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12:22 AM
anyone understands basis?
 
12:36 AM
for what structure?
 
linear algebra
 
12:49 AM
thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/… tributes @ModdedBear with a statue
 
thx lol
 
WHy if a matrix has solution (x1,....,xn) and all $x_i$ are diffrent from zero the Det of the matrix is 0
because if Det=0 after Gauss there will be row consisting only of 0's so x1 ..xn can be everything?(homogenous matrix)
 
1:17 AM
Anybody awake in here?
 
yes
 
Know any set theory, Karlo?
 
not really but let me try
 
I am curious if the following statement is true
"If $\{E_j\}$ is a collection of sets and $A = \liminf_{j \to\infty} E_j$, then there is some $N$ such that $n > N$ implies that $A \cap E_n = E_N$."
 
1:30 AM
@user153330 congrats for what?
 
@SamuelYusim can i ask matrix question
 
2:10 AM
hello someone?
 
I know matrices... do you know matlab? ^_^
D:!
 
yes but I have theory question
 
Is there any relation between the coefficients of a quintic equation with its roots
 
@Karlo you know matlab?!
 
yes
 
2:17 AM
I could try and help..depending on what the question is (kind of still a sketcher when it comes to proofs) but I need help with modifying a code by introducing a parameter
 
oh you mean do I know how to work and stuff no :D
sorry :D
but can you answer my question it is easy
 
troll
 
Matlab is very huge for me to download
 
no I did not understand the whole
 
I though you know matlab -_-
guys there is freemat too... that's free and small to download
 
2:18 AM
You can execute matlab code online here: tutorialspoint.com/execute_matlab_online.php
 
Thanks@user314
 
@usukidoll why a system has n-r solutions if n>r
 
I'm getting screwed up when it comes to introducing two parameters...one with initial condition and with time step
 
I know you can make the left side of the matrix with length n and everything else is with - on the right
 
yeahhh..
 
2:20 AM
and then you can set each side to be k_1 to k_n for example
but then I get confused how the solution is made they say
by Kramer??
 
Well is there any relation between the roots of a quintic equation with its coefficients
 
well we get n x n matrix it is solvable..
and this is where I stuck
oh wait
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Maybe. What kind of relationship are you looking for?
 
so it's a square matrix
 
you can get the solution by Kramer!
 
2:22 AM
The Rational Root Theorem holds, for instance.
 
yes!
 
@Karlo Don't use Cramer. Please don't.
 
the books says so...
 
The books want you to suffer and feel pain.
 
exactly
 
2:23 AM
It is better to use Gaussian elimination.
 
btw guys why do they say a solution is c=(k1 ......kn)
isnt it supposed to be one solution with length n-r?
 
No, you can't "shrink" the vector
 
yes i got it
we will have n-r parameters
not vectors :D
 
Like the $alpha+beta=-b|a$in a quadratic equation ovthe form$ax^2+bx+c$
 
So you're looking for a discriminant
 
2:24 AM
mhm
 
There probably is one, but discriminants are hateful objects. I can't imagine that a quintic has a nice form worth using
@robjohn Question for you
 
@Arkamis yes?
 
If I may be so presumptuous to ask
 
Thanks @Arkamis
 
I'm stuck on a basic set theory question
 
2:26 AM
Guys why if we have invariant space with dim=n and dim Im phi =n then if we use the standart basis then the linear operator is over C(complex numbers)
 
"Let $\{ E_j \}_1^\infty$ be a collection of sets. Then there is some $N$ such that $E_n \cap \liminf \{E_j\} = E_n$ for all $n > N$."
Is that statement true?
Hang on
that makes no sense.
 
oh wow my professor went too fast on that set theory
hey @robjohn do you know matlab?
 
@usukidoll I know matlab -- what do you need?
 
@usukidoll nope
 
how do you introduce a parameter of initial condition and time step into a code without crashing? Maybe we should start a new chat so my codes don't flood this
 
2:29 AM
@usukidoll That is a ridiculously broad general question
What are you trying to do?
 
@Arkamis How are they defining $\liminf\{E_j\}$?
 
% Modify the program degreeday on p. 35 of the textbook so
% that it becomes a function with two parameters: the
% initial condition (call it x0), and the time step, h. if I create those two parameters then supposedly the code will reproduce the number of days when I initiate it which is 19.19 days or 19.2 days
 
@robjohn The set of all $x$ that are eventually in $E_j$, or $\liminf = \bigcup_1^\infty \bigcap_1^\infty E_j$.
 
I have the code... want me to paste it on here @Arkamis
 
@usukidoll No.
I want you to tell me what the mathematical problem you're trying to solve is
If you want to paste code, use pastebin.com
 
2:31 AM
yes I will use pastebin. that's better
 
@robjohn More generally I'm trying to prove a property of measures which seems stupidly obvious but I'm stumbling on some technical details
Namely, that $\mu(\liminf E_j) \le \liminf \mu(E_j)$.
I feel like it follows from sub-additivity, but I'm stuck on some subtleties.
Anyhow, I'm going to shelve this problem for a bit.
 
@Arkamis should I put pastebin as unlisted or public or?
 
hi everyone
 
@usukidoll Unlisted and provide me a link
 
are the vectors in span indipendant?
 
2:34 AM
@robjohn yes
 
@Arkamis Do you mean $$\bigcup_{k=1}^\infty\bigcap_{j=k}^\infty E_j$$
 
could i share a link to a mathematical problem i am working on (simple bessel functions -- i have typeset it nicely in mathjax too)?
if anyone's interested, i'll share it.
 
@usukidoll Ok, here's your problem
 
me
 
2:36 AM
#1 You're passing in arguments that go nowhere.
#2 you're overwriting your arguments immediately.
 
so the argument I'm doing is going in all directions
 
guys did you know that cosine theorem is a mix of the property of a quad. in circle
+ something else I forgot but not trigonometry
 
@Arkamis so that would mean that for all $n\ge N$, we have $$E_n\subset\bigcup_{k=1}^\infty\bigcap_{j=k}^\infty E_j$$
 
arguments without a connection and being replaced... ouch
 
@robjohn ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes. That is what i need.
@usukidoll You need to think about what the meaning of h and x0 are
x0 is the initial condition of x. In the textbooks code, where does x get initially set?
 
2:39 AM
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Q: Why does solving the spherical Bessel equation using Frobenius series produce two quadratic equations for the exponents at the singularity?

user89The spherical Bessel equation is: $$x^2y'' + 2xy' + (x^2 - \frac{5}{16})y = 0$$ If I seek a Frobenius series solution, I will have: \begin{align*} &\quad y = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} a_nx^{n + r} \\ &\implies y' = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} (n + r)a_nx^{n + r - 1} \\ &\im...

 
so how do I get my argument to go somewhere that will produce 19.19 days?
 
@Arkamis That might be a condition, but I don't think that is necessarily true for any collection of sets.
 
x is set at 0 in the original code
 
@robjohn It is not, but I neglected to mention that $\{E_j\}$ are members of a measurable space.
 
@twirlobite are there any connection between cosine theorem and pure geometry?
 
2:41 AM
@usukidoll Right so. instead of setting it to 0, set it to x0.
 
and then h would remain the same since what we need is a reproduction.. and the second part h = 0.05 to calculate the days
 
@usukidoll your third problem: you're doing a clear all immediately inside the scope of a function
that will nuke your arguments to oblivion
remove the clear all
 
@Karlo probably, depending on what your definition of pure geometry
 
so as soon as clear all is in the code, everything is gone.. the arguments won't go anywhere
line 2 not enough input arguments?
 
@usukidoll Before you solve your problem, you need to go through the book's code line by line and figure out what everything does.
You're trying to drive a race car before you can back out of your driveway.
 
2:47 AM
that would mean inputting the original line by line and pressing play to see what is going on
 
or reading documentation
you need to know what the clear command does, for example.
 
I know I can't destroy that equation..it's needed in the code
 
@Arkamis I am off to dinner... I will think about a counterexample
 
@robjohn No worries; thanks!
@usukidoll Here is some working code along with a special surprise
The function myfun is exactly what you need. You should attempt to understand every line of that code.
The extra surprise is that i wrote a secant method to compute the value of h to 6 decimal places that yields your desired result.
 
oh wow... my professor would be like where did you get that from O_O with the secant parts.. sigh ... sometimes he sucks at explaining some things.
last time I checked dimensionless variables aren't in vector calc...or pdes...number theory...Logic and Euclidean Geometry XD
 
Is that you Skully?
 
I can't even
Like
My Pats are in the SB again and I'm losing sleep.
 
the same team with the deflated football stuff?
 
That's all bullshit.
Of the highest degree.
It's literally the biggest non-story in the history of American sports.
 
3:28 AM
the same team that could be ... If they win, the greatest of all time?
 
can I proove the basis dimention theorem dim u+w = dim u + dim w - dim u inter. w
by doing this
let dim U intersec W basis be B0
 
@infinitesimal If they win, Brady is G.O.A.T. no matter what
 
we add this basis to the basis B1 of U and B2 of W
then the conclusion follows or the equation is true
 
and Belichick probably already is the greatest coach of all time.
 
3:46 AM
wooooo got my code to work :D
 
Did you use my myfun method as a basis?
 
da Vinci code?
 
umm ...
I've done this
http://pastebin.com/UfBkLCT7
 
pretty much the right track, except the line ``h=h` is totally meaningless.
and you need to have function days = degreedays(x0,h) because you're not defining ddays anywhere
 
oh..but somehow I needed it to input h=0.01 and h = 0.05 for degreedays(0,0.01) and degreedays (0,0.05)
OH! X(
then again that could be an abbrev for degreedays
unless ddays $\neq$ degreedays
 
3:49 AM
matlab syntax is like this
function OUTPUT = FUNCTIONNAME(ARGUMENTS)
the output you want is days. So you need to write days = degreedays(x0,h)
 
I know that the file name and the script name need to match ... ohhh ok
 
yes, file name and script need to match
and the output needs to be equal to something that you set in the body of the function
 
ok.. like function sandwich = sandwich(arguments)
 
no
like
function myvalue = myfunctionname(stuff)
What is the value you are trying to compute
 
function sandwich = bacon(stuff)?
 
3:52 AM
function sum = Add(a,b)
sum = a + b;
end
 
oh like function difference = subtract(a,b)
difference = a-b
end
 
yes
bingo
 
function product = multiply (a,b)
product = (a)(b)
end
 
4:08 AM
People how to prove Gram-Schmid's determinant is positive
 
question I just finished from an assignment I'm working on:
Let's play a game. First, you pay me $n$ dollars, and then you flip a fair coin $n$ times to product a sequence of heads and tails in the set $\{H, T\}^n$. For every triple of three consecutive equal entries in your sequence I pay you $V_n$ dollars. For what value of $V_n$ is this game completely fair?
Now let's change the rules a little bit. First, you pay me $n$ dollars, and then you roll a fair $d$-sided die $n$ times to produce a sequence in the set $\{1, 2, \hdots, d\}^n$. Fix $k \geq 2$, and for every subsequence of $k$ consecutive equal entries in your sequence I pay you $V(n, d, k)$
the answer to the second part is horrifying in how much work it takes to get there but how nice the answer is
 
Does anyone here know measure theory?
 
4:26 AM
Elementary measure theory, maybe.
 
I'm looking for an example to show that the simple integrable functions are not a complete metric space under the $L^1$ norm.
@ThomasAndrews Does that question make sense, or make sense to you?
 
What is "simple integrable" mean?
 
It can be written as a finite sum of $b_j\chi_j$
Where $\chi_j$ is the characteristic function of some set in your sigma algebra.
 
What is "community wiki"? Is there a site where certain questions or answers from this cite are featured?
 
Well, there's a definition here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp_space#Dense_subspaces @ThomasAndrews, I don't know if that's better.
 
4:30 AM
Community wiki just encourages other people to edit answers. meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/…
 
Thanks Thomas
 
But I often make my "really stupid answers," like "Yes, your approach works" community wiki, because you don't get points for CW posts. @TheSubstitute
 
got it
 
@Anthony Hint: Show there is a continuous non-constant function in the closure. None of the simple integrable functions are continuous.
(Or rather, none of the non-constant ones.)
 
4:54 AM
@ThomasAndrews Well... Yeah. :P Can't think of any good sequence, although I think I was thinking about the problem wrong to begin with.
 
Hint: The Riemann sums of a function $f$ are really integrals of simple integrable functions that approximate $f$ @Anthony
 
But then it should be pretty simply to find such a function, shouldn't it?
Just reverse engineer a function from something that looks like an integral?
 
Does someone know here linear algebra?
 
So just find someway to 'plateau' at multiple points of a function- so like $\frac{1}{n}\lfloor nx^2 \rfloor$?
But I need it to be finite, so I guess I could just take the $x$ mod something...
 
I am getting murdered by this measure theory stuff
And I don't feel like I should be
 
5:01 AM
41
Q: Is a university that grants me a PhD for $1000 and a copy of my unpublished book fake?

portonI have paid $1000 for PhD in mathematics. And I have sent them my book to be considered as a PhD thesis. Now I suspect that I have lost the money. But as far as I know they are not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. So, is it possible that I will find a job requiring a degree, usi...

 
I remember when that was posted.
I also remember when that user posted heavily on MSE
 
I haven't seen a that user around for awhile.
 
That's just sad.
 
But true.
 
@ThomasAndrews Does the sequence $\frac{1}{n^2}\lfloor n^2x\rfloor$ do anything?
I mean does it just converge faster?
 
5:11 AM
Faster than what? It seems to converge to $x$ fast enough to prove that it converges in $L^1$.
 
But changing the power of $n$ just increases the convergence rate?
 
@ThomasAndrews can I ask you linear algebra question
 
It's just a subsequence of the sequence $\frac{1}{n}\lfloor nx\rfloor$.
 
lol
True.
Thanks @ThomasAndrews.
 
You can try, Karlo, but I tend to know only the broad brush linear algebra - big picture stuff.
 
5:13 AM
the linear operator works which is isomorphism works well with real numbers
but it is possible to work with complex numbers
that is because reals are subset of complex right?
 
Yeah, I'm not understanding that first line. "works which is isomorphism..."
 
we have linear operator which is isomorphism meaning it it is linear operator +bijection
so if $ e_1 ... e_n$ is basis $ \phi(e_i) $ is also basis
for all i
 
isomorphism between what
 
mapping between V and V'
 
And yet, that has nothing to do with complex numbers.
 
5:18 AM
oh wait
If we map from V -> V
meaning we have Invariant subspace
 
Still not clear what you are getting at with complex numbers, @Karlo
 
Isomorphisms are specific kinds of mappings between objects. $(\mathbb{Z}_12,+)$ is isomorphic to a clock; that has nothing to do with complex numbers.
 
 
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7:50 AM
0
Q: Proof of dimension equality

KarloIs my proof of $\mathrm{dim}(U+W)=\mathrm{dim}(U)+\mathrm{dim}(W)-\mathrm{dim}(U \cap W )$ correct?.Suppose we the basis of $U \cap W$ is $B_{0}$ then we can add this basis to the basis of W let it be $B_{1}$ and to U let it be $B_{2}$.Then the basis of $U+W$ will be $B_{1}+B_{2}$. From this ...

someone answer please
 
@TedShifrin iOS 8.1.3 is available.
 
 
1 hour later…
9:01 AM
Say, does anybody recognize this sequence of polynomials?
 
9:40 AM
I'll just leave this here
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1126313/what-is-the-process-of-nondemensionalizing-an-equation
 
9:55 AM
Greetings
@robjohn I was thinking of that generalization involving cosine function you did yesterday. It's fascinating.
@robjohn I didn't react as I should have reacted. That convexity in the problems text should have pushed me to go and exploit the formula for convex function. I wonder why I didn't do it although it crossed my mind.
I was thinking of derivatives, but no, no, I should have gone in that direction. This is a lesson I'll never forget.
 
@Chris'ssis hi
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Hello
 
Well @Chris'ssis u like music
 
@SayanChattopadhyay I always listen to some music. :-)
 
Metal?
U like it
 
10:04 AM
@SayanChattopadhyay I like many kinds of music.
@SayanChattopadhyay Metal? Not now, since I need to be able to focus on things. :-)
 
Oh fine
Well hows your books progress
 
It's OK. I don't do it in a hurry.
 
No I mean it's going fine right
Hey @Chris'ssis tell me something
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Yeah, all is fine.
@ABeautifulMind How are you doing?
 
10:12 AM
is there any set which contains three dimensional objects if it is then what do u call it
 
@Chris'ssis Not good. I don't think there is much hope left for me in life, but I am hanging in there.
 
@SayanChattopadhyay do you have in mind packing problems?
@ABeautifulMind What would make you happy? By the way, don't ever imagine other people don't have problems. Maybe they smile on street when you meet them,, but that doesn't mean they don't face difficulties.
 
Hi @ABeautifulMind u should never lose hope in life
 
@Chris'ssis I am now targeting to get well and enter grad school by 40, so I still have 6 more years to achieve that. I hope it happens.
@SayanChattopadhyay What do you mean by 3D objects?
 
Coordinates, torus and other objects like thay
 
10:16 AM
@ABeautifulMind What's your program after 90?
 
After 90????
 
@user91500 What do you mean by after 90?
 
@ABeautifulMind Just think about it: how should I feel myself when I apply for a certain job and I'm rejected just because I ask for a decent salary? It's hard to understand my point here, but believe me, it's not easy to bear that, especially when you know you're the best choice for a certain position in terms of performance (I say that because I also developed that field).
 
@ABeautifulMind 90 years old!
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Your question is too vague.
 
10:17 AM
Why vague
 
@user91500 I might not live that long. Or I will be retired, or I will still be working. It's hard to say.
@SayanChattopadhyay It's just vague, there is no why.
 
Mew
Hi
Can someone please help with my question
 
@Mew Ask
 
Mew
If the score is deuce in tennis, and your chance of winning each point is x, what is the chance you will win the game?
 
@Chris'ssis OK. What field is it anyway?
 
Mew
10:19 AM
combinations/probabilty
 
@ABeautifulMind if u have hope u will always live
 
@ABeautifulMind In your opinion, what work mathematicians do after 90?
 
@Chris'ssis OK. Do you have a CFA qualification?
@user91500 Well, it is still possible that they do research and teaching at that age. Anyway, my opinions don't mean much, because I am nobody.
 
Someone said,young men's should prove theorems and old men's should write bools@user1111
Books*
 
Mew
Studentmaths, do you know how to answer the question?
 
10:22 AM
@SayanChattopadhyay You can edit within 2 minutes, no need to type new line.
 
@ABeautifulMind You're right.
 
Didn't I say it correctly @user91500
 
@SayanChattopadhyay No, both can do both.
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Oh, I see now.
 
Yes and my sayings contradiction is @Chris'ssis
 
10:24 AM
@SayanChattopadhyay Your English is terrible.
 
I can't write fast so I skip words
 
@SayanChattopadhyay 'Young men should prove theorems and old men shoud write books'
 
@Mew I need to figure out the tennis rules first.
 
@ABeautifulMind Click on 2015 here forumgeom.fau.edu
 
@user91500 And then?
 
10:26 AM
@Mew okay, so basically you need to wins in a row.
 
@ABeautifulMind You can see two new papers by Apostol.
 
What do you have in mind for the solution?
 
@user91500 I see. Good for him. I have been struggling with MDD, OCD and PTSD for many years. I stopped working in 2007, still trying to get well so that I can function normally.
 
I heard that Yithang Zhang proved some conjecture again anyone knows what is it
@ABeautifulMind
U can't function normally@ABeautifulMind
 
@ABeautifulMind Apostol now works on Classical Euclidean Geometry after ANT!
 
10:31 AM
Anyone here familliar with group theory, by the way? very basic I'd guess
 
@user91500 Good for him. I hope you become a great mathematician too.
 
I will try to become a great mathematician too
 
@ABeautifulMind Thanks. I will begin my work on relations between CA & GT at 20150301!
 
What's your age @user91500
 
@SayanChattopadhyay I'm at a beautiful age 24!
 
10:36 AM
So lucky
I wan to grow quickly and do mathematical research at MSRI
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Same for you!
 
Well have I finished ur phd
U
 
@SayanChattopadhyay Are you with me? Nope!
 
Mew
studentmath, I have found a solution and have posted my full problem and working here: math.stackexchange.com/questions/1126327/…
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Q: Probability of winning a game in tennis?

MewSuppose there is a tennis singles match, where Player A plays a single game against Player B. The probability that player A will win a single point is $x$, and thus $1-x$ is the probability that Player B will win a point. The scoring system in tennis goes 15, 30, 40, then game. However a score...

 
11:09 AM
0
Q: Proof the rank(rows)=rank(columns)

Karloso assume we have matrices A=BC.It is obvious that the i-th row of A is linear combination of the rows of C with coefficients from the i-th row of B or $b_{i1}C_1........b_{in}C_n$.Analoguously the j-th column of A is linear combination of the columns of B with coefficients in the j-th row of C.N...

If anyone has idea
 
How could we determine that 5003 is a prime?
 
@evinda Trial division. It's a very small number.
 
use sqrt 5003 >divisor
and trivial check
 
@DanielFischer @Karlo So would we have to divide by all the prime numbers that are less than 70? :/
 
11:25 AM
An internal point of a metric space can never lie on the boundary of $E$
Since the boundary has no neighbourhood small enough to be in E
Pretty much all there is to that right
@Abeautifulmind is the above correct?
 
@Answer Why do you ask me anyway? =)
 
You just arrived
And your mind is beautiful
 
@Answer Check your definition of internal point and boundary, to begin with. I don't know what they are. Also, don't ping random people to answer.
 
@evinda Pretty much, yes.
 
@Abea I checked both definitions @abea and you aren't random at all @abea you are john nash
 
11:32 AM
@Answer Can you write down the definitions here so I can tell you if you are correct?
 
@Dan is my above comments of m.s correct?
@abea probably not, but if you have Rudin PMA, flip to page 32
 
@Answer Sorry, Rudin does not define internal point, only interior point. If you want to ask a question, make the effort to write it properly.
 
@Answer Dubious. a) Every point in a metric space is an interior point of that space. b) There can be situations $E\subset X$ such that $\partial E = X$.
 
@Answer This is very rude. You should be suspended.
 
You were intentionally patronising me. I am on a phone btw
@Dan but the boundary of a unit ball is in the space, but is not an interior point?
 
11:35 AM
I am not whatevering to you. I am giving you helpful criticism.
I am trying to help you but I get scolded instead, this world is so sick, I am so tired.
 
@DanielFischer Nice!!! And something else... To show that in the field $\mathbb{Q}_p$, where $p$ is a prime, it holds that: $$-1=\sum_{0}^{\infty} (p-1)p^i$$ I did the following:


It suffices to show that:

$\left|\sum_0^N (p-1)p^i+1 \right|_p \to 0, \text{ when } n \to +\infty$

For each non-negative integer $N$,

$\sum_{0}^N (p-1)p^i=\sum_{0}^N (p^{i+1}-p^i)=p^{N+1}-1$

Thus: $\left| \sum_{0}^{N} (p-1)p^i-(-1)\right|_p=|p^{N+1}-1+1|_p=|p^{N+1}|_p=p^{-(N+1)} \to 0, \text{ when } N \to +\infty$
 
@Abea 'make the effort to write it properly' was what earned you that
 
@Answer What's wrong with that? Sorry, I will ignore you from now.
 
@Abeau I made the effort to write it, but I made a mistake, cut my wrists for that
Fine by me
@ABEAu can I apologise?
 
@Answer Say exactly what you talk about. What is the ambient space, and the boundary of which subset are you interested in? A boundary is a set, not a point, so the last makes no sense as written. Did you mean "has no interior point"?
 
11:40 AM
@Answer Yes, you can. I am not in a good mood. I am struggling with severe mental illness.
 
@Daniel Okay lets go with R^2 and give the space all the points in and on the boundary of the unit circle(so closed) and then these boundary points are the only non-interior points
@Abeau I am sorry for getting angry and that is sad to hear! I have family members with severe mental illness and I have ADHD supposedly
 
@Answer Okay, there the boundary indeed has empty interior. Useful fact: the boundary of an open or a closed set always has empty interior.
 
@Dan And If I had R^2 and $p=(0,0)$ and all q such that $d(p,q)<1$ all points are interior?
 
@Answer Yes, open balls are open sets.
 
Okay thank you @dan
 
11:55 AM
And please don't call me Dan, my name is Daniel.
 
@Answer As an exercise, you should prove all the facts Daniel mentioned.
 
To check if 177553 is divisible by 7, I used the following proposition:
To determine if a number is divisible by 7, take the last digit off the number, double it and subtract the doubled number from the remaining number. If the result is evenly divisible by 7 (e.g. 14, 7, 0, -7, etc.), then the number is divisible by seven. This may need to be repeated several times.
 
@DanielFischer I was about to call you Dan as well.
 
But the last result that I get is 7, so that would mean that 177553 is divisible by 7, that cannot be possible, since it is a prime. So have I done something wrong?
 
@evinda Yes, you should check all the facts you mentioned. One of them must be wrong.
 
11:59 AM
@Daniel Sorry, it was just enough letters to trigger uniqueness on the @
Because there are two davids
 
@Answer I didn't suspect bad intentions (after all, how should you know).
 

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