Monthly Archives: December 2013

Pebbling a Checkerboard Game (Or Chessboard)

by Dan Posted on December 20, 2013

I happened upon this tweet when I got to work this morning: Freeing imprisoned clones: finally a use for geometric series that isn't about computing interest http://t.co/FpJWxO73xI @numberphile #math — Matt Caicco (@MatthewJCaicco) December 20, 2013 So I watched the … Continue reading →

Posted in Full Posts | Tagged processing, Programming, sequences and series | 4 Comments

Super Ball

by Dan Posted on December 6, 2013

From Wikipedia’s entry on Super Balls. Wham-O Executive Vice-president Richard P. Kerr said, “Each Super Ball bounce is 92% as high as the last. Will it ever stop bouncing? Geometric sequences and series anybody? edit: Amazon review of a superball: … Continue reading →

Posted in interesting stuff | Tagged geometric sequences, geometric series, precalc | 5 Comments

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A Recursive Process

Math teacher seeking patterns.

Monthly Archives: December 2013

Pebbling a Checkerboard Game (Or Chessboard)

Super Ball