Thursday, December 29, 2011

Infinite Series

Today i learned about infinite series. A series is a set of numbers that have a relationship with each other. The terms of a series are often produced according to a certain rule, such as a formula or a algorithm. I also learned about fractals which have bin defined as a rough geometric shape that can be split into parts each of  which is a reduced sized copy of the whole a property called self similarity. The word fractal comes from the Latin word fractus which means fractured or broken. Then  there are apollonian  gaskets or apollonian nets which are fractals generated from triples of circles that are tangent to the other two. It is named after the Greek mathematician  Apollonius of Perga. The way i learned  about all this was by watching this video Infinite sereis video. Thank you for reading.

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  1. You know what I like about homeschooling, you get to learn all those amazing things most kids have no idea about. You are one lucky guy!

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