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Sounds like you're having a blast. Have a safe return trip. Anyhow, I just came across a very light-hearted joke that some of you oughta like: Why do so many math majors confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Oct 31 is Dec 25.

Obtaining scholarships at the top schools is notoriously tough, and insanely competitive. Many of the top schools, however, boast of their generous financial aid programs. If you don't qualify for aid, then that could be troubling. But I don't think you should keep these schools out of your...

Why are you aiming low with a high score on the ACT?

My bad, I didn't see iamlovelyboy's post.

If you want a simpler way, you could divide the equation (as in y= (x^2)/(x^.5) +4x/(x^.5) +(3x^0)/(x^.5), and simplify the exponents (subtract them). Then just use the general power rule to find the derivative.

This isn't so much a query for books as a query for the best way by which one should approach analysis. For someone who has a basic familiarity with the mechanics of proof, I have found the treatment in Rudin to be sorely concise. A few concepts which the author deemed trivial and subsequently...

Thanks for the help. I have made a fundamental error here and I should have known better. I have reached the solution by using the net torque identity, which equals to I*angular acceleration. t=Ia Then since t=Fd Fd = Ia (50)(1.5) = (.5*80*1.5^2)(a) a = 0.83 rad/s^2 Since a = (w_f - w_i)/t...

Homework Statement A horizontal 800.0 N merry-go-round with a radius of 1.5 m is started from rest by a constant horizontal force of 50.0 N applied tangentially to the merry-go- round. Find the kinetic energy of the merry-go-round after 3.0 s. Assume it is a solid cylinder.Homework...

Terry Tao is not just mathematically creative, but charmingly articulate. Thanks for sharing!

I think it's dependent on how terse the book can be. Books with exhaustive rigor, while often long in content, can be a breeze. Rudin-like terseness could be more challenging, and necessitates more of me to absorb.

Yeah I'm aware of the fact that the deadlines in the UK have already passed, and yes, I'm applying for entry in the fall. I'm just after a respectable math degree taught somewhere, in English.

Is there any non-US-based institution I could apply to that offers a respectable and comprehensive math degree, and whose language of instruction is English? A place whose deadline hasn't yet passed?