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9

Oct 30, 2010 some comments

John Cook’s 7 post reminded me of 9 It is 1am and I cannot sleep; therefore I think (which may be at the root of my problem). For your entertainment, I give you the number nine. I am currently obsessed with 9, and this blog represents a small fraction of the reasons why. The number […]

Modus Ponens

Nov 21, 2007

What is Modus Ponens? Latin: mode that affirms Modus Ponens, also known as Implication-Elimination, is an inference rule stating simply that given an implication and the presence of its premise, the consequent can be taken as true. In formal terms, Modus Ponens is generally written as: a => B, a B Of course, the => […]

Playing with Pi

Feb 11, 2005

The following patterns can be found in Pi: My birth date at position 96,687,991 after the decimal point. Yuki’s birth date at position 43,795,448 after the decimal point. Our first date at position 45,459,666 after the decimal point. Our marriage occurs at position 4,155,203 (w/o leading zero). Sept. 11 at position 69,791,404 after the decimal […]

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