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>>8185376
No.

no, but the way we measure time is a human concept

>>8185376
Time as you experience it, yes. Time as itself, no. If you ask if your perception of time is somewhat false, then the answer is again yes.

And by the way, every concept is human created. Things themselves, if any, are not.

>>8185331

However I realize now that, even though I will never do anything valuable in any field of science, still I find physics, chemistry and biology extremely interesting, and I would love to develop a more profound knowledge of these areas. The problem is: without knowledge of math, I know that my study of physics will be fruitless (I will only learn the verbal part of it, the things you can find in popular-science books). With that in mind, I decided to start learning mathematics again, first by myself.

I will be honest with you guys: I am afraid even of starting to learn math. I reminds me of bad moments in my life (terrible grades, treats from my parents, low self-esteem, etc.) and it is a very evident and palpable reminder of my own limitations and incapacities. I fear, for example, that no matter how much I try, I will simply be unable to slowly evolve. I admire mathematicians greatly, and I guess that much of this admiration comes from the fact that I cannot even imagine how they do what they do. I read about Gauss or Euler and I can’t imagine how the minds of people like them work; how do they create. I can understand Beethoven, Michelangelo and Shakespeare (not saying I can do what they do, obviously, but I can see how they start, how they mature, how they slowly build their projects), but the creativity of Newton and Einstein (and above all pure mathematicians) is a blank to me.

But enough of my babblings. I would like you to suggest, if possible, the best textbooks to learn Math from the very beginning. I will initially be learning alone, without teachers, so keep that in mind. In the future, however, I pretend to start taking seminal classes too.

Basic Mathematics by Strang
Calculus by Spivak
Linear Algebra done Right by Strang
Advanced Calculus by Loomis and Sternberg
Principles of Real Analysis by Rudin
Algebra by Artin

do all the problems

there now you are ready to start your pure maths master program in a specific area of study

>>8185361

thank you very much

Moons

wtf are you doing in this board if you cant indentify a fuckin moon? THE NAMES ARE EVEN WRITTEN

>>8185292
>>8185296
My niggas, I mean the white dots near Jupiter not the moons.

bump?

>>8185263
If you ever read any formal texts, topics always culminate in a 'master equation,' with the prior equations in the topic being inculcated into this equation. Memorize it, and be able to use it for every topic it applies to. The 'integration' half of the text will have you using these equatiins in tandem or on subjects that might surprise you in how they fit.

>>8185263
From someone who almost exclusively self-studies: don't schedule anything. Just set aside as much time as you are willing to invest each day, and start reading stuff that piques your interest. The second your interest has fled, you ought to start learning another math thing (perhaps related to the last). Keep following your sincere curiousity, and everything else will fall into place.

Also, keep a notebook to scribble down your own ideas. Anybody can do math research, and you will mature in extraordinary ways if you get in the habit of proving questions that come to mind, or at least posing conjectures. If you ever hit academia for real, you will be leaps and bounds ahead as far as comfort with doing research is concerned.

This has worked very well for me. I hope it works for you as well.

>>8185094
They are able to think things through without any distractions.

>>8185094

>for each universal trait of a species there exists a condition for which such a trait is selectively advantageous

this is not true anon

>>8185094
Have you ever tried to think with a nagging woman around? It's nearly impossible.

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The Rieman Hypothesis: Solved!

;)

>>8185059
>>8185065

Please explain using only memes

next level shitpost kek

>>8185041
Basically says for a system of axioms sufficiently powerful enough to express arithmetic there are true statements that cannot be proven in the system. It's a mathematical result on the limitation of foundational issues.

>>8185060

>there are true statements that cannot be proven in the system

should be

>there are statements in the language of that system which cannot be proven/disproven

>>8185060
Can you provide an example?

>>8184988
L-DOPA

>>8185080
this...

What would be the point?

Also, there are lots of dopamine receptor agonists.

studying with other people and making sure that both are at same pace.

>>8184966
Study groups don't work.

Subscribe to YT channels that deal with that topic.

>>8184933
its cool i guess

swell thread btw

fake and gay

It's a sequence of numbers

ask your mom, she's published an extensive case series

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Forgot to mention that these are median values unless stated otherwise.

Nigerian men: 13 cm (5,1 in)

Orakwe, J., Ogbuagu, B. and Ebuh, G. (2007). Can physique and gluteal size predict penile length in adult Nigerian men?. West African Journal of Medicine, 25(3).

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>>8184904
>being this butt-hurt.

would make sense with the smaller spot on the right as an entry wound and the larger spot as an exit...

Probably not.

Comets constantly crash into Jupiter, and by "crash" I mean they break into literal bits due to Jupiter's force.

You are underestimating the size and power of the planet.

Wasn't it confirmed that it's a huge hurricane anyway?

That's an interesting theory. Maybe it was made by a big ass asteroid (dinosaur extinction level) going too fast to break up and hit extremely hard, and the hole left from the impact caused gas to pour in, starting a storm, and it spread from there.

Also, nice post number!

>>8184661
Very wrong. If it were simply a probabilistic model, experiments such as the quantum eraser experiment would yield more "intuitive" results than they do.

>>8184661
That was the original interpretation, but then things like Bell's inequality ruled out hidden variables (at least local ones).

Biggest difficulty with quantum mechanics is interpreting what the mathematical framework means in a physical sense. And that's something that's still not agreed on to this day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mechanics

>>8184686
>local ones
It's plausible that in the subatomic world non-locality can emerge.

>>8184584
How about you get your GEs out of the way first and figure out what you don't hate?

Since you've already got translation jobs you could just be a communications major and be multilingual for a living. I'm sure that will get you traveling whenever you want

>>8184584
Geology lets you go to cool and interesting places.

Civil Engineering can be very complementary if you focus on economic geology.

You have some control about what you're researching, pick something interesting. Go to fantastic places with that kind of interesting stuff. Curse yourself every morning as you wake up and drink a cup of shitty coffee and walk around the mountains with no cell services for a few week.It's fun.

>>8184587

Never. I don't want to do that crap my whole life. I consider all that language, humanity, arts stuff irrelevant to life's bigger questions. It's a hobby nothing more. It's not based on facts, it's nothing worth studiying.

>>8184594

Again, that's a full time job and I get told when to work and where to work.

>>8183898
>>Field
problem solving
>>Do you use \mathbb? Example?
\mathbb{R}, Q,C,F,N,Z, etc..
>>Do you use \mathcal? Example?
dont evne know what this does
>>Do you use \mathfrak? Example?
usually only for \mathfrak{a} (ideals)

>Computer science

>yes, \mathbb{Z} for integers

>yes, \mathcal{P} for power set

>no

>>8183898
>Field
MechE
>\mathbb
Fields like the reals [math] \mathbb{R} [/math]
>\mathcal
functionals like action [math] \mathcal{S} [/math]
>\mathfrak
Lie algebra [math] \mathfrak{g} [/math]
> \mathscr
The Lagranian if not \mathcal [math] \mathscr{L} [/math]
>\mathrm
Versor rotations [math] \mathrm{q} [/math]
> \mathbf
3-vectors in a Gallilean space [math] \mathbf{v} [/math]