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neilparker62 replied to the thread Insights AI Enriched Problem Solving.May I respectfully submit that the article did not have any intention to compare human solutions with AI solutions nor indeed to compare...
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neilparker62 replied to the thread Solve the quadratic equation involving sum and product.The roots of the equation in part (i) are the same as the roots in part (ii). Since in both cases we have equations of the form ax^2 +...
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neilparker62 replied to the thread Insights Remote Operated Gate Control System.Thanks for the comment(s). Re functions: Yes - the AI engine wanted to go that way but I got a little confused by all the "defs" it came...
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neilparker62 reacted to Paul Colby's post in the thread Insights Remote Operated Gate Control System with
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Cool project. State machines can be very effective. I find the design pattern used here kinda ugly. For certain, it works, but an... -
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I finished - and printed - my collection of short stories! There Be Monsters A collection of fantastical maritime-themed short stories...
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neilparker62 replied to the thread Prove that ## 4\tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{5}\right]- \tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{239}\right]= \dfrac{π}{4}##."All in one" derivation of compound angle formulae - based on the video construction.
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neilparker62 replied to the thread Prove that ## 4\tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{5}\right]- \tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{239}\right]= \dfrac{π}{4}##.Neat geometric derivation of ##\tan(A+B)=\frac{\tan A + \tan B}{1-\tan A \tan B}## if we divide all terms in ##\frac{ay+bx}{by-ax}## by...
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neilparker62 reacted to Steve4Physics's post in the thread Prove that ## 4\tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{5}\right]- \tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{239}\right]= \dfrac{π}{4}## with
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For an essentially geometric proof (no standard trig' identities used) see this 3 minute (appox.) video. -
neilparker62 replied to the thread Prove that ## 4\tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{5}\right]- \tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{1}{239}\right]= \dfrac{π}{4}##.$$\tan x=\frac{1}{5} \implies \tan2x=\frac{5}{12} \implies \tan4x=\frac{120}{119}$$ $$\tan \left( \tan^{-1} \left( \frac{1}{239}...
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neilparker62 commented on neilparker62's profile post.It will highlight your solution as well as illustrate a treasure trove of underlying geometry 'dug up' by AI. I will include an...
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neilparker62 commented on neilparker62's profile post.Ok - so what I was thinking of doing is writing a short article on one of your many interesting posts and subsequent threads...
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They've said that about programmers and the people who worked as computers. We see an efficiency, adopt the new tech. Some folks lose...
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neilparker62 commented on neilparker62's profile post.Hi again. I don't think there is anything like an "official" pf letterhead since it's just a website. But you can check with @Greg...
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neilparker62 left a message on chwala's profile.Hi. Did you get your reference from someone on PF ? I can write something like I see you regularly posting interesting Maths/geometry...
