Hi... I'm a programmer, and I think I can solve a particular problem I'm having a lot easier if I only had a little more knowledge in math. Perhaps one of you can point me in the right direction so I can teach myself what I want to know.
The concept is this:
You have a set of discrete points...
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I'm trying to create my own version of the Sieve of Atkin for my Algorithm class final project, but ran into a wall. I want to be able to create a method of algorithmically finding the number of integer coordinate pair solutions such that x > 0 and y > 0 for the following equations...
Ok, so I just found out that gravity travels at exactly the speed of light. I had previously thought that it must travel instantaneously because it's directly related to mass, which is an "instantaneous" value, in my mind. I see how I was wrong now.
My question now is why the speed of light...