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::The equation was an image I could not edit, so I replaced it with a latex equation - I hope I did this right. --[[User:Erel Segal|Erel Segal]] ([[User talk:Erel Segal|talk]]) 20:31, 24 March 2015 (CET) | ::The equation was an image I could not edit, so I replaced it with a latex equation - I hope I did this right. --[[User:Erel Segal|Erel Segal]] ([[User talk:Erel Segal|talk]]) 20:31, 24 March 2015 (CET) | ||
:::Yes, this is one of our problems; you could look at [[Help:HowTo EoM]], or just see some new articles made in TeX. Anyway, I did it a bit nicer. [[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] ([[User talk:Boris Tsirelson|talk]]) 08:17, 25 March 2015 (CET) | :::Yes, this is one of our problems; you could look at [[Help:HowTo EoM]], or just see some new articles made in TeX. Anyway, I did it a bit nicer. [[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] ([[User talk:Boris Tsirelson|talk]]) 08:17, 25 March 2015 (CET) | ||
+ | ::::Yes, this looks much nicer. While we are at it: I did not understand why this formula is correct. Can you please add an intuitive explanation? Also, I didn't understand the formula at the bottom, connecting the negative-hypergeometric with the hypergeometric. Can you explain this too? --[[User:Erel Segal|Erel Segal]] ([[User talk:Erel Segal|talk]]) 08:25, 25 March 2015 (CET) |
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The PDF formula refers to the parameter n, which is undefined. This is probably a typo. --Erel Segal (talk) 15:15, 23 March 2015 (CET)
- Typo, indeed. It should be $N$, not $n$. Thank you. Would you like to fix it yourself? --Boris Tsirelson (talk) 18:08, 23 March 2015 (CET)
- The equation was an image I could not edit, so I replaced it with a latex equation - I hope I did this right. --Erel Segal (talk) 20:31, 24 March 2015 (CET)
- Yes, this is one of our problems; you could look at Help:HowTo EoM, or just see some new articles made in TeX. Anyway, I did it a bit nicer. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 08:17, 25 March 2015 (CET)
- Yes, this looks much nicer. While we are at it: I did not understand why this formula is correct. Can you please add an intuitive explanation? Also, I didn't understand the formula at the bottom, connecting the negative-hypergeometric with the hypergeometric. Can you explain this too? --Erel Segal (talk) 08:25, 25 March 2015 (CET)
- Yes, this is one of our problems; you could look at Help:HowTo EoM, or just see some new articles made in TeX. Anyway, I did it a bit nicer. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 08:17, 25 March 2015 (CET)
- The equation was an image I could not edit, so I replaced it with a latex equation - I hope I did this right. --Erel Segal (talk) 20:31, 24 March 2015 (CET)
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Negative hypergeometric distribution. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Negative_hypergeometric_distribution&oldid=36352
Negative hypergeometric distribution. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Negative_hypergeometric_distribution&oldid=36352