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Todays Geometry Project .. A Regular Heptadecagon
one_rod:
That's a great animation, but for me it brings back too many horrible memories. Hunched over a huge wooden drawing board, sometime in the 1970's, being taught Engineering Drawing the old fashioned way.
You were expected to remember a lot of those "Standard Constructions" and do them from memory in the exams.
I actually used to be quite proud of my drawing skills. Now I'm just glad I don't get to use them anymore.
The modern method is better.
Load AutoCad
Click on the Polygon button.
Enter the number of sides.
Enter the diameter.
Specify Inscribed or Circumscribed.
Hit Return.
Job done, in less time than it takes to sharpen your pencil. :thumbup:
one_rod.
mklotz:
CAD is great if all you want is a quick solution to a problem but I have yet to meet anyone who learned anything about mathematics from a CAD program. Sadly, these days everyone seems intent on actively avoiding learning anything about math. It doesn't bode well for our collective future.
Bluechip:
I quite like Math(s), sorry UK version.
Did it to O level at school, then some more at Tech.
Usual stuff for electrical engineering and whatnot. mostly Trig and the bits of Calculus that were relevant.
Then even did some more voluntarily in the late eighties/early ninties with the Open University. Little swot ... :lol:
I found it very absorbing, my only regret is not taking it further. No particlar advantage job wise, not at the age (45 ish) I was then anyway. Past it.
I shredded all the assignments about 2 yrs ago.
Culture shock that was.
One tutor marked assignment on Matrix Algebra ..... got 96% :bugeye:
Absolute gibberish . Yet it was my handwriting, and I don't remember sub-contracting the stuff out. So it must have been me !
Use it or lose it Eh ??
We're doomed Ah tell ye. DOOMED !!
Ah well, it all ends somewhere. In the Old Folk's Home, with somebody scraping my breakfast off my pullover ...
Dave BC
z3t4:
Might have known that Gauss was behind it all.
Thanks for the post. Nice one!
John
Bluechip:
Hi John
Manchester eh?
Introduce thassen then lad.
We like piccys .... :worthless: and any amount of :beer: you care to buy for us ...
Gauss ??
I know him!! :thumbup:
British bloke, drives a little blue van with a picture of a flame on it ...
Gets around a bit, see him all over the place.
Wonder what he does ??
Dave BC
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