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    Other Should I Become a Mathematician?

    Sorry. The expensive university's math curriculum is actually at the following link: http://www.usfq.edu.ec/programas_academicos/colegios/politecnico/carreras/Documents/mallas_academicas/malla_matematicas.pdf
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    Other Should I Become a Mathematician?

    Hello, everyone. I am from Ecuador, and plan to study math at Escuela Politécnica Nacional, one of the most prestigious universities in my country. Perhaps it is the best one in math (the one that does the most research in the area, and the one with the more PhDs teaching.) The program places...
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    Harmonic sum and a stack of blocks (check my work)

    One of the resources (Wolfram MathWorld) states that the maximum length that can be achieved by n blocks is (1/2)*S_n.
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    Harmonic sum and a stack of blocks (check my work)

    Honestly, I didn't know their names. On the other hand, I have searched for a solution to the problem on other resources. I see that I have to take into account the center of mass, a concept I am not familiar with (I'm ignorant of physics).
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    Harmonic sum and a stack of blocks (check my work)

    Hi, sweet springs. Thank you for replying. Isn't f(x), which I have defined above (of course, I'm not the first person to have used such function), the function you are talking about? If I plug n = f(e^100), S_n is not going to be necessarily greater than 100. We don't know what value it is...
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    Harmonic sum and a stack of blocks (check my work)

    Homework Statement Let S_n = 1 + (1/2) + (1/3) + (1/4) + ... + (1/n) a) What value of n is required such that S_n > 100? b) Show how one can form a stack of identical blocks (one per row), each 1 ft long, so as to form a "wing" (I don't know what the correct word in English is, but I...
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    Calculating Distance and Speed: Solving a Robert Service Question

    Actually, I set a system of five equations with five unknowns. The unknowns are distance traveled, speed with five dogs, remaining time employed (i.e. apart from the 24 hours) had the full speed been maintained, remaining time employed with three dogs in the first situation, and remaining time...
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    Right?
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    Arnoldo Téllez could have started at any of the points which are one mile to the north from the parallel which is at 1/(2*pi) miles from the South Pole; i.e. he could have started at any of the points which are (1 + 1/(2*pi)) miles from the South Pole.
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    The Antarctic?
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    Near the South Pole, that is.
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    South Pole?
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    Those parallels must be on the southern hemispere. I don't know exactly where.
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    Where? Those points must be part of other parallels, respectively.
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    Solving Algebra Problem: Walking on the Earth's Surface

    Homework Statement Arnoldo Téllez walked one mile to the south, then one mile to the east, and then one mile to the north, getting back to the point where he started. He could have started in the north pole, but he didn't. Where did he start? (Taken from ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY WITH ANALYTIC...
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