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More maths fun

By on January 29, 2008

It’s no Gomboc, but the boy produced this earlier today using a maths renderer.

pi-times-x-cubed-times-y.png

The function is f(x,y) = (πx3)×y

He also thinks you all should know about Acid2, which test your browser to see if it is latest-standards compliant.

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2 responses to “More maths fun”

  1. Beppie
    Beppie January 29, 2008 at 4:03 pm |

    Eeep! My understanding of calculus never went beyond two dimensions!

    *brain hurts*

    *is very impressed with your boy*

  2. tigtog
    tigtog January 29, 2008 at 5:37 pm | *

    I think he was mostly just plugging in any old maths expression he could think of and seeing what picture came up, but at least it’s got his curiosity going.

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