|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
Some idiot math question. This actually gets to the heart of number
theory, an area of active research in pure mathematics (e.g. Fermat's Last
Theorem). I'm not a mathematician but I'd say no. 2 times 3 equals 2 added
to itself two more times but 2 times 3.1417? Well what does it mean to do
something .1417 times. Either you do it or you don't. A similar example is
factorials denoted N! If N equals say 5 then N!= 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 X 5, simple
yes? But if N equals say 5.5 well then you can't do the above. You have to
use the Gamma function, which can only be derived using advanced calculus!
Hope this helps trading S&P's.
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, BrentinUtahsDixie wrote:
> Group,
>
> I hate to admit it but I was a poor math student back in my school days. It
> wasn't until I got a chance to apply it to something real that I got
> interested. I finally looked up the mean and it is simply another word for a
> simple moving average. Also Standard Deviation is a measurement of the
> departure from that simple moving average. I think that it must hurt a
> mathematician to put something simply.
>
> I have a question to ask about math.
>
> Question: Is it true that all math is an extension of addition and
> subtraction. In other words multiplication is just another form of addition
> and division another form of subtraction etc.
>
>
> Brent
>
>
>
>
>
|