exponential growth – emergent math

05/18/2012 Geoff algebra, atmospheric science, exponential growth, misleading graphs, sine waves

Thought Experiment: I bet you could teach an entire math course with this one graph.

Or at least a huge chunk of an Algebra, Stats, and/or Pre-Cal course.

04/27/201101/20/2014 Geoff algebra, exponential growth, statistics, tasks

Do NFL teams actually use that draft pick chart when trading draft picks?

The 2011 National Football League draft of players is tomorrow, and I was inspired by a really interesting post over on Mr. Honner's blog regarding the NFL Draft Pick Trade Value chart and exponential decay. The gist is this: somewhere, sometime, someone came up with a chart that assigned a numerical value to every pick … Continue reading Do NFL teams actually use that draft pick chart when trading draft picks?

03/03/201103/03/2011 Geoff exponential growth

Can you predict how many followers @charliesheen has right now? ; Exponential growth? (Part 1)

Sometime on March 1, 2011, Charlie Sheen joined twitter at the suggestion of Piers Morgan, who is apparently some type of person. By the time I was alerted of the existence of a @charliesheen twitter feed, it was 4:04 PM Mountain Standard Time. Sheen had yet to tweet, but already had somehow amassed over 100,000 followers. He … Continue reading Can you predict how many followers @charliesheen has right now? ; Exponential growth? (Part 1)