From 6fabfd6e4acd856033f6dc0a49a17210c475a5b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Nu=C3=B1o=20Sempere?= Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 13:10:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update Discontinuous-Progress.md --- rat/Discontinuous-Progress.md | 25 +++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/rat/Discontinuous-Progress.md b/rat/Discontinuous-Progress.md index 4c12fe3..1ecc6ad 100644 --- a/rat/Discontinuous-Progress.md +++ b/rat/Discontinuous-Progress.md @@ -78,30 +78,23 @@ Here is the logarithm plot, with some smoothing applied: ![](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/Circum-log-2.png) -And furthermore, a table: - - - - - - -blhah +Some of above in a table: | Year | Rate of progress before | Discontinuity in terms of time of travel = New record - current record | How much extra time would have been needed? = (point - previous predicted point)/ previous rate of progress = (discontinuity - expected progress) / previous rate of progress | |------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| 1586 | 1.1034 days/year | 237 days | 203 years | -| 1870 | 0.69 days/year | 525 days | 740 years | -| 1931 | 1 day / year | 13 days | 11 years | -| 1961 | 6.1 hours / year | 31 hours | 1 year | +| 1586 | 1.1034 days /year | 237 days | 203 years | +| 1870 | 0.69 days /year | 525 days | 740 years | +| 1931 | 1 day /year | 13 days | 11 years | +| 1961 | 6.1 hours /year | 31 hours | 1 year | And here is that same table if we measure progress according to the logarithm (i.e., if halving the time needed is always equally impressive). | Year | Rate of progress before | Discontinuity in terms of time of travel = New record - previous record | How much extra time would have been needed? = (point - previous predicted point) / previous rate of progress = (New record - previous record - predicted advance) / previous rate of progress | |------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| 1586 | 0.00151660237 log2(days)/year | 0.3823431 log2(days) | 240 years | -| 1870 | 0.001444656 log2(days)/year | 2.9 log(days) | 1986 years | -| 1931 | 0.03270527 log2(days)/year | 1.39 log2(days) | 40.5 years | -| 1961 | 0.132842 log2(hours)/year | 4.18836 log2(hours) | 27.5 years | +| 1586 | 0.0015166 log2(days) /year | 0.3823431 log2(days) | 240 years | +| 1870 | 0.0014447 log2(days) /year | 2.9 log(days) | 1986 years | +| 1931 | 0.0327053 log2(days) /year | 1.39 log2(days) | 40.5 years | +| 1961 | 0.132842 log2(hours) /year | 4.18836 log2(hours) | 27.5 years | ### Sources: [Wikipedia: List of circumnavigations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_circumnavigations)