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January 31, 2015June 13, 2015

Compound Interest

Dallas TX I grew up in the 1980s. Yes, yes. Duran Duran, leg warmers, MTV, Miami Vice, etc. (It was a special time.) Ronald Reagan was the U.S. President. We slowly but surely peeled our frosty selves out of the Cold War. Wealth was a central theme. Even as a youngster, I watched with interest as … Continue reading Compound Interest

April 27, 2013October 12, 2015

Powers of One Half

Austin TX 2013/04/27 This post began as a rather ambitious endeavor. My hope was to introduce infinite series and then gracefully bounce onto power series on the way to Taylor series. It occurred to me this was too much. Like too many toppings on a pizza, the crust could only hold so much. You still … Continue reading Powers of One Half