November 2008 - mathfun@mailman.xmission.com

Re: [math-fun] DLMF -- online successor to Abramowitz & Stegun book
by Dan Asimov 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Fred, at least as important to me as who said what someone comments on is *what* is being commented on. (I get a lot of e-mail.) Perhaps the relevant portion(s) could be quoted. Thanks, Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele

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Re: [math-fun] DLMF -- online successor to Abramowitz & Stegun book
by Dan Asimov 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Rich wrote: << ... I was looking it over, and came away strangely dissatisfied. I was trying to put my finger on why, but I can't really explain it. The website doesn't have the same thrill as flipping through the book. ... >> This has occurred to me with other sites, too -- that it's almost always clunky to try to get the same feel for a website (such as today's NY Times at < nytimes.com >) as one would get by browsing a book or newspaper. I hope this drawback is overcome soon -- a fix seems well within the scope of today's technology. --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele

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Re: [math-fun] Distance ratio question
by Dan Asimov 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

David, Thanks for your info re the two circle-packing problems. This is tricky stuff; it seemed like there was a simple argument showed they are equivalent. As for your problem with getting your posts posted in math-fun, the person to contact about that is Rich at <rschroe(a)sandia.gov>, who is the list's founder and manager. Good luck. --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele

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