I am a fan of some of the locally generated shows from NYC… …I guess with all that TV watching, it’s no wonder I never learned any math when I was a kid. [...]
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This post is concerned with a very interesting problem, called “The Traveler’s Dilemma.” There is a very good article about it, written by it’s creator, Professor Kaushik Basu, in the June, 2007 issue of the Scientific American. The article begins: “When playing this simple game, people consistently reject the rational choice. In fact, by acting [...] Just had a great evening mulching and edging our apple tree. I ran out of mulch and ground paper, but I can get more tomorrow. As I worked, I used a catch (see last post) to collect my thoughts. The one I used is my favorite – it’s a mnemonic device. I [...] I was out mulching our apple tree in the front yard, when some thoughts came to me. One of them was that I can see how gardening can be such great contemplative avocation. I’m not a gardener, and have never been very good at things like that, but I can weed, I [...] Which is greater, x2*y2 or x2+y2? I am thinking about an example from a GRE (graduate record exam) book that was shown to me. I think it was "Which is greater, x2+y2 or (x+y)2? Here is the poop on how to think about examples like that. When in doubt – substitute (if you can) for [...] Well, believe it or not, using the “math” they taught you in school, you can “prove” that is true. Part of the math curriculum of schools is estimating, or rounding up. This is a legitimate and important concept, when it is taught by competent and interested teachers. Man, is that a big “when.” [...] “Just the facts” is worthless unless you have a way to process and understand those facts. The “tables” and “charts” don’t teach anything about understanding. Some people learn with them. Fine. But not everyone does, and that is fine, too. The people who seem to learn best don’t rely on them, though. [...] |
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