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Boy Born on a Tuesday - is it just a language trick? The following probability question appeared in an earlier thread: I have two children One is a boy born on a Tuesday What is the probability I have two boys? The claim was that it is not actual
Fundamental group of the special orthogonal group SO(n) Question: What is the fundamental group of the special orthogonal group SO(n) S O (n), n> 2 n> 2? Clarification: The answer usually given is: Z2 Z 2 But I would like to see a proof of that and an isomorphism π1(SO(n),En) → Z2 π 1 (S O (n), E n) → Z 2 that is as explicit as possible I require a neat criterion to check, if a path in SO(n) S O (n) is null-homotopic or not Idea 1: Maybe
Dimension of SO (n) and its generators - Mathematics Stack Exchange The generators of SO(n) S O (n) are pure imaginary antisymmetric n × n n × n matrices How can this fact be used to show that the dimension of SO(n) S O (n) is n(n−1) 2 n (n 1) 2? I know that an antisymmetric matrix has n(n−1) 2 n (n 1) 2 degrees of freedom, but I can't take this idea any further in the demonstration of the proof Thoughts?
Finding the ages of father and son without using algebraic equations Therefore, the present ages of the father and son are 45 − 5 = 40 45 − 5 = 40, and 15 − 5 = 10 15 − 5 = 10 years, respectively The part of the solution that I cannot understand is how is the statement - But by the question, this sum is 4 times the age of the son - arrived at? Any help will be much appreciated
The Tuesday Birthday Problem - Mathematics Stack Exchange In case this is the correct solution: Why does the probability change when the father specifies the birthday of a son? (does it actually change? A lot of answers posts stated that the statement does matter) What I mean is: It is clear that (in case he has a son) his son is born on some day of the week
What is the relationship between SL (n) and SO (n)? To add some intuition to this, for vectors in Rn R n, SL(n) S L (n) is the space of all the transformations with determinant 1 1, or in other words, all transformations that keep the volume constant This is because the determinant is what one multiplies within the integral to get the volume in the transformed space SO(n) S O (n) is the subset in which the transformation is orthogonal (RTR
problem solving - Diophantus Lifespan - Mathematics Stack Exchange "The son lived exactly half as long as his father" is I think unambiguous Almost nothing is known about Diophantus' life, and there is scholarly dispute about the approximate period in which he lived There is no reason to think that the problem has a historical basis