One of my pastimes is watching math videos. I was a terrible math student, but I enjoy the videos. Occasionally a concept is presented that I can program in C. This month’s Exercise covers one of these concepts. I wrote about base conversion<\/a> briefly back in 2020, and also about For example, a series runs: 1, -1, 3, -3, 6, -6, and so on. Programming such a series can be done in a number of ways. Often what’s necessary is a method to generate output alternating between values of 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, and so on. Coding such a loop is your challenge for this month’s Exercise:<\/p>\n Write a loop that outputs 14 values, alternating between positive one and negative one. here’s output from my solution:<\/p>\n It seems like a simple task, but as with all programming multiple methods exist to generate the same results. Consider it a brain exercise.<\/p>\n Please try to code a solution on your own before you view my solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes in math, things happen like this: +1 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 Continue reading
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\nIn this case, the video<\/a> covered presenting values in different bases. The bases include fractions, negative numbers, square roots, and even e<\/em> and π. I find such thought experiments to be stimulating and refreshing.<\/p>\n
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