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| From | "Christopher O. Young" <cy56@comcast.net> |
| Newsgroups | comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica |
| 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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