There are two aspects of it. Thus far, the problem sets have mostly focused on function.

关于这个问题有两个方面，迄今，问题集只关注了方法。

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We, too, understand the relevance of what we call "the society function."] Rather it must be elucidated in its full extent through the problem of the evolution of literature.

你们不要以为我们很幼稚,我们也明白社会功能的意义是什么],但是我们必须用,文学进化的角度来解释它的功能。

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Mathematically complete problem is that you can find the function x of t by saying that the second derivative of the function is equal to -k over m times the function.

这个数学问题就是,你可以求出函数 x,只要令函数的二阶导数,等于 -k 除以 m 再乘以函数

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Worker voice is the function of unions or other institutions in communicating the desires of workers to employers, thus overcoming the collective action problem.

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Another potential rub in welcoming world finance is the rule-of-law problem: Capital markets function on trust, and welshing on derivatives contracts, for example, is not conducive to bringing big money to the mainland.

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And that is a function of -- that is a result of his approach to this problem, the focus on al Qaeda that he felt had been lost in previous years when the focus was shifted from al Qaeda in Afghanistan and bin Laden onto Iraq.

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