Programming Prolegomenon 1: Mathematical Syntax

Programming tutorial for complete and utter beginners. Lesson 1 covers entering mathematical expressions.

Features: opening a terminal, starting up bc, entering basic arithmetic, Fermat near-miss, pi approximations, real vs integer math, modulo operator, Fermat's Little Theorem, prime testing.


Related links:

bc for Windows (get the complete package):
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bc.htm
Fermat's Last Theorem:
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.fermat.html
Fermat near-misses:
http://www.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/ferm.html
pi approximations:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PiApproximations.html
Fermat's Little Theorem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_of_Fermat%27s_little_theorem
Sophie Germain:
http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/germain.htm
Srinivasa Ramanujan:
http://www.nadn.navy.mil/Users/math/meh/ramanujan.html


This video was made using the programs recordmydesktop, Lives, Audacity, Gimp, Latex, and of course bc.

Category:

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Tags:

• computer
• programming
• coding
• tutorial
• learn
• bc
• Pierre
• Fermat
• Little
• Theorem
• Sophie
• Germain
• Srinivasa
• Ramanujan
• pi
• modulo

[YTMrVulcan]

The video keeps stopping @3:12.

[Robbie10538]

Nice.

[alecdelu83]

Very interesting video!!

Thanks, Alex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

[MohamedHusain]

Man, you're awesome!