MikeTateMath (@miketatemath): "John Napier gave us two things in the 1610s: logarithms, and a set of rods that turned multiplication into diagonal addition. The bones are a mechanical precursor to diagonalization—the same structure that runs through Cantor, Gödel, Turing, and matrix theory. Play with them: …"

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John Napier gave us two things in the 1610s: logarithms, and a set of rods that turned multiplication into diagonal addition.

The bones are a mechanical precursor to diagonalization—the same structure that runs through Cantor, Gödel, Turing, and matrix theory.

Play with them:

#HistoryOfMath #ComputationalThinking #NapiersBones

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MikeTateMath.org: Napier’s Bones

Napier’s Bones: Mechanical Multiplication Made Elegant Discover the ingenious 17th-century invention by John Napier that transformed arithmetic into a tactile experience. Using rods inscribed with …

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