[Edu-sig] How do we tell truths that might hurt

[Kirby Urner]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edu-sig-bounces at python.org [mailto:edu-sig-bounces at python.org] On
> Behalf Of Terry Hancock
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 5:06 PM
> To: edu-sig at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] How do we tell truths that might hurt
> 
> On Saturday 24 April 2004 05:43 pm, Arthur wrote:
> > > I'd say it was about as easy, if not easier than writing a
> > > function kepler() to solve the (transcendental) inverse of
> > > Kepler's equation (solves M = E - e * sin(E) for 'E', i.e.
> > > E = kepler(M)). Which was the first real program I ever
> > > wrote in FORTRAN (at least the first one that ever compiled).
> > >

I found a C program that does kepler(m) -- so far I'm not feeling motivated
to rewrite it in Python (just compiling it using gcc is more fun for me). 
http://barnyard.syr.edu/quickies/kepler.c 

With material like this, one requires additional background i.e. what it's
used for etc.  

I recall doing a Newton's Method curriculum segment in Python awhile back --
certainly there'd be ways to redevelop this turf to make it Python friendly.

Kirby