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1 < 1 + 2

and it just gets worse from there

>>8889806
>1 > 1+2+3+4+5+6.....
1+2+3+4+5+6 doesn't converge to any number.

>>8889825
The whole series = -1/12
1>-1/12

>>8889353

Fail them :)

Took them last year, got 5 on both.

Honestly if you don't know the material now you're absolutely fucked (like completely). If you do, and just want some tips, all I really remember is that you had to work really fast on Mechanics MC, but make sure to work quickly and accurately. Also you get the formula sheets, which was really helpful. I got the international version for E/M, it was hard af with multiple questions I had no idea how to do, just hope you get US version.

OKAY:

1. Do a fuckload of practice problems tomorrow if you haven't been doing them already. I only got the fives I did because I no-lifed my way through high school to the point of skipping my senior prom.
2. You can assign arbitrary constants on your TI graphing calculator using the alpha key. Learn how to use that.
3. You can store specific, situational formulas in program names and possibly even the programs themselves.
4. The worst part of the entire exam is that you're pretty much fucking guaranteed to have a question about induction on the E&M exam. Everything else is relatively smooth sailing.
5. Shoot to "pass" and you'll do great; the threshold for a 5 is below a 60% for AP Physics C exams IIRC.
6. For the love of God, master the rotation section because it will help you understand related rates a lot fucking faster.
7. Right hand rule.
8. Don't plug in any variables until you're calculating your answer, and even then let alpha do as much of your job for you as physically fucking possible, including storing PARTS of answers as Alpha constants.
9. You get a formula sheet on your exam, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do whatever you can to memorize relationships and therefore formulas.
10. Most to all pendulum problems involve the use of the small angle approximation; ask your physics instructor about this if you don't remember what it is / were never told about it.
11. Be able to explain to yourself the difference between ds/dt and delta s / delta t. ds/dt is an immediate ratio of change in s over change in t, deltas are the average over a set interval.
12. I hope you're good at vector math.

Be careful when going through this exam. The only reason this exam didn't fuck me up is because I've been working from the very beginning on being good at the very basics so that I could have as few obstacles as possible learning higher-level shit. Chances are that you're not necessarily like that. I'd say good luck if luck was actually a factor.

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>>8887936
We need more Bill Nye memes ITT!

...because a 4chan shitposter is soo smart

>>8887961
I'm willing to bet that a good chunk of /sci/ has better scientific credentials than Bill Nye.

>>8887090
I like to add things, sometimes

>>8887090
Yes. Amateur number theory. More disease than hobby? Look up Dickson's classic "history of the theory of numbers", freely available. It's the Bible for number nutters.

>>8887090
Amateur number theorist here. Could someone drop a hint about how to tackle >>8887240

Yes. We are a species of ape.

>>8882993
Taxonomically yes.

Biologically yes.

Socially yes.

Short answer just watch a porn and you can't unsee the two apes.

>>8882993
>I've been hearing lots of conflicting information
From who?

What about you proof yourself right?

>>8881282
Explain the relation you think that exists between consciousness and predetermination.

>>8881284
>>8881289
Why is that so difficult to comprehend you fucking dirty brainlets? Don't you know how evolution works? There is no awareness of the brain that is not fixed.

>>8889540
what OP said:
>oink oink
>oink oink ECON oink oink
>econ = science
>oink
>*eats some oats*
>hard
>oink oink
>random inane normie shit
>oink oink
>*goes into the corner where he pisses / shits at, sits down because it's tired*
>gpa instead of percentages or UK marking system
>oink
>lets out a final, incredibly loud oink that echoes throughout /sci/
ALARM! ACHTUNG! PIGGOT DETECTED! OINKING DETECTED!

>>8889550
it's a requirement by the school, my other two classes are science courses and to get a BS you need to have taken at least 1 econ course.

>>8889568
make the most of it piggot use the information, suck it from the dick of the university, wank it strongly and squeeze every last drop of informational sperm you can from that big veiny dick of knowledge

maybe deepthroat it so that it reaches the deepest parts of your brain and really sticks to your normalfag, piggot cortex

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*blocks your path*

>>8888128
Anything worthwhile has probably been left out, sadly.

>>8888128
holy shit! can't wait!
keep me posted

linear algebra is great BECAUSE it's easy, if you can rephrase a mathematical problem into linear algebra you have tons of tools to help solve it

once you learn about groups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_(mathematics)) you can say a lot about them using representation theory which brings in linear algebraic tools, and a very large part of modern number theory (Langlands program) is done this way

Welcome to the world of brainlets, OP. You have to squander your precious time because they are too fucking stupid to understand high school concepts.

linalg and matrices are a fruitful practice to develop maturity and intuition

>>8887845
If I take it out will he die?

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>>8887845
>If someone pulled that off, would he die?

>>8887850
If I started dressing like a homeless bum would I be a better mathematician?

You have no reason to major in computer science, not one.

>>8887314
I do pure math and cs, so what is your point

>>8887311
Can you sum the primes under 2 million, implement bubble sort, and decrypt a XOR cipher?

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>>8886879

No one will ever care about your fucking rock collection.

>>8886879
because most of them keep their mouth shut and don't humble brag on their 4 chan blog post thread.
plus the job market sucks right now

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>>8886879
You know the rules faggot!

Pics of your rock collection or GTFO!

>>8886629
∞^2=∞^3

>>8886629
Most of his work consists of developing the stage for mathematics to be done on rather than actually proving mad theorems.

he is the founder of modern algebraic geometry

>>8886579
Step 1: Get off 4chan

>>8886587
fpbp

>>8886579
Win the genetic lottery.

>>8886467
Isn't everything time traveling to the future?

>>8886467
Never. By the time it became technologically feasible, if ever, quantum gravity will likely be solved to the extent needed to design something much better.

>>8886482
nice comment, retard.