Comments on: Awesome Problem http://shriphani.com/blog/2008/09/25/awesome-problem/ In Pursuit Of Truth and Beauty Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shriphani http://shriphani.com/blog/2008/09/25/awesome-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-11945 Shriphani Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:42:59 +0000 http://shriphani.com/blog/?p=234#comment-11945 :) :)

]]> By: Chao Xu http://shriphani.com/blog/2008/09/25/awesome-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-11941 Chao Xu Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:20:32 +0000 http://shriphani.com/blog/?p=234#comment-11941 I found assuming the asymptote to be 1.65 just because of the plot looks like so... very engineer like... I found assuming the asymptote to be 1.65 just because of the plot looks like so… very engineer like…

]]> By: Shriphani http://shriphani.com/blog/2008/09/25/awesome-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Shriphani Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:11:18 +0000 http://shriphani.com/blog/?p=234#comment-1458 Thanks for pointing that out. I have corrected the problem. Thanks for pointing that out. I have corrected the problem.

]]> By: Marius Gedminas http://shriphani.com/blog/2008/09/25/awesome-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1453 Marius Gedminas Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:40:21 +0000 http://shriphani.com/blog/?p=234#comment-1453 Your formula doesn't match your code. One sums k^2, the other 1/k^2. Python is nice for quick prototypes like this. In fact, your code can still be simplified a bit: def zetaValue(n): return sum(1.0/k**2 for k in xrange(1, n+1)) def makePlotRange(): num_list = range(1, 1001) range_list = map(zetaValue, num_list) return num_list, range_list etc. Your formula doesn’t match your code. One sums k^2, the other 1/k^2.

Python is nice for quick prototypes like this. In fact, your code can still be simplified a bit:

def zetaValue(n):
return sum(1.0/k**2 for k in xrange(1, n+1))

def makePlotRange():
num_list = range(1, 1001)
range_list = map(zetaValue, num_list)
return num_list, range_list

etc.

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