Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] digitized point smoothing algorithm

Chris,

Thank you for the advice. I will ask him that. He taught me a few things
the other night. It got me excited to realize that maybe there is hope that
I can learn more of these mathematical and geometric things. I came to
realize that I just did not know what some of the symbols meant, for example
bold variables that related to vectors, represented both the x and y terms.
None of the algorithims made any sense to me without that basic information.
I think your comment may encourage others like me to press on too. Thanks,

Tom Eldredge

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Stratton <stratton@...>
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] digitized point smoothing algorithm


> > I was advised by my Prof. friend at UMR to get a text book on analytic
> > geometry, which I plan to do. Calculus is over my head at this point.
>
> Tom,
>
> People assume that calculus is hard because the problems they had in
> school involved a lot of messy algebra. But the actual principals are
> trivial, and the problems you will encounter in real life are either
> dead simple, or so hard that you simply ask the computer to
> approximate things for you.
>
> Ask your professor friend to show you how to differentiate a
> polynomial. Have him show you what it looks like graphically. I
> think you'll find it far easier to understand than the analytic
> geometry text. Textbooks are in my opinion a waste of time and money,
> as the first thing you have to do is learn to ignore 90% of what they
> say in order to extract the basic info. A good teacher is far, far,
> better.
>
> Chris
>
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