paulsutton Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Hi This is probably a really simple question, but I have written a small python application that adds two numbers together, and I want to expand this so there are more entry boxes so I can make a program that can solve a drake equation for a given set of figures. This is more of a proof of concept and personal challenge, Looking at the equation on WikiPedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Am I right in thinking that I have to multiply all the values together ? as this just shows dots between the various variables. I think I remember reading somewhere that dots in equations mean multiply but that was years ago. Writing a simple application should not be too much of a problem, Just a line of boxes (input) + labels, output box, button to produce the result and a clear box to clear everything. Just more of a personal project., but happy to share anyway. Thank you for any advice Paul Sutton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghideon Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, paulsutton said: Am I right in thinking that I have to multiply all the values together ? It looks correct. And according to the Wikipedia article: Quote looking at them it became pretty evident that if you multiplied all these together, you got a number, N, which is the number of detectable civilizations in our galaxy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Edited June 18, 2020 by Ghideon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsutton Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Cool thanks, I will work on this and try and share what I have done. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Be aware the dot notations can also mean the inner product of a vector. However in this case It is multiply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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