Comment Yeah (Score 1) 134
and OJ is going to find the killer.
and OJ is going to find the killer.
All analogies limp.
Wasn't the Batmobile atomic-powered?
For those with a bent toward Mathematica, GPU computing is baked into Version 8.
There's more information at http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/GPUComputing.html
In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm solely a long-time user, not a Wolfram employee.
As a resident of Indiana, I'm forever grateful to them. Passing the torch of legislative interference in the mathematical/scientific arts is *such* a relief.
I'm sorry I don't have a specific book or paper handy so that I might give you it's name, but based on my experience as a high school teacher, college instructor, and parent, I heartily recommend something on higher cardinalities.
Some specific topics would be:
- What does it mean for two infinite sets to have the same size?
- There are no more rational numbers than counting numbers.
- The size of the set of real numbers is larger than the size of the set of counting numbers.
- Some principles of transfinite arithmetic.
I've found that the material above, if presented fairly concretely, is well within the capabilities of high school students. Further, the concepts are odd-ball enough that they find it interesting. Well, some of them do.
If your question is any indication of your general work as a teacher, you're doing a great job. On behalf of the country, "Thanks".
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