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Change Ringing! | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? December 21, 2008. Happy Holidays Math 152! A few Saturdays ago, Kate took a couple of us to visit the change ringing rehearsal at Old North Church in Boston. Old North Church houses the oldest bells in North America, which have hung in the church spire since 1745. There are 8 bells, and they are huge! They weigh between 500 and 1300 pounds. Since there are n! 1 3 2 4 (switch interior pair). 3 4 1 2 (switch interior pair).
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Mathemagic! | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? January 13, 2009. In any case, I hope you enjoy Mathemagic! Http:/ www.ted.com/index.php/talks/arthur benjamin does mathemagic.html. Laquo; Shape of Universe. Yeah, TED is great! Here’s one about african villages and the mathematical patterns they contain by an “ethno-mathematician”. It’s entirely non-technical. Http:/ www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ron eglash on african fractals.html. By: Prof. Kate. On January 13, 2009.
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Interesting Proof By Contradiction | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? January 13, 2009. Interesting Proof By Contradiction. With the final coming up tomorrow and the possibility of a proof by contradiction on the exam, I remember one that I saw in high school and would like to share it, both as a review and as an interesting proof. Does 1=.99999…? At first I thought it didn’t, but then when I saw the proof I was convinced. I think it went like this. Let x=.9999…. 10x = 9.9999…. The above dis...
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LaTeX | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? Did you know you can write mathematics in WordPress blog posts? It’s easy. To add an equation to a post, you surround your math with `$latex’ at the beginning and `$’ at the end. So, you write. 36;latex YOUR MATH HERE $. You can use symbols like x – and for exponents you can write . For subscripts you can use . So for example,. 36;latex x 2y 3 6=z 2 7 $. You can also write fractions this way:. 36;latex frac{a}{b} $. UYecfl...
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Brain Teasers | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? January 11, 2009. In the spirit of on-campus recruiting, I figured I would write a post about brain teasers which could potentially come up in an interview. Well I hope one of you guys gets one of these questions in an interview. Good luck! Laquo; Applications of 152 in Secret Santa. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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Bus-wait and Rubik’s Cubes | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? January 14, 2009. Bus-wait and Rubik’s Cubes. Two recent items of note in the NYT:. Interestingly, if you have a very short journey, and the buses tend come at long intervals (say, half an hour), you should walk. But, since most buses come often and move faster than you can walk, waiting is usually the best option. So go ahead, be lazy. And requires the use of one of 13 algorithms to finish off the cube. On March 3, 2009.
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Casino Night Preview: Markov Chains and Blackjack | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? December 18, 2008. Casino Night Preview: Markov Chains and Blackjack. This post (last post ever! Assumes some knowledge of Markov chains ( Wikipedia. In 2004, two professors from Rice University modeled various aspects of the game of Blackjack with Markov chains ( link. Their model for the dealer’s hand is the simplest, but provides valuable insight. The dealer’s hand can be modeled in 36 states:. Of the dealer drawing card.
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Mathematical Modeling | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? January 13, 2009. I have a number of friends took Mathematical Modeling this past semester. For their final project, the students were required to develop a model using the mathematical techniques they had learned over the course of the semester. I thought that many of the projects were truly fascinating applications of math to real world problems, especially the ones described below. He found that factor 1 turned out to b...
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Programming Projects | The Math 152 Weblog
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The Math 152 Weblog. What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry? Posted by: Prof. Kate. December 22, 2008. Several students did optional computer projects this year. The first is a finite field calculator, which will multiply elements of a finite field. These are respresented as polynomials in x, a primitive element. To find out what polynomial is being used to generate the finite field, try multiply the appropriate power of x. Finite Field Calculator by Michael Buckley. Watch free movi...
