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OfflineTheCow
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: Krishna]
    #5487834 - 04/06/06 08:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Krishna said:
mathematics, at a 'high'-enough level, becomes metaphysics, in a different language, with different attributes and constraints.



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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: TheCow]
    #5487892 - 04/06/06 09:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Gabriel's Trumpet
y=1/x...made a shell by rotatting around the x axis...


for x>1 has an infinite surface area, yet has a finite volume
so you could fill it with paint, yet never pain the outside of it completely... wtF?!?!?!


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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: swampthing] * 1
    #5487927 - 04/06/06 09:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

One of the coolest things about math, I think, is it can tackle the realm of infinity and instantaneous which our brains are biologically ill-equipped to handle/understand.


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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DieCommie]
    #5488433 - 04/07/06 12:03 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

e^(i*π) + 1 = 0


EDIT: that third symbol is supposed to be pi.


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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5488443 - 04/07/06 12:07 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

When the numbers represent dead presidents, math becomes much more interesting.




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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5488475 - 04/07/06 12:16 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Get a good teacher. Math is boring unless you're some kind of prodigy. But someone with a gift for teaching can make it fun, even exciting. Props to Ray Boersema and Calc 225 at Frontrange Community College. :smile:


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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: insectvhore]
    #5488953 - 04/07/06 04:26 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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insectvhore said:
e^(i*?) + 1 = 0


EDIT: that third symbol is supposed to be pi.




Complex numbers are pretty cool and very useful!



cos(pi)=1 and sin(pi)=0 => e^(i*pi) = 1 + 0i = 1

If you have learned what complex numbers are, you shouldn't find math boring or you have picked the wrong study.


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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5489015 - 04/07/06 05:46 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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scottunderflesh said:
Math seems pretty boring.

Is there any interesting facts about maths that may make me more interested in it?






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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes] * 1
    #5489031 - 04/07/06 06:01 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Music is interesting.

Math is music, and music is all. Syncopating rythmic motions harmonizing in chaos. Indeed, fractals are beautiful.

Think of math this way:

When you use mathematics, you are accessing and excercising a different part and function of the brain. It is a language that has no barrier's or distinction's. You can literally describe the world in a more complete encapsulation through math than with words. You just have to know the language; and learning a language can be boring. However, when applied with skill, it can be very fun and interesting.

Know that formula's aren't just complex things to be memorized. You should try to understand them. Start from the ground up; Greek mathematics is a good start. How is the formula for a circle pi times its radius squared? Well there are approximately 3.14 (or more accurately expressed through pi) squares that are the same inside a circle. Then move into euclidean geometry. I agree that people make this shit boring, but it can be fun if they have an imagination and if you are using yours.

Life is subjective, and your brain is malleable. Life is what you create. And what you create is how you immerse yourself through interaction.

Intelligence = (Intensity + Immersion) * (Imagination ^2)


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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5489053 - 04/07/06 06:24 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

You might try the series from The Teaching Company:

Joy of Thinking: The Beauty and Power of Classical Mathematical Ideas.
http://www.teach12.com

It definately provides insight and sparks interest in general mathematics.

:goodluck:


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