tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post1494737452962825919..comments2024-01-18T08:49:58.743-06:00Comments on Giant Battling Robots: Sicherman's DiceDan Eastwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-91452725875427954402011-04-05T09:15:10.844-05:002011-04-05T09:15:10.844-05:00I'm sorry, but cyclotomic sounds like somethin...I'm sorry, but cyclotomic sounds like something the late Victor Appleton II would have written. "Tom Swift Jr. and His Cyclotomic Randomizer!"<br /><br />No? Eh, you hadda be there.<br /><br />And yes, I know VA II is a pen name for a host of ghost writers.Steven Satakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621308678106707775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-89615248556954507842011-04-04T19:37:36.835-05:002011-04-04T19:37:36.835-05:00:-)
But I _should_ have checked it, because I am a...:-)<br />But I _should_ have checked it, because I am a computer checker-outer too. Once TPC pointed out the bug it only took few a minutes to set up a spreadsheet and check it myself. In my defense, I wasn't feeling well when I worked that out (better now that the antibiotics have kicked in).<br /><br />I also fixed the Wikipedia link to Sicherman Dice. The mathematical justification there loses me at "cyclotomic polymonials", but from what follows it is obvious that combinatricians [sp?] have some clever tricks up theirs sleeves. It's good to learn new things, and who knows, maybe I will need to factor a high-order polynomial someday. ;-)Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-46987455564661285682011-04-04T18:59:37.396-05:002011-04-04T18:59:37.396-05:00Damnit, Jim, DC's a blogger, not a computer ch...Damnit, Jim, DC's a blogger, not a computer checker-outer!Steven Satakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621308678106707775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-83528112347657951092011-04-03T09:10:42.728-05:002011-04-03T09:10:42.728-05:00TPC: You are right! I should have checked it with ...TPC: You are right! I should have checked it with a computer myself. Thanks for taking the time to set me straight. :-)Dan Eastwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105563883467108602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055805266991720601.post-55150880497003981372011-04-03T00:12:53.022-05:002011-04-03T00:12:53.022-05:00I think there is an error in your second die, it s...I think there is an error in your second die, it should be 1-3-5-5-7-7-9-11. I checked with a computer! The article by Broline has a table of the various different dice, i.e. 4, 8, 12, 20 sides ones.TPChttp://unimodular.net/blognoreply@blogger.com