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Sums of a Root

Posted on October 19, 2016 by ScienceMeander

I like playing with math and numbers and have always liked the idea of summation formulas. This is what I played with yesterday. I started with I found it needed a constant modifier which resulted in The denominator is the … Continue reading →

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Exponential Math

Posted on February 4, 2015 by ScienceMeander

We seem to be becoming more and more dependent on electronic databases.  When the power goes out, no one at a bank can calculate interest. A hard copy backup of logarithms, both common and natural, does not need to include … Continue reading →

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Low-Tech Math

Posted on January 29, 2015 by ScienceMeander

CIRCULAR SLIDE RULES Slide rules are a more robust way to do math. Slide rules are not dependent on energy infrastructure. I have also found mine to help me visualize numbers. I like my slide rules that help calculate dates, … Continue reading →

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Irrational numbers operating on irrational numbers

Posted on August 30, 2014 by ScienceMeander

    I have wondered if irrational numbers could operate on irrational numbers to produce a rational number.  How to find which two rational numbers will produce a rational number?  Only one irrational number is needed and any rational number … Continue reading →

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Completely Esoteric

Posted on July 1, 2014 by ScienceMeander

Can it ever matter? Or dead-end trail. How to solve x / 10 = log10(x)? I was too curious to solve it so I just did trial and error.  I keep running into precision limits.  However. log10(1.371288) X 10 ≈ … Continue reading →

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