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Howdy Gandalf, I undid your deletion of the categories in the redirect page of Restorations... I know that you are correct in that most redirect pages do not contain categories. I would like to argue that this is an exception under "Sometimes a redirect is placed in an article category because the form of the redirected title is more appropriate to the context of that category." The only category shared between the redirect article and the target article is "esoteric cosmology" otherwise the book contains a unique set of categories which would not make sense to place on the Bromwell article (he was not an architect, but the book deals specifically with sacred geometry and architecture) however they are applicable to the book itself (especially the "masonic books" category). I believe this is a strong enough reason to include categories in the redirect article, but if you disagree please let me know why and we can discuss it further. ] (]) 14:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


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:It's your call, but you should certainly trim back that list of cats - ] is a sub-cat of ], which is in turn a sub-cat of ], so you only need one of those cats. ] (]) 15:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


::well the book contains Magic squares it also contains other parts of numerology not related to magic squares. I will delete the Mathematics and mysticism] (]) 16:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC) Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.<!-- Template:afd notice --> ] (]) 03:01, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
:::and I forgot to mention that I do not intend to have it be a redirect for long, I am working on a full article, but the book is difficult to summarize to say the least so it is taking a bit of time.] (]) 16:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


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== Padovan sequence source for sum product identity ==
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Hello. It looks like your 24 July 2005 edit to the Padovan sequence page added several identities, including
:Done. ] (]) 09:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


<math>\sum_{m=0}^n P(m)P(m+2)=P(n+2)P(n+3)-1.</math>
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Can you tell me where you found that, or did you come up with it? I'd like to give an accurate citation in something I'm putting together.
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:I have no idea where I got those identities from. They are not difficult to derive. For example
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::<math>P(m+3)P(m+2) - P(m+2)P(m+1) = \left( P(m+3)-P(m+1) \right) P(m+2)=P(m)P(m+2)</math>
::<math>\Rightarrow \sum_{m=0}^n P(m)P(m+2) = \sum_{m=0}^n \left( P(m+3)P(m+2) - P(m+2)P(m+1) \right) = P(n+3)P(n+2) - P(1)P(0) = P(n+3)P(n+2) - 1</math>

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Hello Gandalf61, Hello Gandalf61,
I just noticed that you have deleted a part of my changes to this article which I find however quite important. I wanted to point at the often misleading characterization of the Archimedean spiral as a "spiral with constant separation distance of its turnings", '''which is wrong seen from a mathematical viewpoint'''. I have first edited the german article :


I would like to know a bibliographic reference for a math formula. I found this formula on Misplaced Pages, but no reference is given.
http://de.wikipedia.org/Archimedische_Spirale#.22Windungsabstand.22

It's the 2nd formula (<math>A(n,k)</math> is an Eulerian number):


:<math>\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}(-1)^k \frac{A(n,k)}{\binom{n-1}{k}}=0, \text{ for }n > 1</math>
and would like now to add a similar remark to the english article. I might however transfer it to a little subsection if this would help. -- ] (]) 13:49, 27 February 2012 (UTC)


in the chapter entitled "'''Formulas involving alternating sums'''" on the Misplaced Pages page:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/Eulerian_number
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I've looked at lots of (very complicated...) articles, but there's nothing obvious about this formula. Handbooks of Mathematics, etc. nothing, nothing, nothing...!
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I saw that you were one of the contributors to this page. Can you provide a reference?
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Padovan sequence source for sum product identity

Hello. It looks like your 24 July 2005 edit to the Padovan sequence page added several identities, including

∑ m = 0 n P ( m ) P ( m + 2 ) = P ( n + 2 ) P ( n + 3 ) − 1. {\displaystyle \sum _{m=0}^{n}P(m)P(m+2)=P(n+2)P(n+3)-1.}

Can you tell me where you found that, or did you come up with it? I'd like to give an accurate citation in something I'm putting together.

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PS Please excuse the odd username; it must have been made by someone else using my common email address.

I have no idea where I got those identities from. They are not difficult to derive. For example
P ( m + 3 ) P ( m + 2 ) − P ( m + 2 ) P ( m + 1 ) = ( P ( m + 3 ) − P ( m + 1 ) ) P ( m + 2 ) = P ( m ) P ( m + 2 ) {\displaystyle P(m+3)P(m+2)-P(m+2)P(m+1)=\left(P(m+3)-P(m+1)\right)P(m+2)=P(m)P(m+2)}
⇒ ∑ m = 0 n P ( m ) P ( m + 2 ) = ∑ m = 0 n ( P ( m + 3 ) P ( m + 2 ) − P ( m + 2 ) P ( m + 1 ) ) = P ( n + 3 ) P ( n + 2 ) − P ( 1 ) P ( 0 ) = P ( n + 3 ) P ( n + 2 ) − 1 {\displaystyle \Rightarrow \sum _{m=0}^{n}P(m)P(m+2)=\sum _{m=0}^{n}\left(P(m+3)P(m+2)-P(m+2)P(m+1)\right)=P(n+3)P(n+2)-P(1)P(0)=P(n+3)P(n+2)-1}
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Request bibliographic reference

Hello Gandalf61,

I would like to know a bibliographic reference for a math formula. I found this formula on Misplaced Pages, but no reference is given.

It's the 2nd formula ( A ( n , k ) {\displaystyle A(n,k)} is an Eulerian number):

∑ k = 0 n − 1 ( − 1 ) k A ( n , k ) ( n − 1 k ) = 0 ,  for  n > 1 {\displaystyle \sum _{k=0}^{n-1}(-1)^{k}{\frac {A(n,k)}{\binom {n-1}{k}}}=0,{\text{ for }}n>1}

in the chapter entitled "Formulas involving alternating sums" on the Misplaced Pages page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/Eulerian_number

I've looked at lots of (very complicated...) articles, but there's nothing obvious about this formula. Handbooks of Mathematics, etc. nothing, nothing, nothing...!

I saw that you were one of the contributors to this page. Can you provide a reference?

Thank you. RoyBetthe (talk) 10:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)