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I'm not looking for a general discussion on if math is important or not for programming .
Instead I'm looking for real world scenarios where you have actually used some branch of math to solve some particular problem during your career as a software developer...
Started by Brian R. Bondy on
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by 19 people.
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(Hopefully this new jobDiscrete math for everything, linear algebra for 3D, analysis for physics especially since there is no built-in support....
But then they're the ones doing the software development and I'm the one doing the math.
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Please share your ideas for enriching math in My Father's World From A to Z
More math ideas may be found here:
100th day: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7168
Started by Marie on
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by 13 people.
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So due to differences in how we teach math, even if your child is very good with math, it would be better....
It sits on the bookcase waiting for a new stick of 7 years old (or older).
Out 2 sheets, so I could cover the small coffee can .
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The New, New Math
1. Teaching Math In 1960s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production
is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ?
2. Teaching Math In 1970s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production...
Started by racsan on
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by 10 people.
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Uhh....
Now I wanna go buy a woodlot and grow some MJ, thanks for the math, they still teach math?...
I can say that I literally LOLed.
I'm sending this to everyone.
LOL Wait, they still teach math?...
That is so true it's unbelievable.
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Ask your Facebook Friends
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The New, New Math
1. Teaching Math In 1960s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production
is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ?
2. Teaching Math In 1970s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production...
Started by racsan on
, 15 posts
by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at fordrangerforum):
Literally did Algebra for 3 years and almost every problem in the "new" math....
Literally did Algebra for 3 years stuck in the "new" math class....
In high school I somehow got stuck in the "new" math class....
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With reference to this programming game I am currently building.
I am using WPF to animate canvases, and I am using the BeginAnimation method to translate (move) a canvas across another canvas.
With the BeginAnimation, I need to specify the From and To...
Started by Andreas Grech on
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by 4 people.
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Assuming you're rotating clockwise from 12 o'clock, your new x-coordinate will be:
sin(130) * 200 = 153 + original x-coordinate
And your new y-coordinate will be
cos(130) * 200 = -129 + original y = transform.Transform(new Point(2....
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What book would you recommend for Discrete Math? Thanks.
Started by Girish on
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by 9 people.
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Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics : An Applied Introduction
If you are new to Discrete buy new, I got it used for under $10)
Concrete Mathematics....
My university uses the Rosen book.
Be sure your math is solid, though.
In the field.
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WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success. Obama said his upcoming budget proposal, set to be ...
Started by by admin on
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by 12 people.
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"Obama has....
"..$80 million from Congress for a new Education Department competition to support math and science teacher preparation programs." What kind....and money we don't have.
Don't have, even moreso now that he's in an election year .
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Possible Duplicate:
Why are the methods of the Math class static ?
I wanna know is there any specific reason for that all the methods of Math class in java are made static Every time i need to call Math.sin()....
Thanks
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
If you....
Actually, isn't it better to say Math.sin(x) instead of Math m = new Math(); m.sin(x.
Of
Math m = new Math(); m.floor(3.4);
You can code:
Math.floor(3.4);
They're static since they don't need then).
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Could someone point me to the interface that I need to implement in order to get basic math operators (i.e. +, -, *, /) to function on a custom type?
Started by AlexWalker on
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by 7 people.
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) { return new YourClass() { Value = yc1.Value + yc2.Value }; } }
You can find a good example of operator), and the // return type (Complex): public static Complex operator +(Complex c1, Complex c2) { return new Complex which you can add....
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I'm just after reading Jeff's 'Five Things You Didn't Know About Me (and my office)' blog entry on Coding Horror and right at the bottom of this page he mentions (to my surprise) that he is terrible at math:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/0...
Started by redspike on
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by 23 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
If you thinkIt depends -- are you counting knowing how to use formulas part of math?
I think you need to be able to solve problems and....
Sometimes this may involve learning new vocabulary, or new math.
In order to use it.
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