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  1. April 24th 2010, 08:57 AM #1
    adam_leeds
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    Im having trouble finding the second derivative of this equation



    find the second derivative (0)

    I get two different answer, one where i expand the brackets out, and one where i just make 1-q = p
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  2. April 24th 2010, 09:24 AM #2
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    \left( \frac{1}{f} \right) ' = - \left( \frac{f'}{f^2} \right)

    Let f = 1 - qe^{it}
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  3. April 24th 2010, 12:21 PM #3
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    What reason would you have for setting 1- q= p?
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  4. April 25th 2010, 01:34 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by HallsofIvy View Post
    What reason would you have for setting 1- q= p?
    its a stats module, probabiliity
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