Mathscinotes
An engineer trying to figure out how the world works ...
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
Top Posts & Pages
Blogs Series
Mathcad Community Member
Member of the Mathcad Community
Copyright Notice
© Mark Biegert and Math Encounters, 2013. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Mark Biegert and Math Encounters with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Beamforming Math
Introduction I was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week and spent a lot of time talking to various silicon vendors about their wireless offerings. During these discussions, the topic of beamforming came up numerous times. Beamforming maximizes the … Continue reading
Approximation Math
Introduction Back in 2003, I used an approximation for the logarithm function in a hardware application. When originally implemented, the function only had to work for a limited range of input. Recently, a customer has requested that we expand the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, General Mathematics
Leave a comment
Electronics for Kids
One of our software engineers asked me today if I could recommend any educational material that he could use to train his kids in basic electronics. As far as I am concerned, the best material I have ever seen for … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics
Leave a comment
Great Demonstration of Harmonic Motion
One of the engineers was sending this around today. I thought it was amazing.
Posted in General Science
Leave a comment
Nuclear Battery Math
Introduction My sons always tease me about my interest in space. In order to understand my interest in space, you need to understand what it was like being a boy during the 1960s. I had my own “October Sky” boyhood. … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Electronics
7 Comments
Worked PageRank Example
Introduction One of my sons asked me if I could work through a PageRank calculation example a couple of different ways (algebraic and iterative). It was an interesting exercise and I thought it would be worth documenting here. I used … Continue reading
Bolide Meteor Sighting
I saw a bolide meteor while driving out to Montana last week. For those who are not familiar with bolide meteors, the Wikipedia has a nice description. The word bolide comes from the Greek βολίς (bolis) [2] which can mean … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy
Leave a comment
