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  • sci-math-faq/0.999999
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Why is 0.9999... = 1?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:59 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/0to0
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: What is 0^0?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:59 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/AC/ContinuumHyp
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: The Continuum Hypothesis
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:59 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/AC/cuttingSphere
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Cutting a sphere
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:56 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/AC/relevance
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Relevance of AC
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:53 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/axiomchoice
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: The Axiom of Choice
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:52 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/bibliography
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Bibliography
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:54 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/bourbaki
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Who is Bourbaki?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:02 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/compoundinterest
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Compound Interest
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:54 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/constants
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Famous Mathematical Constants
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:00 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/copyright
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Administrivia
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:40:07 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/dayofweek
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: dayofweek
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:53 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/dayWeek
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Day of Week
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:16:23 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/erdos
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Erdos Number
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:16:09 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/erdosnumber
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Erdos Number
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:00 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/euler
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Euler's Formula
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:58 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/fermat
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Fermat's Last Theorem
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:57 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/fields
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Fields' Medals
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:24 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/fieldsmedal
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Fields Medal
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:00 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/FLT/Fermat
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Did Fermat prove FLT?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:15 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/FLT/history
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: History of FLT
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:13:56 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/FLT/status
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Status of FLT
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 17:41:22 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/FLT/Wiles
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Wiles attack
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:06 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/FLT/Wrong
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: What if Wiles is wrong?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:10 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/fourcolour
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: The Four Colour Theorem
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:04 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/fxtofx
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Name for f(x)^f(x) = x
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:59 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/hilbert
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Which are the 23 Hilbert Problems?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:39:03 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/imo
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Math Olympiad
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:01 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/indianabill
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Indiana Bill sets value of Pi to 3
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:00 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/introduction
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Introduction
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:13:52 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/largenumbers
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Name of Large Numbers
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:02 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/mastermind
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Master Mind
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:52 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/montehall
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: The Monty Hall Problem
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:51 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/montyhall
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Monty Hall problem
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:39 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/nobel
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: No Nobel in Mathematics
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:52:01 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/numbers
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Fundamentals
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:57 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/pi
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Digits or Pi
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:58 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/pointers
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Introduction
    Maintainer: alopez-o@daisy.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    FAQ Home Page: http://www.cs.unb.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/math-faq.html
    Last Posted: 28 May 2001 18:05:01 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/primes
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Prime Numbers
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:51:58 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/proyectiveplane
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Projective Plane of Order 10
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:47 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/Quaternions
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Quaternions
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:16:05 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/0.999eq1
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Why is 0.9999... = 1?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:05 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/0to0
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: What is 0^0?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:58 GMT
    Last-modified: April 26, 1995
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/computePi
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: How to compute Pi?
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:38 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/contents
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Special Numbers and Functions
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:34 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/eulerFormula
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: e^(i Pi) = -1 Euler's formula
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:52 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/fxtofxeqx
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: f(x)^f(x)=x
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:08 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/specialnumbers/lawPieq3
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Bill sets Pi = 3
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:14:43 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/sphere
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Cutting a Sphere
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:52 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/surfaceareaofsphere
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Surface of Sphere
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:54 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/surfaceSphere
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Surface Area of Sphere
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:16:30 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/symboliccomp
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Symbolic Computation
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:18 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/symboliccomputation
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Symbolic Computation Packages
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:53 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/tableofcontents
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Table of Contents
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:13:47 GMT
    Last-modified: Apr 04, 1995
    Version: 6.2

  • sci-math-faq/trisection
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: The Trisection of an Angle
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:38:59 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/unsolved
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Unsolved Problems
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: 17 Feb 2000 22:55:51 GMT
    Last-modified: February 20, 1998
    Version: 7.5

  • sci-math-faq/unsolvedproblems
    Subject: sci.math FAQ: Unsolved Problems
    Maintainer: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
    Last Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:15:13 GMT
    Last-modified: December 8, 1994
    Version: 6.2


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