Introduction Man has been using discrete mathematics for centuries. Discrete math is a mainstay in modern man's daily activities. Our school systems begin teaching the concepts to the children as early as possible. So what is discrete math, where does it come from and how is it use...

Pascal's Wager Pascal states in the first argument that we are incapable of knowing whether God exists or not, so we must believe one way or the other. He says that we are stuck between two infinities. These infinities are the beginning and the end of human life. Therefore we have no pro...

1. Which probability distribution should be used when sampling takes place from a small population where the probability of success does not remain the same for each trial? Why? The central limit theorem holds that the totals (and therefore the means) of random samples will be normally distributed ...

The first mathematics can be traced to the ancient country of Babylon and to Egypt during the 3rd millennium BC. A number system with a base of 60 had developed in Babylon over time. Large numbers and fractions could be represented and formed the basis of advanced mathematical evolution. From at l...

Name Instructor Course Date Logic and George Boole The meaning of logic is likely one of the most philosophical ideas on which to write about. Logic and creativity are opposite ideas. Logic represents the prime value of creativity. Logic is the inverse of creativity. I have discovered that creat...

Hume "I was from the beginning scandalised, I must own, with this resemblance between the Deity and human creatures." --Philo David Hume wrote much about the subject of religion, much of it negative. In this paper we shall attempt to follow Hume's arguments against Deism as Someone knowable from...

Dramatic Fluctuations of Devils Lake, North Dakota: Climate Connections and Forecasts Connely K. Baldwin and Upmanu Lall Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-8200 Introduction The recent (1992-date) record rise in the level of the Devils Lake, North Dako...

Colloquial Infections Speak Nefarious Constituent This paper's theory maintains it's subservient sovereignty. It conjectures a somniferous encounter with an adroit description: colorless green ideas sleep furiously. Neither will people completely understand the importance of the a...

The Rules and Characteristics of Kenpo AWARENESS The first rule of Kenpo is proper awareness. All successful self defense is predicated upon this rule. You can not successfully defend yourself if you are not properly aware. It does not matter if you hold a black belt, if you are armed with a...

Not only is the argument over a deterministic universe widely debated but it is also one of the most challenging topics to completely prove one way or the other. To follow the pattern of the last few classes, I have slowly become fully chaos literate and I now believe that there is a completely reas...

The Evolutionary Philosophy of Chauncey WrightIntroductionIn the recent bestseller, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennett argues that the truly "dangerous" aspect of the Darwinian revolution was not the notion that species evolve: Lamarck, Owen, and Darwin's grandfather Era...