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Swansea University lecturer. Web enthusiast; dabbler in software engineering and control systems; PLENK2010 ds106 and cck11 participant; EG-353 coordinator. Squirrel and meerkat.
Tag Archives: mathematics
Radical Math Teaching …
I worry about the teaching of mathematics. Lack of student confidence in the application of mathematics is one of the biggest problems we have in Engineering: it hampers the development of our courses, limits how far we can go, and … Continue reading
More on Euler
I am grateful to my friend and former Swansea colleague Dr Farzin Deravi of University of Kent at Canterbury who read my blog post on Euler’s identity (“The Most Beautiful Equation in the World”) via Facebook and told me about … Continue reading
The Most Beautiful Equation in the World
According to some, Euler’s identity is one of the most beautiful mathematical expressions in the world. The identity is1 + ei? = 0 (although electrical engineers like myself are more familiar with seeing it written as 1 + ej? = … Continue reading
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Fortress Intepreter
Mentioned in episode 100 of the Java Posse was a new (to me) open source language for the JVM called Fortress. Using a notation that looks literally more like mathematics than either Mathematica or Matlab, and claiming a place in … Continue reading
