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Why computers suck at maths

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:26:41 +0000

Here is a nice article describing the problems that rise due to the methods used in nowadays computers to calculate simple mathematics. Interesting read.

Nice Fourier poem

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:56:06 +0000

A poem written in honor of the ever-enlightening Fourier-transform, which is often hated by students, mainly because they don't know what it means.. Here is to the Fourier-transform:

One day in a land far away
Some mathematicians at play
Found a transform of convenient form
The basis of physics today.

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Wolfram Alpha goes public

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:55:44 +0000

Wolfram Alpha is finally the computer we were waiting for. Not only does it compute mathematical problems really fast, but it tries to give us everything about the answer, that we would like to find out. It's like a wikipedia - just with more accurate information. Also, WolframAlpha is able to interpret user input and find out what the user is trying to find out by searching for the terms of a query in a semantic database: Weather in Guatemala, President in Germany or C6H6O.

Below the answer set that WolframAlpha delivers, there is the option for an output as pdf-file and a rather general information of where the information came from.

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