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    Advanced Bsc/BEng

    You can do that degree at USyd (even though it isn't listed) and be awarded BE and BSc (Adv). There should be no issue with dropping a component.
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    Pure vs. Applied Mathematics.

    It's not a function, so you can't apply L'Hopital (unless you want trivial results)
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    why write # aftter an answer?

    Not really, it's the standard convention to mark the end of a proof, which appears everywhere in mathematical papers. I have yet to see one academic who does not use it or some symbol to denote end of proof in a proper document. The default end of proof symbol in LaTeX is a box, although that...
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    Pure vs. Applied Mathematics.

    1.1, or 1.0999... What is 0.000...1? If we do allow the use of infinite zeroes before the one (which is technically invalid), we obtain it as (lim n->inf (1/10)^n), which is zero.
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    Hey - pathways to B. Engineering

    Surely there are engineering streams with lower UAI than even straight science that you can get started in and transfer to your desired stream after a year?
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    Semester 2 Exam Timetable

    Re: When do exam timetables come online? Known it for a while (internal exams), only one real exam on Tuesday 18th, one take home during stuvac.
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    probability question

    (i) The probability that Anne picks the black jelly bean is the sum of her picking it up on the first go, her second go, etc. First go: 1/n Second go: (n-1)/n*(n-2)/(n-1)*1/(n-2)=1/n (first two fractions are Anne and Bruce pick up white) Third go...
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    multi AMC thread

    School paid for AMC so cost was never an issue.
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    Uni mathematics

    Considering that an emeritus professor who came up with the HSC/UAI scaling system also agree that the statistics taught in high school actually works against uni statistics and that it should be left to university to teach statistics, I would say that has much weight.
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    Opinion on dropping degree

    If your marks are good you can get that requirement waived. I would trust a statistician who has done BSc(Adv Maths) over an actuarian in terms of statistics. The actuarian has more market knowledge, but that's much easier to learn than statistics.
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    Opinion on dropping degree

    Why does graduating under BSc (Adv Maths) require you to stay back an extra semester?
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    Predict 2009 cut offs?

    Absolute intelligence has nothing to do with UAI. It simply means that in any other year, you would have received a higher UAI. Even suppose you have an IQ of 200, but you were with a bright cohort and only get a UAI of 99. Would you still apply for USyd law (ref 99.55)? Probably not. The...
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    Predict 2009 cut offs?

    Whether a year is smart or not should not reflect on the cutoff, considering UAI is a ranking and even in a 'smart' year, people will still come first, second, third etc. A inflated cut off from 2008 would only imply a larger candidature who undertook the HSC, as spots are generally fixed and a...
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    Should I overload?

    TSP units are worth as much as you can convince them it's worth. You can get away with doing projects requiring little work. There has been SSP classes which require only an hour or so of work for 3cp for the whole semester. I wouldn't recommend 60cp in a year. If you think you are incredibly...
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    Basic Graphs query

    It should be defined for all real x It's odd, so just rotate that bit to the negative half.
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    Should English Be Compulsary Poll

    In its current scope, no. Critical analysis of texts learnt in English is not vital in later life unless you are looking at one of few specific fields, and I would prefer reasoning to be learnt through the sciences and maths instead. There are many people who lack reasoning and numeracy skills...
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    0! = 1

    If we're going to be completely rigorous here, the last line doesn't follow from the above, since then you are assuming 1!=1 and that n! is defined to be n(n-1)! even for n=1.
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    BSc means UNEMPLOYMENT, true or false?

    Agree with the posts on taking up a quantitative major. Unless you want to continue with research in your field, BSc is not about the knowledge you learn during uni, but rather the problem solving and logical deduction skills you pick up in your degree in science. This opens up a wide range...
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    ntegrating w/ abs value??

    Break the integral into 2 and |x|, and use the fact |x| is even
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    Should I overload?

    I don't know your ability, but I would recommend not to overload if possible. The prospect of finishing early simply isn't worth it. And doing eight subjects in a single semester is not fun.
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