Newtons Method and Fractals

The Newton Method I kind of think of it as a song, “you put your P(z) in, you take your P'(z) out, you minus all from Zn and you get your Zn+1 out.” Alright, that might be a weak attempt to make an equation into song. Here’s the Newton Method equation (from Wikipedia): Each time…

Why I am Learning Irish

History Irish also known as Gaeilge, is considered to be a vulnerable language with less than a quarter of a million people still speaking the language (~200,000) daily and (~2,000,000) know the language at the elementary level or above. However, there are some places that holdfast to tradition, such as the Gaeltacht which consist of districts in Ireland, inside…

Mutex – Process Synchronization

Process synchronization refers to the idea that multiple process can manipulate a single portion of data. Take for example a pthread, which you can think of as a single core on your computer. That core has access to all of the data stored in RAM, however you may have multiple cores running. What happens if…