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How do you guys enjoy math?
Hop1pop said:How do you guys enjoy math?
Hop1pop said:How do you guys enjoy math?
Hop1pop said:How do you guys enjoy math?
The Chaz said:Good point, arunma. I hate golf, and I am bad at it. Which came first??
I like(d) math because I was naturally good at what kids call "math". Once the abstraction began (see "homomorphisms, et al.), I started to hate math. But don't tell anyone ;)
Helios said:Math is neat because it doesn't matter whether the math teacher likes you or not. You just slap your finished test down and say "read 'em and weep". Unlike your commie social science teacher who might dislike you for your opinions.
The Chaz said:man, you had me laughing for a while! Of all the things to say when handing in a test!
I don't remember too many commie teachers besides my intro to psych. She's Canadian. EH??
The Chaz said:One reason I like math is that you can do _____ (whatever it is that we DO!) with just a paper and pencil. I would have to get special permission to enter the multi-million dollar DNA lab where my friend works... just to see some basic properties of cells or whatever.
But check out this proof that an even number times and even number is even.
2m*2n = 4mn = 2(2mn). Boom.
Or an even function times and odd is odd.
(let f be the even one)
f(-x)*g(-x) = f(x)*(-g(x)) = -f(x)*g(x).
Hop1pop said:what? I'm beginning to think that I am illiterate with mathematics.
The Chaz said:Well THAT was not my purpose!
Informally, we can conclude that two even numbers multiplied together gives another even number. 6*8=48
10*44=440
etc. But to prove this for ANY two even numbers, we arbitrarily pick two. With m and n natural/whole numbers/integers, 2m and 2n are even numbers. When we multiply them, we get 4mn. This is even, since it is twice a natural/whole/integer 2*(2mn).
I had a spinster history teacher who complained there was a communist under every bed except hers.The Chaz said:I don't remember too many commie teachers besides my intro to psych.
The Chaz said:Well THAT was not my purpose!
Informally, we can conclude that two even numbers multiplied together gives another even number. 6*8=48
10*44=440
etc. But to prove this for ANY two even numbers, we arbitrarily pick two. With m and n natural/whole numbers/integers, 2m and 2n are even numbers. When we multiply them, we get 4mn. This is even, since it is twice a natural/whole/integer 2*(2mn).
Jimmy Snyder said:I had a spinster history teacher who complained there was a communist under every bed except hers.
Jimmy Snyder said:I had a spinster history teacher who complained there was a communist under every bed except hers.
stevenb said:We pray to Odin, and he gives us the inspriration.
Really, I don't know why. Perhaps because (despite all the associations with nerds) it's the coolest thing ever conceived by man.
Norman said:To me, math is a tool. I don't enjoy it anymore than I enjoy a hammer or a knife. What I do enjoy is utilizing it to solve problems that are interesting to me.
xxChrisxx said:Oh my god, that is so dull.
Mentallic said:It's just an example!
kntsy said:Math is more precise than other subjects. Other subjects(esp.social science or culture) just require you to write an essay on sth and there is no definite answer. Math is not about your opinions good or bad;but about your answers right or wrong.
stevenb said:It could just be a dull example, or perhaps "luster" is in the eye of the mathematician.
stevenb said:It could just be a dull example, or perhaps "luster" is in the eye of the mathematician.
xxChrisxx said:Oh my god, that is so dull.