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For every prime of the form $2^{4n}+1$, 7 is a primitive root. Why should users never use normal sudo to start graphical applications? Convergence of the series $\sum a_n$ implies the convergence of $\sum \frac{\sqrt a_n}{n}$, if $a_n>0$ I need help to solve following problem from Rudin's Mathematical analysis book:    Convergence of the series $\sum a_n$  implies the convergence of $\sum \dfrac{\sqrt {a_n}}{n}$, if $a_n&gt;0$  I tried to construct a suitable convergence sequence $b_n$ such that $\sum b_n$ converges and $a_n \leq b_n$ but, I am not able to find such sequence $b_n$ .  Thanks for the help and sugestions. This question is in the spirit of , an example of an apparently non-deterministic system in Newtonian mechanics. Under certain restrictions, the  guarantees the existence and uniqueness of solutions to differential equations with initial conditions. However, Norton's dome does not satisfy these restrictions. The ball may sit on top of the dome for an arbitrary period of time before sliding down in a particular trajectory, without violating Newton's laws of motion.    Is there a plausible example of a system of interacting point-particles such that the equations of a point-particle are continuous but not , and therefore fail to have a unique solution? Centering in tabularx and X columns How can I center the column when using X in tabularx environment like in this example?  \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}lXXXXX@{}}  1 &amp; 2 &amp; 3 &amp; 4 &amp; 5 \\    \end{tabularx} How to prove that the set of rational numbers are countable? Looking for a science fiction story collection about nanotechnology — included a story about anti-graffiti paint I remember reading it while in middle school in English in the United States, so the latest it would have come out was 1998. I don't remember if it was all one author, or even the same universe. These are the stories I remember:   A man finds a way to create a medicine that prevents radiation poisoning (or possibly makes someone fireproof... it's a little confused in my head) and learns that part of the problem is finding a market for it. I vividly remember the inventor telling someone to not "let the doorknob ream you" as it slams shut. A bout of graffiti artists leads to the city buying anti-graffiti paint that dissolves any other paint put on top of it. After learning the futility of trying to paint over it, the protagonist consults with a friend and learns that the anti-graffiti paint will eat away at the paint above it at a steady rate, and will even eat successive layers of the anti-graffiti paint. he uses this property to engineer an animation involving a harlequin thumbing this nose at the officials even as they try to wash it away. Some guys (I want to say a gang) go to a clinic for an illegal nanotech transformation. The viewpoint character gets turned into a woman while a friend gets turned into a dog. After roaming about in their new forms, they return to find the clinic being raided, meaning there's no one to turn them back. I think I remember something bad happening to the one transformed into a dog where the transformation continued, erasing his human thought patterns. There was also a scene where the viewpoint character submitted to being sexually assaulted by his former friends as if it was simply to be expected given his form.   I don't remember if the first or the second story was the actual first story of the collection... I want to say that those are the order that they showed up as in the book. Is it possible to skip releases during an upgrade? Multiple tables join in SQL for this scenario Partitions for Ubuntu and Windows 7 dual boot on SSD + HDD setup I have purchased a new SSD (120GB) and I had a HDD (1TB) already installed. I will install both Ubuntu and Windows on these drives. As the file space on the SSD is limited and I've read that writing to an SSD drive is discouraged, I would like to store most of the data on the HDD drive. I am aiming at faster system but also keeping the valuable data safe on the more reliable HDD and expanding the life span of the SSD.  I have already set up Windows on these drives (system files and applications on SSD, Users folder and ProgramData on HDD) and now it's time to set up Ubuntu.  So my question is which partitions I should create, on which drive should they be placed and how large they should be.  Based on my experience and articles I've read, I will probably create /swap, /home and / partitions.   Does it seem reasonable to place /swap and /home partitions on the HDD and / on the SSD?  And how large should / partition be?  Also, will the applications be installed in / partition? If so, is it rational to store the applications on separate partitions on the HDD instead of / on the SSD, and what should the size of the / partition be in this case? I'm trying to find out why my application is very slow on a certain machine (runs fine everywhere else). I think i have traced the performance-problems to hard-disk reads and writes and i think it's simply the very slow disk.  What tool could i use to measure hd read and write performance under Windows 2003 in a non-destructive way (the partitions on the drives have to remain intact)? Do I need a visa for Paris, if my connecting flight stops for 24 hours in Paris? Do I need visa for Paris, if my connecting flight stops at Paris for 24hrs and I want to visit Paris during that 24hrs? I have US B1 visa. I'll be travelling from San Francisco to Bangalore (India) via Paris. I hold Indian passport. If yes, what is the procedure for that visa? Is there a word to describe a person who likes chaos? I am wondering if there is a word to describe a person who likes chaos. By this I mean a few specific things:   The person is pleased to hear when chaos is created, or confusion emerges The person will take opportunities to create chaos or confusion The person enjoys taking part in chaotic or disorganized situations.   I can't seem to think of a word to describe the type of person who would act in this way.  I hope this question is clear.  EDIT: Below gbutters sums up nicely:     What I wonder is if there is a word for a generally good-natured person who just likes some good old-fashioned chaos. It seems like any person that thrives on chaos would have to have some extra baggage. How would I shift my whole set of equations/calculations at the left, to be aligned with "Example"?        \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm,epsfig,epstopdf,titling,url,array} \usepackage{parskip}   \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}[chapter] % reset theorem numbering for each chapter \newtheorem{lem}[thm]{Lemma} \newtheorem{prop}[thm]{Proposition} \newtheorem*{cor}{Corollary}  \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{defn}[thm]{Definition} % definition numbers are dependent on theorem numbers \newtheorem{exmp}[thm]{Example} % same for example numbers \newtheorem{conj}[thm]{Conjecture}  \theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem*{rem}{Remark} \newtheorem*{note}{Note}   \title{My Thesis Title} \author{My Name} \date{\today} \renewcommand\labelenumi{(\theenumi)} \renewcommand\theenumi{\roman{enumi}} \setlength{\parindent}{1em}  \begin{document}  \chapter{Addition}  \begin{exmp}  Here is an example. \begin{align} \nonumber (a+b)^3 &amp;= (a+b)^2(a+b)\\ \nonumber &amp;=(a^2+2ab+b^2)(a+b)\\ \nonumber &amp;=(a^3+2a^2b+ab^2) + (a^2b+2ab^2+b^3)\\ \nonumber &amp;=a^3+3a^2b+3ab^2+b^3 \nonumber \end{align} \end{exmp} \end{document} How to install LINE (messaging app) on Ubuntu I would like to install  chat platform on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system. Please, could anyone provide me the steps to successfully install this software?. I've been trying to install this software using wine but I couldn't succeed it. I'm a newbie to data science, and I do not understand the difference between the fit and fit_transform methods in scikit-learn. Can anybody explain simply why we might need to transform data? What does it mean, fitting a model on training data and transforming to test data? Does it mean, for example, converting categorical variables into numbers in training and transforming the new feature set onto test data? How do you determine using stat() whether a file is a symbolic link? "A number of students" vs. "the number of students" Possible Duplicate:          From the grammatical view both are correct, but please explain the difference in meaning:   The number of students in the class is fifteen. A number of students were late for class. 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