today Google is celebrating something ... and as usual insyaAllah ... curiosity does not kill this cat ...
it's about this guy ...
of course i remember him ... and many similar others ... in mathematics
equations ... equations ... equations ... functions ... transform (bukan PM Najib's transformation ye) ...
(please see actual formula in link above)
anddddd ... I lost it!
I lost to Calculus in Year 1 of Bachelor years ...
i just scraped through ... and got through AlhamduLillah ...
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let's see what about mathematics that are so out of this world ... for some ... but part of the daily menu for others ...
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when i read through wikipedia's history of Euler (sounds like oiler) ... i realized this interest and expertise was nurtured ... it was part of his Daily Menu so to speak ...
he was brilliant no doubt ... great memory ... but he was also surrounded and guided and his brain stimulated by masters in that and related fields ...
since young the brain was challenged at all times ... to think!
(unlike my tendency to avoid thinking ... that's why I lost it ... hehe)
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a bit about him ... and what he did ...
hmmm ... i think i would be remembered by my Irrational Number ... the infinite no of times that i have gone irrational ... hehe
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and the most beautiful formula ...
(please see this beauty in link above)
called "the most remarkable formula in mathematics" by
Richard P. Feynman,
for its single uses of the notions of addition, multiplication,
exponentiation, and equality, and the single uses of the important
constants 0, 1,
e,
i and
Ï€.
[26] In 1988, readers of the
Mathematical Intelligencer voted it "the Most Beautiful Mathematical Formula Ever".
[27]
weiii ... formula pun lawa wei ... kenapa cikgu tak cakap macam ni dulu ... siapa tak suka benda yang lawa ye ... ish
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Eyesight deterioration
Euler's
eyesight worsened throughout his mathematical career. Three years after suffering a near-fatal
fever in 1735 he became nearly blind in his right eye, but Euler rather blamed his condition on the painstaking work on
cartography
he performed for the St. Petersburg Academy. Euler's sight in that eye
worsened throughout his stay in Germany, so much so that Frederick
referred to him as "
Cyclops". Euler later suffered a
cataract
in his good left eye, rendering him almost totally blind a few weeks
after its discovery in 1766. Even so, his condition appeared to have
little effect on his productivity, as he compensated for it with his
mental calculation skills and
photographic memory.
For example, Euler could repeat the Aeneid of Virgil
from beginning to end without hesitation, and for every page in the
edition he could indicate which line was the first and which the last.
With the aid of his scribes, Euler's productivity on many areas of study
actually increased. He produced on average one mathematical paper every
week in the year 1775.
[3]
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... now in this respect i was reminded of a Qur'an Hafiz who defended his PhD thesis ...
when answering queries from the examiners he would direct them to the actual page no in which the matter was discussed ... he has memorised more less his thesis hehe ...
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i believe Quran memorising helps thinking and cognitive development a great deal ... this is why i appreciate in what's being done in Brunei Darussalam Yayasan Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah ... developing Hafiz and Hafizah and mastering the arts and the science ... AlhamduLillah ...
i am sorry i am not familiar with the Malaysian situation ... my familiarity with the Brunei situation is through my dearest sister, Hajjah R's children's experience
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end of today's learning from history and real experience ... :)
thank you
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i love that animation about the constant Pi ... do it outside with gelung rotan or balls of different sizes (anything round for that matter ... pinggan pun boleh ... update baru lepas makan kejap ni ...:) with the children ... measure, calculate and prove ... sure they'll love it ...
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check email ... jumpa pula ni ... share jugalah ... looks yummy ...
