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Tag Archives: math

Calculating the Number e (in Python)

10 Sunday Sep 2023

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Fun, Python

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computer code, exponential functions, math, Python code

It has been almost a year since my last post here. I haven’t been idle code-wise, but I have been too distracted by Real Life to do any blogging here. My publication rate is way down on my main blog, too.

To get me posting here more, I think I need more of a focus on casually documenting my own little projects rather than Code Wise articles. Those take more work than I seem willing to put in these days. With that in mind, I have some trivial Python fun to share…

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Playing with Polynomials

01 Monday Nov 2021

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Fun, Python

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Tags

computer code, math, Python code

I haven’t put nearly the energy into this blog as I have my main blog, Logos Con Carne. My intentions are good, but I never seem to get around to posting here. (It’s certainly not due to lack of interest.)

In an attempt to get more in the habit, I thought I’d write about some simple fun I had recently with a class for calculating polynomials. It was inspired by a lesson from a set of really fun Python tutorial YouTube videos.

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Multiplication Visualized

01 Tuesday Sep 2020

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Fun, Python

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Cartesian product, computer code, Japanese multiplication method, math, multiplication, Pillow (PIL fork), Python code

On my regular blog I just posted about a Japanese visual multiplication method. It’s a cute trick that ties into the notion of grid multiplication techniques. (In general, multiplication techniques are of some interest due to the Mandelbrot set, which requires multiplying large numbers lots of times.)

It turns out code to generate the patterns was a lot easier than I thought it would be. The hardest part was generating the diagonal summing lines.

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Square Root of 2

15 Friday May 2020

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Fun

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Tags

math, Python code

This post contains some simple code for calculating the square root of 2 and then generating the bits of the value.

It’s a companion to a post on my other blog.

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