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Re: Learning Mathematica with neat projects

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  • Subject: [mg118434] Re: Learning Mathematica with neat projects
  • From: "Christopher O. Young" <cy56 at comcast.net>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:34:12 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <ip8o9f$pjn$1@smc.vnet.net>

I'll looks into programming this. It's always been one of my favorite ideas
for a demo.

Chris Young
cy56 at comcast.net
IntuMath.org


On 4/27/11 5:39 AM, in article ip8o9f$pjn$1 at smc.vnet.net, "Sol Lederman"
<sol.lederman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have lots of ideas for interesting projects but not the skill (right now)
> to implement them. The next project I'd like to do is a Galton board as
> illustrated here: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~mai/java/stat/GaltonMachine.html.
> (The disks exercise is a way of warming up to the project.) Yes, there
> already exist Galton board demos in Mathematica but I like this particular
> style. The challenge is not just to code the design but to code it in such a
> way that uses simple Mathematica constructs that are easy to break into
> small pieces so that students can experience success and understanding along
> the way, and that are easy to explain to folks new to Mathematica.



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