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Poll: What is your favourite mathematical function (42 member(s) have cast votes)

What is your favourite mathematical function

  1. 0 (3 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  2. constant (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. linear (3 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  4. polynomial (2 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  5. sine (2 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  6. cosine (2 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  7. other trigonometric/inverse trigonometric (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. hyperbolic (3 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  9. some set of orthogonal polynomials (1 votes [2.38%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.38%

  10. other special functions (5 votes [11.90%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.90%

  11. weierstrass function (2 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  12. something else (7 votes [16.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.67%

  13. WTF gwnn? (12 votes [28.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 28.57%

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#21 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2010-June-19, 06:32

who?
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2010-June-19, 15:36

me.
OK
bed
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Posted 2010-June-19, 15:43

oh. well that's so untrue that I just couldn't understand.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2010-June-19, 15:59

main()
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Posted 2010-June-19, 18:54

0 is a function? Now I've seen everything.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2010-June-19, 20:34

hanp, on Jun 17 2010, 04:17 AM, said:

Alright, exponential function is right up there in second place, but it was not on the list???

of course not, albert bartlett said the greatest shortcoming of humankind is its inability to undertand the exponetial function

no one likes it :)

View PostFree, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:

Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2010-June-20, 00:41

jdonn, on Jun 20 2010, 12:54 AM, said:

0 is a function? Now I've seen everything.

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Posted 2010-June-20, 01:26

http://www.kurzweila...tml?printable=1



An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view.


So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century -- it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The "returns," such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially.



Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light.
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Posted 2010-June-20, 07:03

And traffic jams that stretch to the moon, no doubt.
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Posted 2010-June-20, 08:25

mike*exp^(0.33112c), c=date in centuries


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Posted 2010-June-20, 08:40

Anything with an open bar.
When a deaf person goes to court is it still called a hearing?
What is baby oil made of?
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Posted 2010-June-20, 08:55

ggwhiz, on Jun 20 2010, 09:40 AM, said:

Anything with an open bar.

Ahhh..shecond thaat...
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Posted 2010-June-20, 11:21

mike777, on Jun 20 2010, 02:26 AM, said:

http://www.kurzweila...tml?printable=1



An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view.


So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century -- it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The "returns," such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially.



Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light.

you've been reading a lot of Vernor Vinge's works I see :D
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Posted 2010-June-22, 01:05

Weierstrass FTW.
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Posted 2010-June-22, 05:40

t |-> exp(-t^2/2)/sqrt(2pi) anyone?
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Posted 2010-June-22, 05:59

mike777 = constant.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-June-22, 06:16

hanp, on Jun 22 2010, 12:59 PM, said:

mike777 = constant.

I thought it was "jdonn <> change his mind" ?

Anyway I voted cosine for the same reason. Might have voted exponential when I was young and idealistic.
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Posted 2010-June-22, 06:37

Cosine? You are not that old yet.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-June-22, 06:58

Applying California election rules, I conclude that we should have a run-off between "WTF" and "something else".
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