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The 17 equations that changed the world
World Economic Forum ^
| 4 Apr, 2016
| Andy Kiersz
Posted on 06/29/2016 8:33:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: Larry Lucido; theoilpainter
To: FredZarguna
Agreed,
Your equations represent fundamental basic equations that must be mastered on the way to the author’s final list.
As basic elements, they are part of the foundation, and far more important, but not as extreme.
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posted on
06/29/2016 10:30:20 PM PDT
by
KC_for_Freedom
(California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
To: MtnClimber
Excellent essay. Excellent comments. The fundamental mathematics of Rene Descartes (1596-1650) was used by the North American Aviation engineers in Downey, CA in the 1960’s to make the seventeen Apollo missions. Very impressive.
Pythagoras said, ‘If I have 300 loyal inferiors, then I can gain authority any country.’ Yup. A strong leader with a strong follower can influence a lot of people.
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posted on
06/29/2016 10:44:44 PM PDT
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: FredZarguna
It is a remarkable fact
that i to the i
is the same thing
as the square root of one
divided by e to the pi.
Very nice. Thank you for the poem.
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posted on
06/29/2016 10:45:50 PM PDT
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: KC_for_Freedom
The fundamental theorem of calculus is about as extreme as it gets.
Navier-Stokes and the rest are sideshows, and in fact, Navier-Stokes is neither as important, as pervasive, nor as "extreme" as Laplace's Equation, which doesn't even appear.
May's Map is "extreme" -- under some bizarro world definition that has no meaning in science or mathematics -- but more importantly, it is completely inconsequential.
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posted on
06/29/2016 10:49:44 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/29/2016 10:51:48 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Yeah I tried to understand that and just couldn’t
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posted on
06/29/2016 10:55:01 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: qam1
That Equation ... Tested, Solved and Proved.
(Get back with me in about 30 years for the correct numerical or $ answer)
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:00:34 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: MtnClimber
Interesting post.
I note that there were no muzzle formulas. I had thought they were credited with many math breakthroughs.
Here’s another key formula:
Global warming = BS in - BS out
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:01:27 PM PDT
by
Noob1999
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:03:52 PM PDT
by
AllAmericanGirl44
(If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
To: FredZarguna
You are a Sick Puppy!
That Hurt my Head ... Skull damage still being assessed
(Thanks)
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:05:11 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: AlmaKing
marriage = kids + pool + house - money^2 -sex^3Whore motivation = The Big Bank Theory
To: MtnClimber; 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:18:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: Noob1999
Even the Arabic numerals were really discovered by a Persian who stole them from the Indians.
So they get no credit at all.
To: MtnClimber
I would add the "Ideal Gas Law",
PV=nRT
which is fundamental to thermodynamics
-- and "Ohm's Law,"
V=IR
which is fundamental to electronics.
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:24:17 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: SunkenCiv
Saw an interesting video on the great debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein.
Einstein believed that physics was about trying to figure out how the real world actually works. Bohr believed, especially after all the weirdness of quantum mechanics was seen, that all physics could hope to do was come up with mathematical models that might have nothing to say about what was really out there in the real world.
I think it's interesting that this article is about important equations that have had such a great effect on civilization and yet we don't know if they are really telling us anything about what's out there beyond our limited, error-prone, and failing senses.
To: Noumenon
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posted on
06/29/2016 11:29:06 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: FredZarguna
e^i*pi() + 1 = 0; donc Dieu existe; repondez! - Euler.
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
06/30/2016 3:09:24 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/30/2016 3:22:04 AM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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