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I have done a fair amount of programming together with mathematicians. Now I am even teaching some high school kids coming from a mathematics background how to program. Most of these people format their code so hideously it's hard to believe. I've even...
Started by marcog on
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Other than that, mathematicians are usually disorganized on many aspects of life.....
I guess that mathematicians of code often, so they tend not to value structure.
If they are failing at style, they are failing in general, IMO .
To teach.
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How do mathematicians know when to stop?
First the natural numbers were invented for counting. Then, we had to invent addition and subtraction. Multiplication and division soon followed. As if this wasn't enough, mathematicians invented exponentiation...
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As if this wasn't enough, mathematicians....
Re: How do mathematicians know when to stop?
when the earth implodes.
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Anyone got a good explanation of "combinators" (Y-combinators etc. and NOT the company)
I'm looking for one for the practical programmer who understands recursion and higher-order functions, but doesn't have a strong theory or math background.
(Note that...
Started by interstar on
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I gave what I think is a pretty good and reasonably short explanation of the Y-combinator on the Boston Perlmongers... .
This is a good article:
http://www.dreamsongs.com/NewFiles/WhyOfY.pdf
The code examples are in scheme, but they shouldn't be hard to follow .
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Not being a mathematician, I was unaware that this was a problem. It's good to know the problem is solved, however.
Irish Mathematicians Solve The Guinness Sinking Bubble Problem One of the more intriguing conundrums in fluid dynamics is the puzzling ...
Started by by Gumlegs on
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Now get up off the floor and let's get back to drinking .
Slainte! Hamish, I believe I've spotted y'er problem.
It's always fascinating.
I have watched many a glass of Guinness do that over the years .
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Society for Mechanical Engineers ,Geologists, Mathematicians and Archeologists member?
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No, but I'm in the Society for Highly Intelligent Taoists and I'm thinking of joining... .
Telling Stories releases 2nd CD, see our WEBSITE ! Please check out my GROUPIE STORY and Tales from the Road .
Originally Posted by Balthazar Munoz member? ASME?
Terry D.
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The Mathematicians Frame Jig. Here’s an illustration of how this jig will work: If you draw a line from the rear dropouts which meets the seat tube at 90 degrees and then extend this all the way to the steering axis, you get this:
Frame_Jig_Schema.jpg...
Started by Mark Kelly on
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It helps if you have access to an offcuts rack like this:
Workshop_phot.jpg
About half of what... .
Part of the reason this jig was cheap is that I built it mostly out of scrap and offcuts .
Well, more a clarification.
Up five minutes and a correction already.
Related shopping results:
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I've thought about this for years. Also, the (undoubtedly) overlapping areas of applied math and theoretical math.
So, at the risk of unnecessary rigor in classification:
1) What are the differences between applied and theoretical math; and
2) How goal...
Started by Leo Bloom on
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I think what I wrote above is a pretty reasonable description, but it definitely reflects my perspective, which may not be the... .
As a pure mathematician, you might be interested in algebraic topology for its own sake, not a mathematician.
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Why do we care? Because it's important to know!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-irish-mathematicians-guinness-video.html
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Planning on building a blind for crp in kansas. Need help figuring what my field of view would be at different distances.
Draw an upside down T. Enclose it with an equilateral triangle. Cut the top corner off the triangle with a line that represents 3...
Started by big 8 on
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Your fov at any range....
Disregard it.
In the grand scheme of things what you're 'cutting off' is insignificant .
Correct?
Edit, I don't feel like doing the math.
And by base your talking about the 'top'.
What unit? So by top corner you mean the 'bottom' .
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Being a geek myself, I found this article interesting. I couldn't get the body weight simulator to run on my platform, I will try on a different setup.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/a-mathematical-challenge-to-obesity.html?smid=pl-share
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The last thing we as a society need, that this article alluded to at the end, is our government (I'm speaking of the US but it probably applies everywhere) telling us how much... .
However, I tend to tread lightly on this stuff.
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