Recent content by JyN

I definitely see the practicality of what you are saying Chiro, but I'm not really advocating we should just make classes more difficult. For me, one of the most inspirational moments in my mathematics "career" was in grade 9 or 10 when i saw learned about the proof of the formula for the area...

I am a second year student of engineering at a Canadian university and am very interested in mathematics and education. I feel like the methods of teaching math in high school and early university (I have no experience with senior university classes) are not only an inefficient use of the...

I am a first year engineering student and i am starting to really understand/be very interested in math. I have started proving random theorems after being intrigued by things in class and am really appreciating things like the fundamental theorem of calculus. I am very curios about how...

After collecting data from an experiment and realizing that there is a power relationship, how do u know if u need to use semi log graph paper or log-log paper to graph your data?

I definitely think people should be learning these things much earlier. I don't think its even necessary to teach proper proofs, or even reasoning and logic in a mathematical context. Why not just teach the kids to play games? That's what kids do right? Games like chess, go, those grid based...

I am currently a first year student at the university of regina in cananda. I am majoring in engineering right now, and i am honestly finding it fairly "easy" so far. By "easy" i mean that i am finding a lot of very difficult problems in the book, and i am constantly blown away by how...

I just read an article (http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_06_08.html ) saying that multiplication is not repeated addition. I am a first year engineering student, and i am very interested in mathematics. The picture i have had of multiplication for ~12 years or something is definitely of...

Why can't trigonometry-like relationships exist for non-square hyperbolas and ellipses?

Why aren't there trigonometric functions for elliptic geometry? There is trigonometry for circles and hyperbolas, but why not ellipses?

Homework Statement Three blocks on a frictionless horizontal surface are in contact with each other. the 1st mass touches the 2nd, the 2nd touches the 3rd. A force F is applied to the 1st block. Draw a free body diagram for the system, and each block individually. Determine the net force...

In my first semester i had to take elementary linear algebra. I kind of like the course, even though it is quite difficult, and plan on taking linear algebra II. Is there a lot of application of linear algebra in engineering, specifically electronic engineering? In short, should i...

It's a skill that requires practice. It's the same as learning an instrument, start really really REALLLLLYYY slowly. Be sure that you are doing everything right no matter how trivial what your doing is. Start practicing consistence, then the speed can come naturally. Also, don't try to...

I have felt similar feelings as well. I am starting to get less and less "depressed" about not solving a difficult problem. Just accept the fact that you aren't a super genius and move on.

I think this is a lesson that people should be taught/learn for themselves at a young age. If i could get a job paying just as much now as i could after i got a degree, i would still go to school and get an education. People should realize that there is more to life than the pursuit of...

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