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date |
page |
location |
description |
09-01-11 |
Xvii |
Line 2 |
URL should be http://www.usna.edu/Users/math/tjs/NOA/index.htm |
09-08-99 |
66 |
Problem 15 |
Problem 15 should refer back to problem 11 (vice 10). |
09-08-99 |
67 |
Problem 17 |
Problem 17 should refer back to problem 16 (vice 15). |
09-09-02 |
69 |
Answer to problem 3c |
3.c The answer should be S sub 3 (vice S sub 2). |
09-08-99 |
69 |
Answer to problem 8 |
8. a. The answer should be S sub
5 (vice S sub 6) and |
05-04-00 |
78 |
Several places on the page. |
The use of a is non-standard. The usual notation is for a (1-a)*100% confidence interval, with a being the confidence level. For example, for a 95% confidence interval a would be .05. In the text terminology, it would be .95. |
09-16-09 |
159 |
Three lines below Figure 6.3 |
Replace 0 £ t £ 2y0/k with 0 £ t £ 2y0/v. |
11-09-99 |
164 |
Example calculation of Pd in the middle of the page. |
In the third line the last + sign should be a - sign. |
04-06-01 |
180 |
In Figure 7.6 |
In formula for inverse cube law, replace f by .j |
11-09-99 |
197 |
In Figure 8.7 |
The probability associated with point C should be .24 not .29. |
11-16-99 |
200 |
Title of figure 8.13 |
The time of the map is (TIME = 6 HOURS); not 3 HOURS. |
12-06-99 |
231 |
Problem 5 part d |
Bad question: Replace it with "What track spacing will result in a symmetric crossover barrier? |
12-06-99 |
232 |
Answers to 5 d and e. |
5. d. 17.45, e. 1 |
09-11-03 |
400 |
Answer to 4b. |
4. b. .0364 |
10-01-03 |
397 |
Problem 22 |
f(x) = 1/8 for 0<=x<=8. |
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Last updated: 1 Sept 2011