Mahalanobis

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Mahalanobis - am 2007-02-25 22:32 - Rubrik: fun

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Caravaggio (anonymous) meinte am 26. Feb, 00:46:

A first lesson indeed

Thanks. It made me laugh, but it also (sadly) accurately reflects my perception of the subject!

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ISOTOPE (anonymous) meinte am 28. Feb, 15:43:

Hasn't John missed the faculty sign? This may be what is going to happen when one oversimplifies.

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Mahalanobis antwortete am 28. Feb, 18:11:

;-D

I wonder whether he did that intentionally... But this still leaves the question why he called X a vector.

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Sascha (anonymous) meinte am 2. Mar, 12:50:

Mistake in equation 12

The author forgot the faculty sign and the prime delta.... :-)) it's funny that something like that happens especially in such a paper! *g*

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