Comments on: How do you exercise your orthogonal thinking? http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/29/how-do-you-exercise-your-orthogonal-thinking/ Shedding Light on the Hidden World of Embedded Systems Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:18:37 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: A.T. @ LI http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/29/how-do-you-exercise-your-orthogonal-thinking/#comment-4681 A.T. @ LI Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:34:28 +0000 http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/?p=414#comment-4681 I look at the right angle to a problem.... I look at the right angle to a problem….

]]> By: Dan http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/29/how-do-you-exercise-your-orthogonal-thinking/#comment-4654 Dan Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:47:44 +0000 http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/?p=414#comment-4654 Because math is so fundamental to so many of the problems I work on (set theory, graph theory, combinatorics, linear programming, etc.) I find that Project Euler programming problems help me "think outside the box". Many of the problems can be solved with a "brute force" solution, but if an attempt is made to understand the essence of the underlying problem, a more elegant solution can be derived. (And often, the more elegant solution runs - quite literally - orders of magnitude faster). Also, games like go, checkers, sudoku, etc. are very good at training the mind to look at things in different ways. Have a good 2011. Because math is so fundamental to so many of the problems I work on (set theory, graph theory, combinatorics, linear programming, etc.) I find that Project Euler programming problems help me “think outside the box”.

Many of the problems can be solved with a “brute force” solution, but if an attempt is made to understand the essence of the underlying problem, a more elegant solution can be derived. (And often, the more elegant solution runs – quite literally – orders of magnitude faster).

Also, games like go, checkers, sudoku, etc. are very good at training the mind to look at things in different ways.

Have a good 2011.

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