17 Equations That Changed the World

[knight1fox3]

Not a bad list. But they did leave out Euler's critical load equation for buckling.

And d@mn you Fourier Transforms.... ldman:

 

[NJmike PE]

I believe that my boss deals solely with #5 and it is my job to make it both real and rational.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Red X. You disappoint me Fox...

 

[FLBuff PE]

Great...now I'm twitching. Thanks a lot, KF.

 

[YMZ PE]

Really? Euler's Formula for Polyhedra, but not a single Bernoulli equation? You disappoint me Ian Stewart.

 

[knight1fox3]

Red X. You disappoint me Fox...

How about now?

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Now I can't see it.

 

[snickerd3]

wait...I could see something others couldn't??!!!

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I can see it now. Post #1 is still a red X, but #7 is good.

 

[mudpuppy]

And d@mn you Fourier Transforms.... ldman:

Dude, would you really rather do convolution?

 

[YMZ PE]

Speaking of transforms, does everyone remember these days?

 

[Sapper PE LS]

Ha! YMZ yes and I remember the blackboards that the equations were written on too!

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Speaking of transforms, does everyone remember these days?

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Oh, God, yes.

I had one professor go through some great long math process, which may or may not have included fast Fourier transforms, and when I was well into my stupor, he wrote BAOG on th board, and the final answer.

We are all looking at each other, mouthing, "WTF is BAOG?" Finally someone asked. I was expecting some odd latin math term, but the guy said, "By Act Of God. You weren't following the derivation, you were never going to figure it out at home, and you really don't need it. So, by act of God, there's the final equation."