Friday, December 18th, 2009
Finding the Canonical Form of an Object
Description
A detailed tutorial of finding the canonical form of an object. Step by step tutorial including several examples of finding the canonical form of an object for reference.
Overview
Canonical form is also referred to as normal form or standard form. The canonical form of an object is a standard way of presenting that object. The process of finding a canonical form of something is referred to as canonization. Sometimes the word canonicalization is used instead. Canonical forms of objects are closly linked to differential forms of equations and numbers, and equivalence relations.
Tags: canonical, canonicalization, canonization, differential, discrete math, equation, equivalence, finding, form, normal, number, object, presenting, process, relations, standard
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
An Overview of Magic Squares
Description
A detailed tutorial of magic squares. Step by step tutorial including several examples of magic squares for reference.
Overview
Magic squares are a fun mathematical trick and puzzle. It is an arrangement such as 3×3, 4×4, or any other nxn pattern of numbers. Typically a magic square will contain any of the integers between 1 and n^2. Magic squares are set up so that all rows and columns, and both diagonals, add up to the same constant. It does not matter what constant it is, as long as all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same one.
Tags: arithmetic, column, constant, diagonal, integer, magic, n!, normal, number, perfect, real, row, square, sum, word
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