Archive for 'mathematics'

What's in a word? From nowhere to software

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by guilhermesilveira.

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How careful should we be when borrowing words from the scientific world without paying proper attention to its meaning? Its a common and good practice to borrow words in order to create meaningful metaphors which can better describe our point. It is fine to take an already existing word or sentence and create a totally [...]

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Fractals in cloud computing with Google App Engine

Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by guilhermesilveira.

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While studying math methods as a minor in my applied math course, I had a mentor, Eduardo Colli, who helped me teaching the math requirements to implement a desktop based discrete dynamical systems software, Pulga. In the dynamical systems area – usually non-linears – people started talking about caothic behaviour of particles and one of [...]

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Agile methods and Mathematics

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by guilhermesilveira.

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The Agile Brazil 2009 meeting gave me something really nice to think about (and play with).For those who still do not know, I have studied Applied Math at USP and switched to Computer Applied Math. During my earlier years at the university, I have had a mentor who had his specialization in dynamical systems and [...]

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