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Old 05-28-2005, 07:34 AM   #1
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Math Formula

Can one of the "nice" folks here, help me?
I want a formula to kinda show. (N) number of days you can put somthing off is< less than ∞ infinity. Would that be (N) > ∞ ? Perhaps dressed up with the correct symbols.
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Old 05-28-2005, 09:33 AM   #2
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I haven't done math more complicated than my taxes in years, but I think that it might be

n < ∞
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Old 05-28-2005, 09:40 AM   #3
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Thanks wolf. I see I used the greater than > not the less <. Wtf I know?
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Old 05-28-2005, 09:51 AM   #4
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The direction the arrow points is always the littler part.
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Old 05-28-2005, 10:11 AM   #5
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Isn't an integral required to show that the amount of time you can put something off, approaches infinity?
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Old 05-28-2005, 10:15 AM   #6
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Given that I don't know what an integral is, someone else needs to help buster with this.
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Old 05-28-2005, 10:17 AM   #7
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I remember some mention of it on a math final some years back... but I had a hangover at the time.
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Old 05-28-2005, 11:55 AM   #8
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Isn't an integral required to show that the amount of time you can put something off, approaches infinity?
See UT"s post about math! This I'm not sure about "integral", but something has to show you what to do with the numbers, is this perhaps an integral? Humm.
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Old 05-28-2005, 12:38 PM   #9
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The direction the arrow points is always the littler part.
I always remembered the < looks like an upper-case L (sort of) which "Less than" starts with.
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