[sage-support] Re: new user: latex fails

2008-11-03 Thread Matthew J
If anyone else comes across this problem and installing gs and imagemagick does not solve it, I also had to install tetex-extra. I realized when I was getting the error: fullpage.sty could not be found. Thanks, -Matthew J --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this

[sage-support] Simple Combinatorics and Probability

2008-12-09 Thread Matthew J
but as an example, perhaps being able to do something like X ~ BIN(n, p) and then get the expected value, variance, or PDF of X? Assume that n and p are given. Thanks, -Matthew J --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegro

[sage-support] Re: Simple Combinatorics and Probability

2008-12-09 Thread Matthew J
Excellent, thank you, exactly what I was looking for. On Dec 9, 2:07 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Jason Bandlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Matthew, > > > Matthew J wrote: > >> Sage is

[sage-support] Re: Simple Combinatorics and Probability

2008-12-09 Thread Matthew J
> > > I'm not sure exactly what you mean here. factorial(n) counts the number > > > of permutations of 'n' elements very efficiently.  Perhaps you mean > > > > sage: permutations([1,2,2]) > > > [[1, 2, 2], [2, 1, 2], [2, 2, 1]] > > > > Type permutations? for more information on this command.  You

[sage-support] Re: Simple Combinatorics and Probability

2008-12-09 Thread Matthew J
Thanks Jason, that will certainly save myself and others some time trying to figure out what's going on. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For mor