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be non-negative real numbers such that 
. Find the maximum and minimum values of the expression![\[
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be a positive root of the equation 
. Prove that the following sequence converges: 
(0<x<2π)
with domain ![$[0,2025]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/1/7/d17ac41d54c4b1888fb8bb43cf11b372691694a0.png)
satisfying 
and 
is strictly increasing on Compute smallest real M such that all functions in this set ,
.
have local extrema at 
respectively. find 
. Here 
are constants .
be the region in the complex plane enclosed by curve 
for 
. Compute perimeter of .
, whether or not the polynomial 
irreducible over 
?
from a distribution with probability density function (PDF) 
for 
, where the parameter 
has a prior distribution with PDF 
. Consider the following two approaches to Bayesian updating:
be the complete data vector. Denote the posterior PDF as 
, where 
, obtained by applying Bayes' rule to the full dataset at once.
. For each , let 
be the current prior and update it using observation 
to obtain the new posterior:
from part (a) and 
from part (b) the same? Provide a proof or a counterexample.
be a non constant polynomial with real coefficients. Prove that the system of simultaneous equations —
has finitely many solutions 
.
Why we can't write 
as 
and it is indeed correct), but I don't know how to prove it:
.
and 
Prove that
be real numbers such that 
Prove that
,
such that
