And from the list (and my unfamiliarity with either) not sure if its pulse detonation engine, or partial differential equations.
lucaspauker•6mo ago
...the latter
iamdamian•6mo ago
> I see no definition for 'PDE'
Please see the second sentence on the page:
> The vision was 100 2-page spreads, each one giving exactly the most useful possible starting information about a different partial differential equation, with beautiful color illustrations.
libraryofbabel•6mo ago
It’s on a mathematician’s homepage. PDE is about as familiar an acronym in that field as, say, “SQL” is in tech.
wink•6mo ago
Assuming you had your math education in English. I've only studied CS, but I've had my fair share of math at university and yet most of the names are not recognizable (the concepts are, but it takes a moment to grasp it) because my lectures were in German.
amadeuspagel•6mo ago
I read this as the unfinished PDF Coffee Table Book. I imagined a coffee table book where every page showed off a different PDF feature.
privatelypublic•6mo ago
And from the list (and my unfamiliarity with either) not sure if its pulse detonation engine, or partial differential equations.
lucaspauker•6mo ago
iamdamian•6mo ago
Please see the second sentence on the page:
> The vision was 100 2-page spreads, each one giving exactly the most useful possible starting information about a different partial differential equation, with beautiful color illustrations.
libraryofbabel•6mo ago
wink•6mo ago