Further negative results regarding the use of continued fractions for digital computer arithmetic /

Mode of access: Internet.

On a negative result regarding the use of continued fractions for digital computer arithmetic /

Includes bibliographical references.

The use of Riccati equation in digital computer arithmetic /

Includes bibliographical references.

Practising Arithmetic Using Educational Video Games with an Interpersonal Computer

Studies show the positive effects that video games can have on student performance and attitude towards learning. In the past few years, strategies have been generated to optimize the use of technological resources with the aim of facilitating widespread adoption of technology in the classroom. Given its low acquisition and maintenance costs, the interpersonal computer allows individual interaction and simultaneous learning with large groups of students. The purpose of this work was to compare arithmetical knowledge acquired by third-grade students through the use of game-based activities and non-game-based activities using an interpersonal computer, with knowledge acquired through the use of traditional paper-and-pencil activities, and to analyze their impact in various socio-cultural contexts. To do this, a quasi-experimental study was conducted with 271 students in three different countries (Brazil, Chile, and Costa Rica), in both rural and urban schools. A set of educational games for practising arithmetic was developed and tested in six schools within these three countries. Results show that there were no significant differences (ANCOVA) in the learning acquired from game-based vs. non-game-based activities. However, both showed a significant difference when compared with the traditional method. Additionally, both groups using the interpersonal computer showed higher levels of student interest than the traditional method group, and these technological methods were seen to be especially effective in increasing learning among weaker students.

Illiac III computer system manual : arithmetic units; volume 2 /

Author of vol. 1 is Daniel E. Atkins.

Spreadsheet Conditional Formatting Illuminates Investigations into Modular Arithmetic

Modular arithmetic has often been regarded as something of a mathematical curiosity, at least by those unfamiliar with its importance to both abstract algebra and number theory, and with its numerous applications. However, with the ubiquity of fast digital computers, and the need for reliable digital security systems such as RSA, this important branch of mathematics is now considered essential knowledge for many professionals. Indeed, computer arithmetic itself is, ipso facto, modular. This chapter describes how the modern graphical spreadsheet may be used to clearly illustrate the basics of modular arithmetic, and to solve certain classes of problems. Students may then gain structural insight and the foundations laid for applications to such areas as hashing, random number generation, and public-key cryptography.

Calculation Methodology for Flexible Arithmetic Processing

Paper submitted to the IFIP International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SOC), Darmstadt, Germany, 2003.

A study in the design of an arithmetic element for serial processing in a linear iterative structure /

Vita.

A limited connection arithmetic unit.

Vita.

The status of investigations into the use of continued fractions for computer hardware /

Bibliography: p. 29.

An arithmetic unit for on-line computation /

Vita.

Arithmetic unit of Illiac III: simulation and logical design, part II,

Pt 1, by Daniel E. Atkins, issued as File no. 713 of the University of Illinois Dept. of Computer Science in 1966.

Block sum register and burst arithmetic/

Typescript.

BURSTLOGIC : design and analysis of logic circuitry to perform arithmetic on data in the Burst format /

Thesis--Illinois.

Tranquil arithmetic /

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