A guide to computer dating
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Edward Reingold's book entitled 'Calendrical Calculations' is a good source of information on different types of calendars and the computation behind these. The author also developed a Unix-based editor called GNU Emacs that converts dates from one of 14 calendar systems to the others.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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A fractal guide to Tic-Tac-Toe
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Issues are presented concerning the occurrence of examples of Sierpinski's gasket. The fractal patterns which occur within the game Tic-Tac-Toe are discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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Easter is a quasicrystal
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The mathematics of calculating the Easter calendar is presented. An Easter quasicrystal is presented graphing the holiday dates for the years 1950 to 2000.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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