I Wanted To Punch My Teacher Because Of This...
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Ahhhhh, I completely understand that identity, simply because we covered complex analysis in my Analysis 2 module this semester. Then again, it's about the only part of the entire module I've been able to understand, complex stuff and possibly the Riemann integrals. I didn't even want to do Analysis, Pure maths has always been my weak point (I'm an Applied man through and through) but I had to do it as part of the course, damn compulsory modules...The_root_of_all_evil said:Uh, X amount of miles to get back home?s-l-u-g said:
Don't hate maths. Maths is awesome if you get the right sort of maths.
As a taster, how about Euler's Identity:
Personally I love math, always have. I like the idea of numbers having a definite and non-negotiable answer.
That being said, I'm also a lover of philosophy, writing, sociology and a lot of other open-ended style questioning that can be backed up and supported with logic and reason.
My friends tell me it's something to do with being left-brained or right, but I've been told I'm both.
Anyway on to your situation; that was one thing that always frustrated the hell out of me in high school, those questions that couldn't be answered. I was far too proud of a math student to be bested by a question that couldn't be answered.
I would've written in something like "well if he walked this many miles on saturday he must've left late at night, turned around at midnight, and walked that many miles back on Sunday."
That being said, I'm also a lover of philosophy, writing, sociology and a lot of other open-ended style questioning that can be backed up and supported with logic and reason.
My friends tell me it's something to do with being left-brained or right, but I've been told I'm both.
Anyway on to your situation; that was one thing that always frustrated the hell out of me in high school, those questions that couldn't be answered. I was far too proud of a math student to be bested by a question that couldn't be answered.
I would've written in something like "well if he walked this many miles on saturday he must've left late at night, turned around at midnight, and walked that many miles back on Sunday."
It's because "e" is Euler's constant.Eldritch Warlord said:Why should that relationship have a proper name?The_root_of_all_evil said:As a taster, how about Euler's Identity:
It's not like cos(180[sup]o[/sup]) + 1 = 0 is called anything special.
It's a bit like Pi, not cosine. Apples to oranges.
Am I only who got this?
He's a teacher, he wouldn't go to school on Sundays due to the fact schools are not open on sundays.
He's a teacher, he wouldn't go to school on Sundays due to the fact schools are not open on sundays.
I found so many of those when i did math. I highlighted them for others to laugh at. They are excuses to make a massive calaculation to prove nothing other than you know how to do it.
It's the same general concept. Why should the fact that (-1) + 1 = 0 merit a proper name, regardless of how that -1 (or 1 or 0 for that matter) is represented?lacktheknack said:It's because "e" is Euler's constant.Eldritch Warlord said:Why should that relationship have a proper name?The_root_of_all_evil said:As a taster, how about Euler's Identity:
It's not like cos(180[sup]o[/sup]) + 1 = 0 is called anything special.
It's a bit like Pi, not cosine. Apples to oranges.
Wait a minute, that last equation doesn't make any sense! Cause there's no formula where the end result would be -1!The_root_of_all_evil said:Uh, X amount of miles to get back home?s-l-u-g said:
Don't hate maths. Maths is awesome if you get the right sort of maths.
As a taster, how about Euler's Identity:
Untill you have a teacher that tells you: "I know what I'm telling them is wrong but it's too much effort to explain things correctly, I make the test anyway", you have better teachers than me.
i is the square root of -1, not a variableMarcus Attell said:Wait a minute, that last equation doesn't make any sense! Cause there's no formula where the end result would be -1!The_root_of_all_evil said:As a taster, how about Euler's Identity:
e isn't a variable either, it's a constant approximately equal to 2.718