Recent content by Kruidnootje

Yep and maybe one day I'll look back on this thread and be embarrassed by my moans.

well it took me 10 seconds to find the sqrt the old fashioned way, and 3 days to understand the simplified way...!

Tankyou, that's a good start, some practising on hand and I'll stick it to memory. However I was musing over this whole issue with the sqrt of 171 and wondering why on earth. Oh why why why did anyone ever come up with that manner of expressing the sqrt 171 as 3\sqrt{19} just seems a useless...

That's all fine Dan, but not possible for someone like me for I have no idea how to do that with large numbers. Unless you care to share with me a formula for finding these factors? Looking up in wolfram I see that the only factors for 171 are 3 19 and 57. So I presume all that you have is...

3 \sqrt{19} essentially means: (3*4.359) x (3*4.359) = 171 Now I understand it! So whenever you see a number preceding the SQRT sign you simply SQRT the number that is asking to be SQRT'ed IE \sqrt{19} then multiply that by the number preceding the SQRT sign then multiply the resultant two...

Thankyou for your help. I'll make a list of common codings in a text file and then copy and paste whenever I need them.

\sqrt.{}\sqrt(1000) Took all of breakfast and numerous edits but got there eventually, thankyou. \sqrt(171) = 13.1 I recognised the 3*19 before I posted. \sqrt(9) * \sqrt(19) = 13.1 Ok Logical so far...But that 3 \sqrt(19) makes no sense still?. Sorry, I have racked my brains trying to get...

2\sqrt{2} Hallo, thankyou, I know I'm a pain here but I did see these and nothing comes up in preview mode except the code. As you can see rom my post I tried this and left the code in the message. Also my preview does not work so I keep posting and then re-editing to check that all the code is...

\sqrt{\sqrt{}}Firstly, I have tried to work out the square root sign, I would have thought this common sign to be listed on the right. While checking my answer to the square root of 171 I noticed wolfram displayed also another function under the listing of "exact answer". It gave 3 with a...

Yes. Well this obviously not the first prime. So I had to clarify this as the first prime by the use of the word 'series' ie. 12345678901234567890 and so on. Thankyou I will give this a bash. But I now know that this is the first prime ever in this 'series' so just need to find out in what...

It is difficult to digest and understand the way you are writing, to a mathematician I am certain that all what you said makes sense. But I am not used to such phraseology when I am wanting to grasp a certain concept. I read your post at least 5 times and bits make sense. But the fundamental...

First you are right, I have to learn the Math 'Talk' language, unfortunately I am not coming from a maths back ground at all, but I will do my best. Secondly what I meant by finite measurement is that the circumference of a circle is finite, has an end. So my Logic suggested (seems reasonable...

Much appreciated Topsquark thankyou.

Pir2 (I am looking in the greek alphabet and geometry symbols and can not find the symbol for pi that looks anything like pi when in preview mode) Sorry. If Pi is the ratio of a circumference to the diameter of a circle and geometrically this gives the perfect measurement of a circumference...

Ok got it. Made many a mistake. But the light is on. Thanks.