1.3, due on September 11
1. (Difficult) Answer the question "Did you carefully read the entire assignment, and what was the most difficult part of the material for you?" Note that "nothing" is not an acceptable answer. If nothing challenges you, then you should think about the material at a deeper level and generate some honest questions.
I did read the assignment. The most difficult part to understand was following where all of the bits were going while describing bit notation. Most specifically, trying to follow the representations of exponents as negatives or positives for position shifting had me lost.
2. (Reflective) Write something reflective about the reading. This could be the answer to the question "What was the most interesting part of the material?" or "How does this material connect to something else you have learned in mathematics?" or "How is this material useful/relevant to your intellectual or career interests?"
I hadn't ever considered before the effect of base 2 round-of error on financial computations. Given the high level of accuracy required, it would be interesting to me to know how people have made the base 10 operations work in a binary system. Also, it is good to know they have, as I rather like my bank accounts to be accurate!
I did read the assignment. The most difficult part to understand was following where all of the bits were going while describing bit notation. Most specifically, trying to follow the representations of exponents as negatives or positives for position shifting had me lost.
2. (Reflective) Write something reflective about the reading. This could be the answer to the question "What was the most interesting part of the material?" or "How does this material connect to something else you have learned in mathematics?" or "How is this material useful/relevant to your intellectual or career interests?"
I hadn't ever considered before the effect of base 2 round-of error on financial computations. Given the high level of accuracy required, it would be interesting to me to know how people have made the base 10 operations work in a binary system. Also, it is good to know they have, as I rather like my bank accounts to be accurate!
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