Holiday Pi December 25, 2019, 04:32:37 pm Here is a little gift for conversation around the campfire. I enjoyed it and it doesn't require any complicated math. We have forum members who enjoy knowing how things work and you may find this interesting.I did.Prehistoric Calculus: Discovering Pi – BetterExplainedHarold 1 Likes
Re: Holiday Pi Reply #1 – December 25, 2019, 06:12:58 pm "...you may find this interesting."Oh my aching head! I had to do this once for the Air Force and found it very painful even back then.Now just the reminder is starting to bring on a Migraine! 1 Likes
Re: Holiday Pi Reply #3 – December 26, 2019, 12:12:27 pm In my freshman year, the trig professor wouldn’t allow us to use calculators, slide rules or lookup tables for the first week of class. Yes, slide rules were still being used and calculators were expensive. Anyway, the first test he gave was to calculate pi, sine, cosine, etc. with only pencil and paper. Calculators and slide rules were allowed after the first test. He wanted his students to know how to do the basics. His methods were strange but he turned out to be a pretty good professor.Later I took a fortran programming class and one of the assignments was to write a program to calculate pi. It was somewhat easier to do since I already knew how to calculate pi thanks to the trig professor.I hadn’t thought about those days for a very long time. Thanks Harold, for the trip down memory lane - John 4 Likes
Re: Holiday Pi Reply #4 – December 26, 2019, 12:50:46 pm Quote from: JohnR - December 26, 2019, 12:12:27 pmIn my freshman year, the trig professor wouldn’t allow us to use calculators, slide rules or lookup tables for the first week of class. Yes, slide rules were still being used and calculators were expensive. Anyway, the first test he gave was to calculate pi, sine, cosine, etc. with only pencil and paper. Calculators and slide rules were allowed after the first test. He wanted his students to know how to do the basics. His methods were strange but he turned out to be a pretty good professor.Later I took a fortran programming class and one of the assignments was to write a program to calculate pi. It was somewhat easier to do since I already knew how to calculate pi thanks to the trig professor.I hadn’t thought about those days for a very long time. Thanks Harold, for the trip down memory lane - JohnJohn,Your reply took me back to my first experience using Fortran to program the population dynamics of fish while in grad school. We used punch cards and as each iteration of the program got more complex, the stack of cards got bigger and my anxiety about dropping the box and losing the card order got more intense.I'm glad those experiences are OVER.Harold 1 Likes
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