Calculus.



papajohn56 said:
been in plenty of math and physics classes where the 89 isn't powerful enough, have to do everything by hand - it's faster
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Or one's where you're only allowed to use a Sharp EL-546 who's most advanced function is the square root operator...

I actually really like calculus, I just don't want to have to learn it... haha.
 
miketpowell said:
Or it's all just proofs. Math where you just solve shit is just the tip in math...
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this too. Deriving your own differential equation to model elasticity of a new set of materials you're developing in the lab based on the level of impurities in each sample is one thing that comes to mind. You're not solving..you're modeling.

Or geometric proofs, when you get into non-Euclidian geometry was one of my favorite things. Modern/noneuclidian geometry was amazing.
 
I was always bored by proofs and rote math, so I just assumed that was what ALL mathematics was. Fucking public school teachers never give you the whole picture. Oh well. I have a ton of respect for you quant guys.

papajohn56 said:
this too. Deriving your own differential equation to model elasticity of a new set of materials you're developing in the lab based on the level of impurities in each sample is one thing that comes to mind. You're not solving..you're modeling.

Or geometric proofs, when you get into non-Euclidian geometry was one of my favorite things. Modern/noneuclidian geometry was amazing.
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As someone who always got his ass kicked by math, I took two semesters of calc in college and fucking loved it.
 
I hate calculus. BTW, did anyone else hear that Twitter started an advertising platform? Discuss.
 
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Start calc 3 in july...I think this will be the first math class i've taken where I will actually have to try in.
 
Or geometric proofs, when you get into non-Euclidian geometry was one of my favorite things. Modern/noneuclidian geometry was amazing.
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Non-Euclidean geometry is the shit. Have you ever taken a look at projective geometry? It's a real mindfuck. The theorems have this property of duality so that you can exchange points for lines (or point for plane, depending on the dimension of the space) and still have them make sense. So in this way, lines and points are on the exact same footing. Good stuff. Check it out.
 
ya, all the 1st yrs walk into calc-I here with their ti-89 silver platinum whatevers and walk out like hurr-durr cause they aren't allowed to use them. Then they realize they have to learn algebra and trig all over again before the first exam.
 
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