Re: [Edu-sig] (egyptian fractions...) the turtle part: chaos.py

2011-06-01 Thread Gregor Lingl
Am 01.06.2011 22:52, schrieb kirby urner: Hey Jeff, your question about controlling the turtle's screen might have been just the ticket in my attempts to control chaos, namely G. Lingl's chaos.py, which demonstrates sensitivity to initial conditions is a plus if you want your algebra to stay

Re: [Edu-sig] (egyptian fractions...) the turtle part: chaos.py

2011-06-01 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 17:52, Gregor Lingl gregor.li...@aon.at wrote: Am 01.06.2011 22:52, schrieb kirby urner: Hey Jeff, your question about controlling the turtle's screen might have been just the ticket in my attempts to control chaos, namely G. Lingl's chaos.py, which demonstrates

Re: [Edu-sig] (egyptian fractions...) the turtle part: chaos.py

2011-06-01 Thread kirby urner
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Gregor Lingl gregor.li...@aon.at wrote: Hi Kirby, it's fine that you host a slightly amended version of chaos.py on your website. Thanks Gregor. I've also got John Zelle's graphics.py in the docket. Having any backend code is a somewhat new idea. I'm

Re: [Edu-sig] (egyptian fractions...) the turtle part: chaos.py

2011-06-01 Thread Kirby Urner
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: Baseball stats and turtles? That's something I have been wishing for. I think that the best way to interest children in probability and statistics is sports, including published data and the book Money Ball. Also Nate

Re: [Edu-sig] (egyptian fractions...) the turtle part: chaos.py

2011-06-01 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 18:56, Kirby Urner kur...@oreillyschool.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: Baseball stats and turtles? That's something I have been wishing for. I think that the best way to interest children in probability and statistics