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Winston Davids, 1969 - Trinity College Valedictorian - 1970; known endeavor: actuarial contributions to The Donald; since has contacted me and sadly is quite ill. Ask prayers for recovery; thanks for his brilliance and music.

Aug 17, 2010 9:37am
fuckyeahmath:


Book Stacking Problem How far can a stack of n books protrude over the edge of a table without the stack falling over? It turns out that the maximum overhang possible dn for n books (in terms of book lengths) is half the nth partial sum of the harmonic series.


Real Estate, Design, Environment
Notice that as the &#8216;arch&#8217; widens, a steeper beginning curve is produced, characteristic of the parabolic arch. Lovely.

fuckyeahmath:

Book Stacking Problem
How far can a stack of n books protrude over the edge of a table without the stack falling over? It turns out that the maximum overhang possible dn for n books (in terms of book lengths) is half the nth partial sum of the harmonic series.

Real Estate, Design, Environment

Notice that as the ‘arch’ widens, a steeper beginning curve is produced, characteristic of the parabolic arch. Lovely.

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