n-rd » Mathematics http://blog.n-rd.com Everyone has an inner n-rd. Mon, 24 May 2010 14:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Nature by Numbers http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/03/26/nature-by-numbers/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/03/26/nature-by-numbers/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:59:20 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=311 Make has an interesting short film that visualizes the relationship of mathematics to nature. Mostly it deals with the golden ratio, but the score is haunting and the visual stunning.

Make: Online : Nature by Numbers: linking math to nature

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Revolutions: Video: Hadley Wickham gives a short course on graphics with R

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Moserware: Computing Your Skill

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/03/23/computing-your-skill/feed/ 0 Mandelbulb http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/11/24/mandelbulb/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/11/24/mandelbulb/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:43:44 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=222 I must admit I’ve been a bit lax in posting one of the more interesting new pieces of Mathematics that has come around. I’ve enjoyed fractals for a long time and some of my first programs where of Sierpinski’s triangle, and the Mandelbrot. This has been saturating the interwebs, so I was reluctant to post it, but it just impresses me so much every time I see it, so here ya go.

Gorgeous 3D Mandelbrot sets! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

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Calculus

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