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clipka wrote:
> Yeah, sure. I recite that daily from memory before I go to sleep...
Now there's a question: How do you unambiguously recite complex
mathematical expressions out loud?
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On 10/08/2010 4:04 PM, Invisible wrote:
> clipka wrote:
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>> Yeah, sure. I recite that daily from memory before I go to sleep...
>
> Now there's a question: How do you unambiguously recite complex
> mathematical expressions out loud?
With panache :-P
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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clipka wrote:
> Yeah, sure. I recite that daily from memory before I go to sleep...
This would be a better use of your time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_point
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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Invisible wrote:
> (And yet, the *definition* of an algebraic
> number is one expressible by radicals...)
You might try looking up the definition of an algebraic number.
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Kevin Wampler wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> (And yet, the *definition* of an algebraic number is one expressible
>> by radicals...)
>
> You might try looking up the definition of an algebraic number.
Heh, like I haven't already done *that*...
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Am 10.08.2010 17:31, schrieb Darren New:
> clipka wrote:
>> Yeah, sure. I recite that daily from memory before I go to sleep...
>
> This would be a better use of your time:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_point
Ah - but that's not a serious challenge; that's as easy as memorizing
E.A.Poe's "The Raven" (sort of), plus a few words...
<http://www.cadaeic.net/cadenza.htm>
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clipka wrote:
> Ah - but that's not a serious challenge; that's as easy as memorizing
> E.A.Poe's "The Raven" (sort of), plus a few words...
Clearly you have never had The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner inflicted
upon you...
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 10-8-2010 17:31, Darren New wrote:
> clipka wrote:
>> Yeah, sure. I recite that daily from memory before I go to sleep...
>
> This would be a better use of your time:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_point
>
Kate does 116 if I have counted correctly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSHr5E7fZY
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> writes:
> Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> (And yet, the *definition* of an algebraic number is one expressible
>>> by radicals...)
>>
>> You might try looking up the definition of an algebraic number.
>
> Heh, like I haven't already done *that*...
To be explicit, that's *not* the definition of an algebraic number.
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>>>> (And yet, the *definition* of an algebraic number is one expressible
>>>> by radicals...)
>>> You might try looking up the definition of an algebraic number.
>> Heh, like I haven't already done *that*...
>
> To be explicit, that's *not* the definition of an algebraic number.
Really? I was sure an algebraic number is any number computable using
only addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and extraction of
roots.
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