Too Much Cookies Network » maths http://www.toomuchcookies.net Das krümelige Weblog - live aus der Parallelgesellschaft .. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:00:59 +0000 de hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Warum Mathematiker Selbstmord begehen.. http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1424/warum-mathematiker-selbstmord-begehen.htm http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1424/warum-mathematiker-selbstmord-begehen.htm#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:52:42 +0000 Omar http://www.toomuchcookies.net/?p=1424 Wir haben uns alle schon gefragt, warum Mathematiker Selbstmord begehen. Aber wie sollten sie das nicht tun, wenn sie mit derartigen Grausamkeiten konfrontiert werden?

]]> http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1424/warum-mathematiker-selbstmord-begehen.htm/feed 3 Easter and Ramadan http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1257/easter-and-ramadan.htm http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1257/easter-and-ramadan.htm#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:03:09 +0000 Omar http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1257/easter-and-ramadan.htm It's interesting to notice, that christians would have the same problems in finding easter. I just read an article about easter calculation and at some point i thought i know the whole problem of having to supply dates for events based on natural (mostly lunar) calendar in a world dominated by a rather artificial calendar.

The FAQ Site explains the date-choosing for easter like this:

The calculation of Easter is complicated because it is linked to (an inaccurate version of) the Hebrew calendar.

]]> http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1257/easter-and-ramadan.htm/feed 1 Lazy and Impractical Mathematicians http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1234/lazy-and-impractical-mathematicians.htm http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1234/lazy-and-impractical-mathematicians.htm#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:53:11 +0000 Omar http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1234/lazy-and-impractical-mathematicians.htm http://www.toomuchcookies.net/archives/1234/lazy-and-impractical-mathematicians.htm/feed 6