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N+/-(a number)
Please pardon my ignorance but what does N+/- (a number) mean? I've wracked my pea-brain trying to figure it out.
Thanks Jon |
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N = the number of bikes currently in your stable
+x = adding to the stable by x number of bikes -x = subtracting from the stable by x number of bikes The N+1 phrase is generally used when someone is unsure whether to keep a bike or replace it with another and has the connotation that having one more (or more variety) is better. |
N+1 until D-1.
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don't limit yourself to just one bike!
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currently planning on replacing two with one, so that would be n-2+1
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Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
(Post 20546089)
N+1 until D-1.
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Originally Posted by Cl904
(Post 20546706)
d= number of bikes that causes a divorce. |
I like s-1 as it captures the universe of possible nasty outcomes beyond a mere divorce. There is another, third, rarely used equation in this system to be balanced: s+1 Buy s another bike, s increments by one; ergo, s-1 also increments by one. |
Originally Posted by jon t
(Post 20546029)
please pardon my ignorance but does n+/- (a number) mean? I've wracked my pea-brain trying to figure it out.
Thanks jon |
Get another bike.
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N-1 is not a mathematical equation that could exist. It is like saying I am going to douse myself in hydrochloric acid to get some dirt on my face. It doesn't work that way it would just kill you. I can understand replacing one so doing like an n-1+1 because then it is just a zero transaction and that is cool.
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Originally Posted by Ghazmh
(Post 20547042)
i wonder what that number is on average? My wife has slowly come around to accept the completely rational logic behind me needing a 7th bike.
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Thanks all. Got it. I only have one with no plans to add or subtract any. So I guess I have N1 bikes?
Jon |
Originally Posted by Jon T
(Post 20548628)
Thanks all. Got it. I only have one with no plans to add or subtract any. So I guess I have N1 bikes?
Jon |
Conventionally, the limits on a summation go from i to N.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/sipa/mat...1/image008.gif N+1 denotes the next item in the series. |
Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
(Post 20548869)
You have N bikes. :)
according to Rule 12 |
Originally Posted by veganbikes
(Post 20547315)
N-1 is not a mathematical equation that could exist. It is like saying I am going to douse myself in hydrochloric acid to get some dirt on my face. It doesn't work that way it would just kill you. I can understand replacing one so doing like an n-1+1 because then it is just a zero transaction and that is cool.
You're wrong-- N-1 is a transient, unstable state that occurs when a person gets rid of 1 bike to make room for the 2 new bikes he/she is getting the next day, a mere waystation on the path to N+1, the only truly stable state. |
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 20548954)
You're wrong-- N-1 is a transient, unstable state that occurs when a person gets rid of 1 bike to make room for the 2 new bikes he/she is getting the next day, a mere waystation on the path to N+1, the only truly stable state.
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With Rowan and me it's always N+2 ... because we each have to get a bicycle.
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when I eat an ice cream sandwich, I always have to have more than one
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
(Post 20550107)
when I eat an ice cream sandwich, I always have to have more than one
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This has always puzzled me.
The number of bikes you should own is N+1. To prevent separation from the spouse or whatever, it is S-1. So, N+1 = S -1 solve for S: S = N + 2 I think this means one should buy two more bikes. |
Originally Posted by wgscott
(Post 20551457)
This has always puzzled me.
The number of bikes you should own is N+1. To prevent separation from the spouse or whatever, it is S-1. So, N+1 = S -1 solve for S: S = N + 2 I think this means one should buy two more bikes. |
Originally Posted by veganbikes
(Post 20551482)
One of my neighbors is an account so I feel pretty confident I am a math wiz and these figures check out!
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Originally Posted by wgscott
(Post 20551457)
This has always puzzled me.
The number of bikes you should own is N+1. To prevent separation from the spouse or whatever, it is S-1. So, N+1 = S -1 solve for S: S = N + 2 I think this means one should buy two more bikes. N is a stochastic variable, its maximum value is S-1. At the point N=S-1, the correct number of bikes is N. However, if a person is single, S-1 is an infinite number minus 1, unless it's close out season, at which point you should buy the whole infinity. |
Originally Posted by wgscott
(Post 20551457)
This has always puzzled me.
The number of bikes you should own is N+1. To prevent separation from the spouse or whatever, it is S-1. So, N+1 = S -1 solve for S: S = N + 2 I think this means one should buy two more bikes. |
Originally Posted by Jon T
(Post 20548628)
Thanks all. Got it. I only have one with no plans to add or subtract any. So I guess I have N1 bikes?
Jon |
Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
(Post 20546089)
N+1 until D-1.
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Originally Posted by sumrak454
(Post 21361312)
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I'd read the stuff on that link, but then I'd have to redo my phrenology chart to account for the bumps from banging my head on the desk. |
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