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In this paper, we consider the discrete power function associated with the sixth Painlevé equation. This function is a special solution of the so-called crossratio equation with a similarity ...

Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 146-173 (28 pages) This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) ...

I'm taking my first discrete math course. One aspect of functions has me stumped. We're asked to list the functions from a two-element set to a three-element set. And then list all the functions from ...

We can compare discrete and continuous data by looking at how water comes out of a tap. A dripping tap shows discrete data, because each individual drop can be counted. The data collected will simply ...

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