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>math duels
>secret math
can we revive this?

>>8527074

You laugh, though the exact reason for your laughter is not perfectly clear. And yet there are certain very good, perfectly legitimate reasons for del Ferro's secrecy which were not only explained in the blurb, /but which remain true and relevant today/. Specifically, the fear of getting scooped. Cardano scooped Tartaglia, who was similarly reticient. This is one of the great all-time scoops in the history of science.

Of course, the best way to avoid getting scooped is to publish first. But even this can prove difficult, since the history of mathematics also shows us, most prominently with Newton and Leibniz (and even in the case of del Ferro and those a generation younger than him) that mathematicians of the same generation find themselves working on the same problems.

Third, mathematicians have never ceased to be autistic dickwavers over who proved what first. Read Hardy's /Mathematician's Apology/ for a typically nerdy/autistic account of the glory that comes with being credited as the person to have proven something first, to actually be on the vanguard of whatever is hot this generation. History and teaching aren't good enough; if you're not on the bleeding edge, then for Hardy, you're not a real mathematician.

All this is infinitely depressing, especially if you're someone genuinely brilliant like a Grothendieck or a Perelman, that the brainlet-dickwaving over things (you yourself) could prove within a week, seems pointless to you. If you're a Grothendieck or a Perelman, all that you really want to do is to discuss the nice schemes or ricci flow or whatever it is, with whoever is willing to listen and be taught. But no, the dickwaving and backstabbing continue. Once you understand this dark side of "the mathematical community", it becomes easy to appreciate why the above types would eventually leave in disgust and protest.

Not to mention that if you are an actual mathematician, you are forever receiving unwanted communications from cranks.

>>8527452
>discrete math

>>8521666
I love you Destiny

the
cube
is
not
in
motion

>>8521666
It's prove, not 'proove', you fucking brainless monkey.

1. SBCC
2. Harvard University

can you guys explain me what this community college shenanigans is all about?
t. not amerifat

>>8521490
uni for idiots and poor people

>be liberalet
>post no source

>>8532340
Yes, just look at the /r9k/tards

I think technology works as a catalyst for social people, meaning that those who are naturally social are even more so, widening the rift between the social and anti-social.

I don't think this is necessarily a detriment towards human advancement. In fact, many of the "smartest" people throughout history have tended to be anti-social or marginalized from society, or at least capable of deep anti-social activity. I think this video touches on that a little bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym6whrAw8wU

If "genius" is truly innately inclined to anti-socialness, the widening of the rift would possibly even spur more of this "genius" effect in those who are anti-social.

>>8532040
Sorry, talking about triple majoring and adding on a math degree in my fifth year of undergrad, forgot to include the expo

Currently physics MS, you don't need to be a math major. Can you do calculus? If so good, that's a large chunk of the bitch work. Take a math physics course, work hard and put some effort into knowing basic linear algebra, differential equations, you'll be fine. Yeah, the further you go into theoretical, the higher the math you'll need, but you don't need to do a degree just for that. Wanna know what my undergrad degree was? Fucking psychology, if I can do it, so can you.

>>8532040
>From what I've heard from you faggots, a math degree is essential to go on for a physics MS or PhD

Holy shit you've heard so wrong.

You know why physics requires you to do some math classes? Because those are the math classes you need to do physics. Everything else goes way beyond.

You are going to sign up for math and be fucking constructing the reals in set theory and you are going to ask your professor "How do I apply set theory in physics" and he will spit in your face.

Stop getting baited. Get a second opinion from someone in real life man. /sci/ is a troll house meant to make everyone insecure about their major choice.

>>8532045

are there any other suggestions, or is there a consensus around this text?

>>8531993
The most common names I see here are Spivak and Stewart.

Went through calc 1 and 2 with Stewart myself. Not great for first learning, but probably all right for review. Problem sets are good and challenging.

Devise a way to cheat

>tfw finished my chem final a few days ago
>tfw I did great

I have no good advice, but good luck. I'm glad I'm not in your shoes.

>>8531968
Get the fuck off 4chan and do it.

/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8531983
Fuck wrong board

>>8531966
I've never had pink eye, and I shit alot.
I don't understand how it's so normal in america, no one gets it here.
Feels good not being americunt.

>>8531953
Its called research.

>>8531953
Holy shit that's ugly. Use LaTeX for fuck's sake.

>>8531953
Fuck I hated doing those, now in last year theres no lab left thank god

I'm not sure if I understand your problem, but maybe you can use save() to save the variable into a file? And then get it back with load()

Check the docs if you haven't used those functions.

Dont think that function can do that. Easier thing to do is save the old output in another variable and manually stitch them together yourself. You could write a wrapper for the solver that does it and just call the wrapper.

>>8531929
not quite the problem, it'll make more sense if I explain to you specifically. Basically you have a spacecraft moving with some initial conditions under the influence of gravity, then after a certain amount of time waiting, the user can give it a new velocity (presumably a rocket engine firing), and a certain amount of time to wait and it'll move as it's supposed to (again only under the influence of gravity) until the user is queried again
>>8532008
ah well, I guess I might just have to do it manually, kinda a pain in the ass though

If there's fluff on the muff she's old enough.

It's just common sense.

Yes, and that's why girls sprout tits on their 18th birthday.

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lol this question

There's no such thing as bees.

Next question.

As you're traveling at 65mph the wind in your car is gusting at 65mph. This will create an angry swarm of bees that can fly at over 65mph trapped in the same car that you happen to have tied/bucked yourself to. At this point the only thing to do is unbuckle yourself and jump out.

>>8531433

The bee flies around in your car and stings your eye

good song is "I Don't Like the Look of It"-Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj as payment

>>8531285
and whoeva answers b a motha fuckin starboi/girl

>>8531294
>>8531285
fuck off nigger

Ur a monkey

>Monkeys don't light fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQcN7lHSD5Y

>>8531301

y i could train my chihuahua to do that too

>>8531137
No, the universe doesn't go away when people die.

>>8531139
This is correct.

It just goes away when I die.

no retard