[Edu-sig] Doing Math with Python at PyCon Education Seminar

[Amit Saha]

Hello Kirby,

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:33 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great talk Amit!
>
> You were great dealing with an overtaxed kernel under time pressure, and
> really moved through a lot of substantive material, not wasting any time at
> all.
>
> Here's a screen shot exhibit of me tweeting to followers about your talk
> just now, with a link both to Youtube and back to here, this edu-sig
> archives:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/Km1ZZ7

Thank you! I think i have to start using Jupyter more so that I know
how to make the best use of it or troubleshoot it when it hangs and
even a kernel restart won;t help! But really love how it allows me to
show the code and output together. I started using a custom.css file
to increase the font size, so definitely improvement for me.


>
> "Math is an endless source of things to program and programming in itself is
> a useful skill-building activity" is my soft sell.
>
> The hard sell being "programming opens more doors into mathematics than
> other media, and aids the imagination more directly".
>
> Especially true when we add such as Pi3D and VPython, along with ray tracing
> (e.g. POV-ray [1]) to graphical equation plotting, thereby getting into
> Mandelbulb territory (a kind of 3D Mandelbrot).
>
> The graphical and the lexical blend together.  Python helps us make "math
> cartoons" (that's not the only thing it does, but I've found it helpful in
> getting me there).
>
> Also good job showing off MathJax rendering mathematics with beautiful
> typography, in a way many self-respecting mathematicians hope to see it. [2]

Indeed, you add very nice points! I discovered the typography and the
ability to zoom in while I was working on this.

Best Wishes,
Amit.
>
> Kirby
>
> [1] http://4dsolutions.net/ocn/numeracy0.html
>
> [2]
> http://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/Notebook/Typesetting%20Equations.html
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Amit Saha <amitsaha.in at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I spoke at the PyCon Australia Education Seminar. I really loved the
>> energy of all the speakers. All the talks are here at:
>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs4CJRBY5F1Jh6fFqT1p5TZRx5q06CcaR
>>
>> My talk is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJOt4QQgx0A  with the
>> slides and demos here at
>> https://github.com/doingmathwithpython/pycon-au-2016
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Amit.
>
>



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