pendulum
In issue 29 of Plus, we heard how a simple
mathematical
equation became the subject of a debate in
the UK parliament. Chris Budd and Chris Sangwin
continue the story of the mighty quadratic equation.
Tags: bernoulli equation : navier-stokes equations : gravity : ellipse : chaos : differential equation : public understanding of mathematics : quadratic equation : circle : parabola : hyperbola : acceleration : stopping time : galileo : Newton : pendulum : Euler : complex number : logistic map : copernicus : kepler
In issue 29 of Plus, we heard how a simple
mathematical
equation became the subject of a debate in
the UK parliament. Chris Budd and Chris Sangwin
continue the story of the mighty quadratic equation.
Tags: bernoulli equation : navier-stokes equations : gravity : ellipse : chaos : differential equation : public understanding of mathematics : quadratic equation : circle : parabola : hyperbola : acceleration : stopping time : galileo : Newton : pendulum : Euler : complex number : logistic map : copernicus : kepler
All of science can be regarded as motivated by the search for rules
behind the randomness of nature, and attempts to make prediction in
the presence of uncertainty.
Chris Budd describes the search for pattern and
order in chaos.
Tags: Newtonian mechanics : butterfly effect : prediction : galileo : pendulum : weather forecasting : planetary motion : Lorenz : period : Laplace : double pendulum : town planning
Why do so many people say they hate mathematics, asks
David Acheson? The truth, he says, is that most of
them have never been anywhere near it, and that mathematicians
could do more to change this perception - perhaps by emphasising
the element of surprise that so often accompanies
mathematics at its best.
Tags: proof : Fermat's Last Theorem : ellipse : geometry : Pi : pendulum : kepler : mathematics and magic : leibniz : focal points : linked pendulums
