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Re: Learning Mathematica with neat projects

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From "Christopher O. Young" <cy56@comcast.net>
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Subject Re: Learning Mathematica with neat projects
Date Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:34:05 +0000 (UTC)
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I'll looks into programming this. It's always been one of my favorite ideas
for a demo.

Chris Young
cy56@comcast.net
IntuMath.org


On 4/27/11 5:39 AM, in article ip8o9f$pjn$1@smc.vnet.net, "Sol Lederman"
<sol.lederman@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have lots of ideas for interesting projects but not the skill (right now)
> to implement them. The next project I'd like to do is a Galton board as
> illustrated here: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~mai/java/stat/GaltonMachine.html.
> (The disks exercise is a way of warming up to the project.) Yes, there
> already exist Galton board demos in Mathematica but I like this particular
> style. The challenge is not just to code the design but to code it in such a
> way that uses simple Mathematica constructs that are easy to break into
> small pieces so that students can experience success and understanding along
> the way, and that are easy to explain to folks new to Mathematica.

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Learning Mathematica with neat projects Sol Lederman <sol.lederman@gmail.com> - 2011-04-27 09:39 +0000
  Re: Learning Mathematica with neat projects "Christopher O. Young" <cy56@comcast.net> - 2011-04-28 10:34 +0000
  Re: Learning Mathematica with neat projects Helen Read <readhpr@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 10:32 +0000

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