User talk:Boostat

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Hello, Boostat!

I noticed that you had written this article, and that your user talk page didn't exist yet, so I just stopped by to say hi, and to ask a question.

There's recently been some discussion of notational conventions in articles about probability and statistics. I noticed that you didn't force operators (like Cov) to display as

${\displaystyle \mathrm {Cov} (Z(x),Z(y))\,}$

${\displaystyle \mathrm {Cov} (Z(x),Z(y))}$

So I'm sort of curious about your opinion on the question of notational conventions. Oh – you might want to edit this message to notice the difference between the two math expressions above; putting in a bit of extra space (\,) forces Wikipedia's graphics engine to display a larger version of the formula.

Have a great day! DavidCBryant 14:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for improving the kriging page! I've waited a long time for this information, and am greatly indebted to you. In the meantime, several days ago I started to solicit other editors support for Article probation on the kriging article, in order to bring interference by cranks under control. Please see the details and let me know what you think at my talk page. Freederick 16:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Hi. I made some very minor changes to this page and noticed what appears to be a typographical error in one of the formulas (see Talk:Kriging#A Typographical Error? for details). Since you added the formula in question, would you mind taking a look. Thanks. R. A. Hicks (talk) 09:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Reply