Sentence examples for a mathematical exercise from inspiring English sources

It's more than just a mathematical exercise.

Consequently, admission is not a mathematical exercise performed by a robot.

But Princeton's latest work on tiling is far more than a mathematical exercise, Torquato said.

The essential insight here is that regulation isn't just a mathematical exercise in designing price schedules that lead to efficiency.

"Anybody who says it's all going to be a mathematical exercise is wrong," said Tom D. Rath, a senior adviser in the Romney campaign.

At the Population Reference Bureau, Ms. Cornelius said that although projections were not predictions, but the result of "a mathematical exercise," they had to be taken seriously.

The secondary task consisted of a simple mathematical exercise.

It took a straightforward mathematical exercise to calculate how long it had taken for the Earth to cool to its current temperature.

The open-ended analysis mandated by Unocal is not intended to lead to a simple mathematical exercise: that is, of comparing the discounted value of Time-Warner's expected trading price at some future date with Paramount's offer and determining which is the higher.

What is engaging about the machine is that with just a few variables — the coffee and water; the mechanics of heating and forcing water through the grounds in just the right way — making espresso is, compared with making wine, an almost mathematical exercise in the pursuit of perfection.

The former is an objective, mathematical exercise and the method itself does not require any specific type of fluctuation data as far as the fluctuations belong the same statistical family (so, discontinuities should be avoided in the data).