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#101 2013-11-21 12:38:10
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Try this personality test.
I don't think. If we did, I do not remember them.
Could you post them? I do not have access to his books atm.
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#102 2013-11-21 12:52:05
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He goes into it fairly deeply and it is an acquired skill but more simply we can try to get an x on the left and the rest of them on the right.
The cf is already one of those but we will create others.
start with an initial guess of 3.
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#103 2013-11-21 12:56:08
- anonimnystefy
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That one I know.
Just for the sake of an answer, x=3.302775638...
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Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#104 2013-11-21 12:58:02
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Re: Try this personality test.
Then produce another one.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#105 2013-11-21 13:23:36
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Try this personality test.
It cannot be produced using either this or the previous iteration formula.
It is not stable at that point, but we can do -1/x_1 to get it.
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Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#106 2013-11-21 13:33:05
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Re: Try this personality test.
What one?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#107 2013-11-21 13:34:58
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Huh?
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#108 2013-11-21 13:35:37
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He means which one
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#109 2013-11-21 13:36:47
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Which iterative form are you talking about?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#110 2013-11-21 13:37:29
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Try this personality test.
Both. sqrt(3x+1) and 3+1/x.
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#111 2013-11-21 13:38:13
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The sqrt one is not stable? Why?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#112 2013-11-21 13:39:59
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What are you two talking about?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#113 2013-11-21 13:40:04
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Re: Try this personality test.
It is stable, but converges to the positive root only.
But, as I suggested, we can get -1/(positive root) to get the negative root.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#114 2013-11-21 13:41:41
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Yes, and that is a very stable numerical idea.
Do you know how to program the iteration in M?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#115 2013-11-21 13:43:55
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Should I use Nest?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#116 2013-11-21 13:45:01
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Re: Try this personality test.
Yeparoo!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#117 2013-11-21 13:45:58
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Okay, it was an easy one.
I use this method to get roots of equations on my calculator.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#118 2013-11-21 13:46:43
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What method?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#119 2013-11-21 13:48:01
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Re: Try this personality test.
Iteration.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#120 2013-11-21 13:48:35
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But it is easier with M.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#121 2013-11-21 13:51:12
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True. But I cannog access M in class, whereas I can access a calculator. It has an astounding 100 digits of accuracy available.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#122 2013-11-21 13:52:03
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Re: Try this personality test.
Which calculator? TI-92 has 640 digits.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#123 2013-11-21 13:53:38
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It's a Chinese Kenko. We don't have TI's over here and besides, they are too expensive. This one cost a bit more than a buck.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#124 2013-11-21 13:54:22
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The new rasberries look fantastic.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#125 2013-11-21 13:55:58
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I saw the blog entry. They must be expensive as hell!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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