On Thursday, September 25, 2014 2:48:41 PM UTC-5, kcrisman wrote: > > > >> > And it was quite likely Pascal being learnt on paper. >> >> For what it is worth, my first programming language was C learned on >> paper, probably around 1981. >> >> > But probably not ideal to go from paper to production in just a few > weeks along with your other coursework! >
> They are really cool and don't need much more than paper and pencil, or > in one case small cups that can stack. Worth a peek. > Ok, here's my paper-math tale from the days of walking uphill both ways: Symbolic integration couldn't help solve this naive physical chemist's applied spectroscopy problems. Cut-and-weigh-the-chart-paper gave reliable peak areas every time. Sure beat counting boxes... Now I can melt students' brains with peak area ratios to 4 significant digits obtained using scissors and a balance. (When did I turn into my father?) My students are ever grateful for not having to show spherical harmonics are orthonormal by hand. I am, too! Sage turns them on to new ways of exploring old problems. Maybe some new problems, too. Thanks, Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
