Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Jon MW]

Euler chat ITT?!

Very pleased with discussions on Konigsberg's bridge system in mathematical contexts. Keep it coming! Probably one of the most important people in scientific history.

He is the man after whom the number e is named. He proved some of Fermat and Newton's theorems and a ridiculously large Mersenne prime.

Not to mention the physics and astrophysics.

Don't understand as much as 1% of it, but boy is it sexy.

I was going to mention the google doodle if nobody else did - I should have realised that Tikay would get there first

I did quite a lot of number theory at university so came across Euler quite a bit, can't beat this for beautiful and elegant

Although trying to explain elements of it to people can make it sound a bit like a lot maths hasn't really got much relation to the real world 

[tikay]

It'd be rather cool to have a proper theory jobbie named after you.

It MUST apply to a few blondes, surely?

The Red-Dog Theory for waffling, blathering & eating


The Goulder Theory for.....

The Plenners Theory for.....

The Chili Theory is easy. ALWAYS says she is gonna ring, never does. (Bite, girl, bite......)

This is interesting. I was once the first to use a particular arguement in the field of "dilapidations" (what happens at the end of a lease). It never went to court, but the arguement was a success (£500,000 success for my client). Sadly, due to the lack of court action it will never be " Johnsons Principal". Infact  I often feel slightly annoyed when people use my own arguement against me!!!! It is now a widely applied tool of negotiation for anyone in the know.

As someone heavily involved for much of my life in Property Maintenance, "Schedule of dilaps" were something we adored. Jeez, we made more money from dilaps than everything else added together.

[david3103]

The Goulder Theory of Getting There seems apt


On the subject of Euler...

This little item has given hours of amusement to my kids and then my grandkids

 

Read all about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_Disk

[mulhuzz]

Euler chat ITT?!

Very pleased with discussions on Konigsberg's bridge system in mathematical contexts. Keep it coming! Probably one of the most important people in scientific history.

He is the man after whom the number e is named. He proved some of Fermat and Newton's theorems and a ridiculously large Mersenne prime.

Not to mention the physics and astrophysics.

Don't understand as much as 1% of it, but boy is it sexy.

I was going to mention the google doodle if nobody else did - I should have realised that Tikay would get there first

I did quite a lot of number theory at university so came across Euler quite a bit, can't beat this for beautiful and elegant

Although trying to explain elements of it to people can make it sound a bit like a lot maths hasn't really got much relation to the real world  

that's the most beautiful equation in all of maths. unbelievably elegant and I still remember being absolutely delighted the day I first learned to derive it as an A-Level student.

The places you can get to and the connections you can make between seemingly disparate areas in maths taking this equation as your starting point are staggering.

fwiw - i like to explain it as the maths version of an equation which shows that air, fire, earth and water are perfectly in balance and deeply related to each other at a fundamental level.

[outragous76]

It'd be rather cool to have a proper theory jobbie named after you.

It MUST apply to a few blondes, surely?

The Red-Dog Theory for waffling, blathering & eating


The Goulder Theory for.....

The Plenners Theory for.....

The Chili Theory is easy. ALWAYS says she is gonna ring, never does. (Bite, girl, bite......)

This is interesting. I was once the first to use a particular arguement in the field of "dilapidations" (what happens at the end of a lease). It never went to court, but the arguement was a success (£500,000 success for my client). Sadly, due to the lack of court action it will never be " Johnsons Principal". Infact  I often feel slightly annoyed when people use my own arguement against me!!!! It is now a widely applied tool of negotiation for anyone in the know.

As someone heavily involved for much of my life in Property Maintenance, "Schedule of dilaps" were something we adored. Jeez, we made more money from dilaps than everything else added together.

We try our best 

[tikay]

Euler chat ITT?!

Very pleased with discussions on Konigsberg's bridge system in mathematical contexts. Keep it coming! Probably one of the most important people in scientific history.

He is the man after whom the number e is named. He proved some of Fermat and Newton's theorems and a ridiculously large Mersenne prime.

Not to mention the physics and astrophysics.

Don't understand as much as 1% of it, but boy is it sexy.

I was going to mention the google doodle if nobody else did - I should have realised that Tikay would get there first

I did quite a lot of number theory at university so came across Euler quite a bit, can't beat this for beautiful and elegant

Although trying to explain elements of it to people can make it sound a bit like a lot maths hasn't really got much relation to the real world 

The problem I have with that "beautiful & elegant" theory is that I simply do not understand it, & never will, because I have no mathematical base-knowledge. 

I failed my GCE O Level in Maths - a pretty neat trick - but I was able to pass, with a "distinction" a City & Guilds in Arithmetic.

So I don't feel embarrased about my maths ignorance, as I can handle day-to-day numbers as well as anyone I know, but maths is simply way over my head.

Weird there can be such a difference between two related subjects.

We used to be given those "two trains set off from different points at the same time, one doing 60mph, the other 30 mph, at which point do they pass each other?" things.

I could always suss the answer but I could only do so long-hand, & so I got knocked back, as you had to show the workings. Showing a series of guesses, ever nearer untuil the right answer eventually & inevitably arrived, cut no ice......

[Marky147]

Have you sorted out your Vegas dates yet Tikay? Virgin have a sale on until Tuesday, the flights are very cheap and I've done myself out of >£200 by booking early

[tikay]

The Goulder Theory of Getting There seems apt


On the subject of Euler...

This little item has given hours of amusement to my kids and then my grandkids

 

Read all about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_Disk

Boom, The Goulder Theory of Getting There

More of those, please.

What exactly has that (beautifully satisfying) spinning discy thing got to do with my new hero, Mr Euler?

[tikay]

Have you sorted out your Vegas dates yet Tikay? Virgin have a sale on until Tuesday, the flights are very cheap and I've done myself out of >£200 by booking early

No, I keep dithering.

I chatted on the 'phone with Thewy about it this morning, too.

The Virgin Sale ends tomorrow?

I SO want to do Vegas this year, I lie in bed dreaming about it. No, honestly, I do.

I see myself sitting there, playing PLO8 or whatever, maybe even a PLO8 WSOP Event or two, time after time. And Starby's on tap, colossal sticky buns, Caesars Poker Room, Venetian, Binions, Golden Nugget, Fremont Street & all those amazing bands & atmo......

I gather you will be at the Monte Carlo this weekend? Lets chat. Last time we chatted we were sharing tables at Golden Nugget & there was that chap from xxxx.com who could not see his cards properly.....

[Tal]

Euler was one of the driving forces behind the maths on in.

How well things spoll (between spin and roll - I know, like we don't have enough words) depends on the surface and so on. This disk is basically the optimal version.

[david3103]

d'oh




it is known as an Euler's disk, although he studied it rather than devising it

[tikay]

d'oh




it is known as an Euler's disk, although he studied it rather than devising it

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

Go figure.

I'll catch up when I get a bit older.

[Tal]

On that spolling thing, physics has a fun set of made up words:

The rate of change of something.

Start off with position. That's where a thing is.

The rate of change of position is called velocity.

The rate of change of velocity is called acceleration. So far so good.

The rate of change of acceleration is called jerk. Bit harder to imagine but OK.

The rate of change of jerk is called...

Jounce.

I've never heard that word spoken aloud apart from the one time I was told of its existence.

[mulhuzz]

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

one other teeeeeny spoiling thing (already alluded to) -- you'll find it easier to get the answer if you broaden your search to include physics, as well as maths

[tikay]

On that spolling thing, physics has a fun set of made up words:

The rate of change of something.

Start off with position. That's where a thing is.

The rate of change of position is called velocity.

The rate of change of velocity is called acceleration. So far so good.

The rate of change of acceleration is called jerk. Bit harder to imagine but OK.

The rate of change of jerk is called...

Jounce.

I've never heard that word spoken aloud apart from the one time I was told of its existence.

Now THAT is beautiful.

The particular words which grow around specific specialities fascinates.

In IT we now have architects.

I know a chap who is an "IT Problem Manager". He keeps himself pretty busy, I gather.

In the world of micro, we have quarks, gluons, quasers, leptons, mesons, quartons, & even pentaquarks.

My favourite has to be the quark family, which consists of the following sub-divisions.....

Up

Down

Top

Bottom

Strange

Charm

PS - Note the punny adjective. particular. Almost proud of that.