want it in reverse : get the nice questions rather then answers (proofs) :)
 
8:34 PM
Right, @mick, so I'm telling you how to reverse-engineer the problems.
 
@TedShifrin they're actually going to be down here till the end of february!
 
Oh wow, @Alex ... so your back is only beginning to suffer ...
 
@robjohn Yes, I think it would be better to ask the questions separately. I'm waiting for Kaj to come online though, I think he could help me with Module theory.
 
@TedShifrin Do you think that people bad at IMO can be good researchers?
 
@AlexanderGruber yes it's a beast, I don't think anyone can actually do it, no one in my college can anyway!
 
8:35 PM
@Swapnil: Depends on what level module theory you mean. @Kaj is still an undergraduate.
Absolutely, @Jasper, absolutely.
 
@Chris'ssis But what about all the fame, respect, and women?
 
There's far more to research than being quick and tricky. I was horrid at Putnam-type stuff for many years ... still am basically mediocre, but I've done ok at research.
 
@TedShifrin: I will take that course for the first time. Some beginner stuff..
 
@TedShifrin hmm I had that idea. and it sounds logical and easy ... in theory ... in practice I find it much harder ...
 
LOL @mick ... Well, try fiddling.
What algebra background do you have, @Swapnil?
 
8:36 PM
Now we can't see how many votes each candidate has.
 
Right @Jasper. Nor can you in "real" elections!
 
@TedShifrin were your college friends better than you at math olympiads but you still end up as a math professor?
 
I've done a course on group, rings and fields. @TedShifrin
 
@mick: Math professors often make up exam and homework questions exactly by this backwards process.
 
@Anastasiya-Romanova秀 It's weird that you use 'God bless MSE' when you are Buddhist, lol.
 
8:37 PM
Some, @bolbteppa.
 
@JasperLoy starred :)
 
What text, @Swapnil? You need to give maximum information, not minimum.
 
@Chris'ssis to actually give you a serious answer, it varies pretty wildly. Sometimes I'm swamped, sometimes I'll have days where I do almost nothing 'cause Arthur already beat me to all the flags.
 
@mick Thank you. I hope you grow older by a year next year in your profile.
 
@TedShifrin backwards seems harder then forward ... like integration is harder then differentiation ...
 
8:38 PM
I used Contemporary Abstract Algebra by JA Gallian for the first two. PM Cohn for fields (Basic/ Classic Algebra). @TedShifrin
 
@AlexanderGruber I see. Well, the part with the women is not that bad! :-)))))
 
LOL, @mick: The people who made them up for you to do forward had to do them backward :P
 
but if one of us has finals or something we let the other mods know and the slack gets picked up
 
@SwapnilTripathi Haha, Cohn has so many algebra books. You have to say the last name and the title when quoting a book properly.
 
OK, thanks, @Swapnil. Gallian is not too hard. I don't know Cohn's book. I would suggest Mike Artin's book. You'll learn more than modules, but it's the right place to start, I think. Then there are graduate-level, more formal books. I'm fond of Dummit and Foote, but I would start with Artin.
 
8:39 PM
@TedShifrin not really , you can take a derivative of something and turn it into an exercise of differentiation or integration as you please ...
 
@SwapnilTripathi What made you use Cohn? It's not very popular these days. I am curious. I am a fan of Cohn too.
 
@JasperLoy Yeah. I forgot that! In our college, we usually talk about a book by Author's name. So.....
 
Well, @mick, most of us don't make up integration problems by starting with a horrid function and differentiating it.
 
@SwapnilTripathi I hear there's an algebra book by some guy called Shifrin too...
 
@JasperLoy: It was prescribed in our syllabus. :D
 
8:41 PM
@AlexanderGruber Actually two, not one.
 
@Alex: Not remotely relevant here. But thanks for the gratuitous plug.
 
@SwapnilTripathi I think the Indians still use it because there is a cheap Indian edition. Cohn is more popular in the UK than in the US.
 
Ultimately, after some graduate exposure, you'll enjoy a book like Atiyah-Macdonald, if you're very strong, @Swapnil.
 
@TedShifrin Do you know specific math topics an undergraduate could grasp, that revolve around sharing, distributing, etc... Bonus points if they have applications in other fields (physics, chemistry,...) ?
 
What topology course, @Swapnil?
 
8:42 PM
@AlexanderGruber: Haha. I knew about Shifrins book on differential topology. Famous among my seniors!
 
I'm not sure what you mean, @GTR, but sounds like game theory.
Not differential topology, @Swapnil :) But Alex was referring to my abstract algebra book, but not appropriate for you. The word module never appears.
Hurrah: I'm teaching the differential geometry course for the last time ever this winter. :)
 
@TedShifrin that sounds very refreshing
 
LOL, what does, @Alex?
 
Lack of modules :p
 
@TedShifrin: Will you please follow the link maths.du.ac.in/PDF/syllabus/2012-13MAMScSyl.pdf page 12. Thanks. :)
 
8:44 PM
@Jasper: Should she have said "Allah praise MSE"?
 
@Ted I mean something like "equidistributed sequences is a topic per se which has applications in generating random numbers" Game theory is too broad
 
@TedShifrin Nope, she's not Muslim.
 
oh, rats, @Jasper :)
Combinatorial analysis, @GTR?
 
@JasperLoy How about, "Buddha indifferently consider MSE"?
 
Good point ^
 
8:46 PM
@JasperLoy: Yeah. I think that's exactly the case.
 
@AlexanderGruber Maybe something like Bodhisattvas bless MSE.
 
@TedShifrin unless its for the international math olympiad :p
 
@Swapnil: I like the books on the lists already, for both algebra and topology. Jasper hates Munkres, but I love it. Dugundji is an encyclopedic text, more old-frashioned, but well-written except for a few mistakes (as I recall). For algebra, they have Dummit and Foote. You could throw in Atiyah-Macdonald, once you are halfway through the course. Artin would be light reading to get you more advanced from where you are now.
 
@TedShifrin but seriously any more advice ?
 
@TedShifrin: I have tried Dummit and Foote more than once. I open the book and it gives me goosebumps. Yes, some sort of fear!
 
8:49 PM
Not surprisingly, @Swapnil, I'm not in total agreement on the diff geo texts :P
Start with Artin, @Swapnil.
 
Sure, sir. Thanks :D
No need to ask questions now. ;-)
 
@mick: I think if you really understand one example (like the one you linked me to), you'll see how to make up problems. But you have to work out the example carefully and thoroughly.
@mick, I'll find the link to an absurdly complicated problem of the sort we're talking about. It took me much time to solve.
 
@Chris'ssis I have spent between 0 and 8 hours, depending on the load.
 
Hello everone!

I want to ask something about:
"Since $i \log_e i$ is concave upwards, it is easy to show that $$\sum_{i=2}^{n-1} i \log_e i \leq \int_2^n x \log_e x dx \leq \frac{n^2 \log_e n}{2}-\frac{n^2}{4}$$"

$i \log_e i$ is concave upwards because the second derivative of $i \log_e i$ is positive. Correct?

Can you explain the inquality? I don't understand how we show it?
 
@TedShifrin thanks in advance !
 
8:54 PM
@robjohn I see. May I ask you what is the thing that motivates you at most to be a moderator?
 
@Chris'ssis I got to thinking about it when I was asked by the people on chat. I figured it was the next thing after being a room owner and someone needs to do it ;-)
 
@robjohn :-)
 
@Chris'ssis How about empathy and the care for others? doing things purely for money seems somewhat cynical
I asked a question! On another site! codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/74206/… Oh hail python.
 
@N3buchadnezzar money ? what money ?
 
Ugh, I've answered too many questions, and I can't find it. Is there a good way to search one's answers for a keyword?
 
8:59 PM
@TedShifrin yeah, what are you looking for?
 
I'm looking for a tricky question I answered about 1 1/2 years ago.
I should star it as a favorite (Pedro just taught me that a few days ago).
 
@mick She said she would never consider being a moderator for free,
 
I taught you that, @Ted!
 
Oh, sorry, @Mike taught me that a few days ago.
 
@TedShifrin any particular keyword?
 
9:01 PM
:)
 
@Alex: So there's no way I can search? :(
 
@TedShifrin Starting to star things you like / dislike is not neccarily a great idea. Just look how well it went for old germany.
 
LOL, @N3b ... I don't think that's a fair comparison.
 
@TedShifrin You can I'm just trying to make sure I get the syntax right before I show it to you
 
Oh, the keyword would be implicitly-defined function ... maybe integral, too
 
9:03 PM
@TedShifrin I was just making a foul joke. I always star interesting questions ;)
 
@N3buchadnezzar Well, the reason for that I also answered questions on main wasn't at all for any kind of fame, reputation, I'm just an anonymous here, so, there is no gain to me, but I did it because I appreciated the support I received from the community, and I wanted to give something back.
@N3buchadnezzar The story with "empathy and the care for others" doesn't make sense to me in this case, since it's a different story, but if about talking about empathy and the care for others, then I'd help some human beings that really need help for their lives. In Africa 2,500 kids starving every day (by the way).
 
so that there is your user number, which you can see by looking at the URL in your profile. then i have is:answer to only show answers, and everything else is just keywords
 
ah, @Alex, thanks: so I need to put in my user number, rather than name ...
 
Yeah
Once you memorize your user number that's when you know you have an MSE problem
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9:04 PM
If I had remembered it had so many upvotes, it would have been easier. I was looking down in the smaller vote range, around summer 13.
@Mick: With many thanks to AlexanderG, here is an interesting problem for you to understand!!
@Alex: I take it the "is:" is essential? There should be guidelines for such searches somewhere easily findable!!
 
@TedShifrin if you look over on the right, there is "advanced search tips" that expands down and shows you some syntax
 
@TedShifrin For your own posts, user:me also works
 
@Chris'ssis I would just say I do not have time nor the neccecary skill to be a moderator.
 
But not a lot of people know about that because you have to already be searching to see it (which imho is bad design)
 
Ah, @Alex, that's perfect. I never noticed (duh). Thanks so much!
 
9:07 PM
I think I have been a mod for 3-4 other sites, and it can be quite time consuming. I think I would still decline even if it were paid.
 
I've favorited that one, regardless (or as so many Amuricans seem to say, irregardless). Thanks, guys.
No one would ever want me as a mod, but it's something that might be conceivable once I retire.
 
@AlexanderGruber There should be SE site for helping people who spend too much time on SE.
 
Except that I plan to do more traveling ...
@N3b: My name is Ted and I am an SE abuser.
 
@N3buchadnezzar StackExchange Anonymous
 
@N3buchadnezzar Haha. True that.
 
9:09 PM
Once I woke up in the middle of the night just to check the main for low hanging fruits.
 
@N3buchadnezzar Sounds like me.
 
Rules: everyone's name is user(#). no links to outside profiles. Must stay till you get through our 12 rep program
 
@AlexanderGruber Although meaking another site for people already spending too much time here seems somewhat counter-productive. It would be like having AA meetings in pubs.
@AlexanderGruber 12 rep program?? Is that a program to get me more reputation, if so sign me up.
 
@N3B: I think you missed the irony.
 
I get the joke, but it sounds like The Prisoner
 
9:12 PM
thats an intresting question and answer...
But it does not involve a general f(x) as my examples did.
Are you saying I should think implicit rather then explicit ?
Are you saying the explicit cases are very limited ?
 
@AlexanderGruber You are the only mod with less than 20k, lol.
 
@TedShifrin :p
 
@JasperLoy that's because i continuously offer bounties to keep myself below the 20k line
 
@AlexanderGruber yeah me too ;)
 
@mick: Once you have your symmetry decided upon, you can embed it into any $f$ by doing $f(\text{blah})$ where blah is invariant under your symmetry.
I'd need to ask questions in order to offer bounties, @Alex.
 
9:14 PM
@TedShifrin You can bounty other peoples too, actually
 
I guess you are right , but it still feels puzzling ... I think a few examples will get me going ...
Im not sure if you are saying the task is easy ... or that its hard but possible ...
 
I'm about to hit secret 30k :p
 
Oh, there aren't that many questions I find that enthralling. The one you just found for me was one. And I worked hard on a question that Zev asked a long time ago (it's my second highest votes).
 
I'm off to bed. Not that I was very active. See you all. Good night.
 
It's an interesting puzzle, @mick, and I applaud you for trying to work on it.
Night, @Swapnil.
 
9:16 PM
I consider myself to be more as a booty hunter
 
no comment
 
@TedShifrin What I like to do is use that search thing on very uncommon tags, then set answers:0 and sort by votes
 
Your math interests are far narrower and more esoteric than mine, @Alex ... without any slight intended by that remark.
 
@AlexanderGruber Like the "I have shown great effort at attempting my homework" tag?
 
LOL
 
9:17 PM
thank you !! Im just wondering if this has " theory " or been given a " name " .... is it a " chapter in a book " ... you know what I mean ...
As far as I know : NO ... but I could be wrong ...
 
Not that I'm aware of, @Mick. In a far stretch, it's related to Sophus Lie's development of Lie groups to study symmetries of differential equations. :)
 
@TedShifrin Yea. :p I usually use it to explore stuff I'm not at all familiar with, but that probably means I tend to bounty "shallow" questions
big-lists and such
 
@TedShifrin thats a lightyear long stretch !!
 
Well, symmetry of differential forms is symmetry of differential forms, @mick, so not really.
 
Hey all!
 
9:19 PM
The things you're putting under the integral sign are $1$-forms.
hi @Khallil
 
How are you doing, @Ted?
^_^
 
Enjoying being done with exams and grading ... still have letters of recommendation to do over the next few weeks, but that's not bad.
 
@TedShifrin I was thinking about surface integrals and volume integrals , double and triple integrals ... higher dimensional analogues ... but that gives me a headache :)
 
So teds gradient vector is zero, huzza.
 
Ah, nice! What are the letters of recommendation for, @Ted?
 
9:22 PM
hello! Is it possible to numerically find smallest root for polynomial equation without actually finding all its roots?
 
I wish I could get in on the joke, @N3. I don't know much about gradient vectors. ^_^"
 
Huh? @N3B
people applying to various grad schools (not all math), @Khallil. This year I was the most popular I've ever been as a letter writer. Not all glory :)
 
You suggesting I'm at a critical point, @N3B?
 
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Q: Can quaternions be useful for integrals?

mickLets assume we want to find a closed form for $\int_0^1 f(x) dx$ where $f(x)$ is a real-analytic function. There are many techniques to find that. Some include contour integration on the complex plane. But I wonder : Can quaternions be useful for integrals ?

 
9:27 PM
@TedShifrin gradient ~grading
 
oh .... I thought you were doing better than that.
 
Yeah.. I am not very punny..
 
It's harder when it's not your native language ...
 
Is it ok to delete an answer if 1) the math is trivial 2) it has downvote 3) the OP did not get it. ????
more specific I consider removing this :
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1024765/is-this-claim-true-xi-circ-ks-k-circ-xi-s-0-implies-ks-zeta/1026570#1026570
 
9:36 PM
Seems like you and the OP are at an impasse, @Mick. I don't want to make the effort to think about it. I don't think you should remove it just because the OP didn't get it.
 
I assume someone upvote to get rid of my frustration ... thanks :)
SO I guess it should stay.
only downvoter is probably OP
 
If someone else comes along and responds with a better answer, then you should remove it.
 
@TedShifrin see my answer , I will let it stay now ... I assume you upvoted ?
 
No, actually I did not. I'd have to stop to think about the question/answer in order to upvote :)
 
I do not think the answer can be improved. The OP understanding of the Riemann Hypothesis however can Improve QUITE ALOT :)
maybe the upvote was a Christmas miracle from an angel :p
 
9:38 PM
@DanielF: Here you go when you're bored.
 
I know NOTHING about measures and spaces ...
 
@TedShifrin I'm just reading it ;)
 
my knowledge of spaces and measures is well represented by this pic :
http://miggyzaballero.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/stupid.jpg
 
Well, @mick, I did not bring it to your attention. I know enough that I could work on it, but @DanielF will have it in minutes.
 
When do we get to see the election results?
 
9:41 PM
hi bananas
When the election is over? @skull
 
lol
 
IM NOT A GODDAMN BANANA :(
 
@iwriteonbananas monkey ? :)
 
i'm just an average joe who is forced to use bananas as writing material
 
9:42 PM
I never said you were a goddamn banana :D
It might be more fun if your bananas had the homotopy type of a Klein bottle :P
 
lmao
good point
 
Then there would be no peel to throw away :P
 
And no peel to write on ....
 
This has a certain a-peel.
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9:45 PM
hehe
 
Damn, @skull, you didn't waste a second before starring.
 
Ted strikes again
 
Not me Professor @TedShifrin
 
@iwriteonbananas Where do you live?
 
Well, certainly iwriteon... wouldn't have starred it.
 
9:47 PM
I was too busy on the drums :D
 
@JasperLoy in a land where women glow and men plunder
 
Can I ask a physics question here ?
@iwriteonbananas ok I post it on physics exchange then
 
@mick sure
 
@iwriteonbananas yes or no , make up your mind :p
 
:D
ok, you hereby have my permission to pose a physics related question
 
9:50 PM
Too many kids in here.
 
I was just wondering if the strong force can be described and understood fully by quaternions ( without matrices )
@iwriteonbananas thank you sir
 
@mick :)
 
Use the banana luke
 
@JasperLoy sorry grandpa :p
 
Just in the mick of time.
 
9:52 PM
mick of time ?
 
there you go, @N3B
I thought I was the ranking grandpa.
 
Aren't we both the grandpas, comparatively speaking?
 
No, @mike, you're the slightly older cousin.
The grading results in yet, @Mike?
 
I thought you had to be a pa before you become grand?
 
You can become grand before you become a pa. Just become a ma.
 
9:56 PM
icic
:O
 
@N3buchadnezzar I think it is legal in some places.
@N3buchadnezzar I am not talking about that tragedy.
When did @N3buchadnezzar become @skullpatrol?
 
That gives a whole new meaning to "relative" simultaneous events.
 
One was more than enough, @Jasper.
 
If you have to remove a message, it is better not to say it at all.
 

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