Search results

Jump to navigation Jump to search
  • ..., say 1. The game host then opens one of the other doors, say 3, to reveal a goat and offers to let the player pick door 2 instead of door 1.]] ...Hall]]. The problem is also called the '''Monty Hall paradox''', as it is a [[paradox#Logical paradox|veridical paradox]] in that the result appears ab ...
    55 KB (8,344 words) - 10:42, 4 February 2011
  • [[Image:monkey-typing.jpg|thumb|250px|Given enough time, a hypothetical [[chimpanzee]] typing at random would, as part of its output, ...iter keyboard]] for an [[infinite]] amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of [[William Shakespeare]]. ...
    37 KB (5,653 words) - 08:08, 11 August 2009
  • ...improving processor performance ... Even representatives from Intel, a company generally associated with the 'higher clock-speed is better' positi ...ing|multi-processor]] computers having multiple processing elements within a single machine, while [[Computer cluster|clusters]], [[Massive parallel pro ...
    54 KB (7,717 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2009
  • [[File:Arecibo message.svg|thumb|right|140px|A graphical representation of the [[Arecibo message]] - Humanity's first atte ...992 | month = June | title = Cosmology, extraterrestrial intelligence, and a resolution of the Fermi-Hart paradox | journal = Royal Astronomical Society ...
    74 KB (11,058 words) - 14:34, 16 August 2009
  • ...as <math>0.\bar{9} , 0.\dot{9}</math> or <math> 0.(9)\,\!</math> denotes a [[real number]] [[equality (mathematics)|equal]] to [[1 (number)|one]]. In ...structure of a simple [[fractal]], the [[Cantor set]]. They also occur in a classic investigation of the infinitude of the entire set of real numbers. ...
    67 KB (9,825 words) - 09:59, 12 August 2009