Maxwell's House 19

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Maxwell's House Episode 19

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ray Maxwell Topic: Higher Math and Analog Computing Recorded: March 26, 2009 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Pre Show 2 Topics 3 Websites 4 Notable Comments 5 Production Notes

Pre Show

Recaps on newly release information on the Continental crash.

Topics

Higher Math and Analog Computers 1. How do people think? a. Right brain and Left brain 2. How is math taught? a. Theoretical math b. Applied math 3. What is an Engineer? 4. Mathematical thinking vs. Graphical thinking a. Murray Gell-Mann quarks b. Richard Feynman Quantum electrodynamics c. Feynman diagrams d. Feynman’s Lost Lecture

i. Proves Kepler’s Law using only geometry

5. Some electronic componets a. Resistor-resists the flow of current b. Capacitor-passes AC, blocks DC c. Inductor-passes DC, blocks AC d. Operational Amplifer e. Cold war mistake 6. How do I think about Integration and Differentiation? a. Amplifier b. Adder c. Integrator d. Differentiator 7. Real world application a. Finish assembling a Heathkit Analog computer b. Short range radio ranging c. Position d. Derivative of position is velocity e. Derivative of position is acceleration f. I worked with a group of graduate students 8. Fourier Transforms a. Time domain b. Frequency domain 9. Application to images a. Filter out large or small…low and high frequency b. Stochastic screens

Websites

Notable Comments

Again Ray is using Go To Meeting for screen sharing and Skype for video/audio

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