On Being Approximate |
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What is being approximate?
Why be approximate?
It gives you more tools, and generally makes things easier.
How do you do it?
How to simplify a number
(Rounding | Order of magnitude | Exponential Notation | Memorable numbers )
Working with uncertainty
( Bounding | Honesty)
The power of approximation
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"What order of magnitude is ..." game
| Easy math with exponential notation
and orders of magnitude
| Fermi Questions
| Developing "deep" understanding
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Comments encouraged. - Mitchell N Charity <mcharity@lcs.mit.edu> |