Posted on 09/26/2022 3:05:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Always liked polynomials.
My aunties twenty inch NACA issued slide rule is my prized possession
Haha. Bet you could not write a quantum of any essay in fourth grade.
Agreed
The trick wasn’t coming up with just four independent polynomial equations. The trick was determining how many high order coeffiecients could be eliminated (the cutoff) without noticing a difference in the output.
Now that’s a great answer! Why the hell didn’t they think of it. The retards!
Geez, I always hated math.
All other formulas are downstream from that.
I’ve done it in 3 equations.
My wife rejected the idea.
Artificial intelligence reduces a 100,000-equation quantum physics problem to only four equations
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Sounds cismathphobic to me,,,
They better run it by the common core folks , he department and check with the equity inclusion diversity politburo just to be safe.
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I don’t know if there will be a tech singularity anytime soon or at all, but the point where AI can outperform humans on most issues is already here. It’s just going to accelarate.
Where’s the formula?
Getting slide rule batteries is a neat trick these days. I’ve heard that the same stores that sell blinker fluid often sell them.
I still have a bunch of specialized sliderules.
An assortment or rpm hp calcs too
‘My old Keuffel and Esser slide rule couldn’t do that, even with fresh batteries.“
As someone that graduated in EE with just a slide rule I see what you did there. Well done.
I bought a plastic Sterling slide rule in 10th grade. Still have it and occasionally show it to students I tutor. It’s magic to them if they have not yet learned logarithms!
K&E got us to the Moon and Back... (more or less)
They should have all kids use slide rules for the first two years of high school. Using a slide rules gives one a familiarity with the way numbers work and the magnitude of numbers.
Experience with a slide rule gives one the ability two do quick mental calculations for "ball park" estimates. Something was lost pedagogically when slide rules were fazed out. And, as you suggest, it gives a student visual familiarity with logarithms and how then work.
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