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Mathematics: The Most Minunderstood Subject

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:15:05 -0500

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Re: Mathematics: The Most Minunderstood Subject

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:56:52 -0500

Which is probably why adding Mathematics or Arithmetics and Domain-specific libraries or standards (JSRs) to Java has been misunderstood by almost everybody, even otherwise respected EC Members, too ;-/

Editorial Control...

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:42:21 -0500

Although Richard asserts it's a typo, I actually thought it was somewhat clever and left it in. I too wasn't sure if it was intentional or not, but it is indeed amusing.

Mathematics: The Most Minunderstood Subject

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:41:19 -0500

I typoed. I try to cut and paste alot but sometimes it's faster to just retype it, and I'm not that good as a typist.

Mathematics: The Most Minunderstood Subject

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:00:34 -0500

I love the typo in the title. I can't tell if it's a subtle math joke or just bad editorial control. Either way makes me giggle.

I hated math

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:43:41 -0500

At least in The Netherlands (probably in other states as well), CS at the University grew out of the Math education. So around 1985 or so, CS was still 80% Math. In 1993 at least till 1998 it was still a full 50% pure mathematics in the Bachelor phase...

Mathematics: The Most Minunderstood Subject

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:29:01 -0500

Dr. Robert H. Lewis, Fordham University, wrote up a paper called "Mathematics: The Most Misunderstood Subject." It explains the...