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  • ...roduction to Algorithms] by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest and Clifford Stein. ...p://olympiads.win.tue.nl/ioi/study/books.html Reading List] (someone have a linky?)
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  • We say that a finite set <math>\mathcal{S}</math> in the plane is <i> balanced </i> if, for any two different points <math>A</math>, <math>B</math> in <math>\mathcal{S}</math>, there is
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  • ...t line]] to a curve at a [[point]] and how to find the [[area]] bounded by a curve. What is surprising is that these two problems are fundamentally conn [[Limit]]s are heavily used in calculus. The formal notion of a limit is what differentiates calculus from precalculus mathematics.
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  • ...ized method/formula to find the number of [[element]]s in the [[union]] of a given group of [[set]]s, the size of each set, and the size of all possible ...counted once and only once. In particular, memorizing a formula for PIE is a bad idea for problem solving.
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  • ...ss than or equal to exactly <math>{i}</math> of the other members of <math>A</math>, then <math>{b_k}</math> is also greater than or equal to exactly <m ...re more pennies than nickels, more nickels than dimes, and so on. This is a simple application of the rearrangement inequality. It is also an applicat
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  • ...ircumcenter. Then, the theorem states that <math>L</math> is the center of a circle through <math>I</math>, <math>B</math>, <math>I_A</math>, and <math> ...second, <math>I_A</math> is the reflection of <math>I</math> across <math>L</math>. Both of these follow easily from the main proof.
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  • ...each number in 2746 is actually just a placeholder which shows how many of a certain power of 10 there are. The first digit to the left of the decimal ...digits 0-9. Usually, the base, or '''radix''', of a number is denoted as a subscript written at the right end of the number (e.g. in our example above
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  • ...ble generalizations of the [[Integral|Riemann integral]], but it also uses a strikingly simple and elegant idea. It was developed independently by [[Ral Let <math>f:[a,b]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}</math>
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  • The '''Fundamental Theorem of Calculus''' establishes a link between the two central operations of [[calculus]]: [[derivative|diffe ...imes <math>t=1</math> and <math>t=2</math> geometrically, as an area under a curve.
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  • A '''sequence''' is an ordered list of terms. Sequences may be either [[fini A sequence of real numbers is simply a function <math>f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}</math>. For instance,
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  • ...size of the region that a two-[[dimension]]al figure occupies. The size of a region in higher dimensions is referred to as [[volume]]. It is often possible to find the area of a region bounded by parts of [[circle]]s and [[line segment]]s through elemen
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  • The '''Riemann Hypothesis''' is a famous [[conjecture]] in [[analytic number theory]] that states that all no * All nontrivial zeros of all [[L-series]] have real part one half where an L-series is of the form <math>\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{a_n}{n^s}</math>. This
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  • Note that with two sequences <math>\mathbf{a}</math> and <math>\mathbf{b}</math>, and <math>\lambda_a = \lambda_b = 1/2< ...nces of nonnegative reals, and let <math>\{ \lambda_i \}_{i=1}^n</math> be a sequence of nonnegative reals such that <math>\sum \lambda = 1</math>. The
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  • ...an actual [[AMC]] (American Mathematics Competitions 8, 10, or 12) exam. A number of '''Mock AMC''' competitions have been hosted on the [[Art of Prob == Tips for Writing a Mock AMC ==
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  • ...of [[topology]] using methods from [[abstract algebra]]. In general, given a [[topological space]], we can associate various algebraic objects, such as ...<math>\pi_1(X)=L/\sim</math>. That is, we equate any two elements of <math>L</math> which are equivalent under <math>\sim</math>.
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  • The '''Riemann zeta function''' is a function very important in [[number theory]]. In particular, the [[Riemann Hypothesis]] is a conjecture
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  • ...is article is to explain the basics of modular arithmetic while presenting a progression of more difficult and more interesting problems that are easily ...ple, except let's replace the <math>12</math> at the top of the clock with a <math>0</math>.
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  • ...of mathematics. It took several centuries to articulate the definition of a limit and to make it rigorous. ...ue to which a function grows close when its argument is near (but not at!) a particular value. For example,
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  • In quadrilateral <math> ABCD , \angle B </math> is a right angle, diagonal <math> \overline{AC} </math> is perpendicular to <mat ...th> and let <math> S </math> be the sum of the elements of <math> \mathcal{A}. </math> Find the number of possible values of <math> S. </math>
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  • This article provides a short list of commonly used LaTeX symbols. .../math> on the web, (technically an AJAX library simulating it.)) maintains a [http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/tex.html#supported-latex-commands list o
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