Who will vet these solutions? I note an interpretation issue in the language, for example, of this *particular* problem which makes the solution untrue.
The problem begins by stating that the points are "uniformly" distributed, but then within the programming code, it *randomly* distributes them. The meaning (at least in American English, and mathematics) of 'random' and 'uniform' is not interchangeable.
If the points are "uniformly" distributed, the probability that n of them are in the same hemisphere is 100% if n is 1 or 2, and 0% is n is greater than two.
So I would expect subject matter experts would be a requirement if we are to *solve* problems and present these are the sort of solutions you'd expect to see in a University.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Dodier robert.dodier@gmail.com To: Mailing list for Wikiversity wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Mon, Dec 23, 2013 2:36 pm Subject: [Wikiversity-l] rebooting the discussion of solved problem pages on Wikiversity
Now that we have everyone's attention, I'd like to see if anyone would care to comment on the substantial topic at hand, namely solved problem pages on Wikiversity.
To recap, I am thinking of setting up one or more pages of math problems solved by Maxima, a symbolic computation system. I am imagining that there would be a main page and a page for each solved problem. Each problem page would have a brief discussion and then a solution with formulas, code, and graphics as needed. Is that something that is suitable for Wikiversity?
To make it more concrete, I am thinking that the solved problem pages will look something like this article (I didn't write the article).
http://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/11018
Thanks for any light you can shed on this question.
Robert Dodier
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