Sunday, August 25, 2013

Some thoughts about election prediction.

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It's been nearly two weeks since there has been any new data on the New York City mayoral race. The last few polls agree the three at...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Witch of (Maria) Agnesi

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 Consider a circle that fits perfectly between two parallel lines. One of the easiest pairs of parallel lines to picture is a top and a bo...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

One more rule about Pythagorean triples

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Yet again, let's consider Pythagorean triples, sets of three positive integers a, b and c such that a ² + b ² = c ².  Here are sever...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Another New York City mayoral poll.

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A new poll for the New York City races was released Thursday night, this one from Marist, yet another small East Coast college that does p...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Another rule about Pythagorean triples.

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Last January, I wrote several posts about Pythagorean Triples , a set of three whole numbers a, b and c that follows the rule of the Py...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

More election news:
Results from New Jersey, new polls for New York City mayor

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The results from the primary for the New Jersey special election came in and there were no surprises. Cory Booker won the Democratic nomi...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The not much election news to report.

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My Internet crashed on the day of the reporting of the Massachusetts special Senate election. My prediction said Ed Markey looked like a pr...