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DistortedEyes
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make math interesting......
#5486230 - 04/06/06 11:34 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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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]
#5486578 - 04/06/06 01:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: dr_gonz]
#5486586 - 04/06/06 01:56 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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its a funny question to ask, but yes. everything is about cause and effect. its basicly what + what = what? think of life that way and apply math skills and patterns to find out interesting things.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5486592 - 04/06/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Try taking an applied physics class, the math is much different than your basic algebra and geometry because you can use it in everyday life to help resolve issues.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5486602 - 04/06/06 02:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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What kind of math are you doing?
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: AaronEvil]
#5486608 - 04/06/06 02:04 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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AaronEvil said: Try taking an applied physics class, the math is much different than your basic algebra and geometry because you can use it in everyday life to help resolve issues.
i wish, my grades arent good enough for college.
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That sucks....
I haven't studied much else than math and applied physics in the last three years. I still like it!
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: Annom]
#5486688 - 04/06/06 02:47 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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when you trip all the visuals are mathematical patterns, so the more math you know, the better visuals!!! donnt know if thats true but it seems it would be...
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: AliceDee]
#5486715 - 04/06/06 03:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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everything is mathematical when you think of it. even the thinnest line, smallest dot, as long as it exsists you can apply math to it. but idk bout that alice. i never found anything mathematical, divine, or of some unusual coorelation about a turtle, or a laughing mouth on my wall.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5486878 - 04/06/06 04:07 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel's_horn
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Gabriel's Horn (also called Torricelli's trumpet) is a figure invented by Evangelista Torricelli which has infinite surface area, but finite volume. The name refers to the tradition identifying the archangel Gabriel with the angel who blows the horn to announce Judgement Day, associating the infinite with the divine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes
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"In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
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In mathematics, the Mandelbrot set M\, is defined as the connectedness locus of the family
f_c:\mathbb{C}\to\mathbb{C}; z\mapsto z^2 +c.\,
of complex quadratic polynomials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
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The golden ratio, also known as the golden proportion, golden mean, golden section, golden number, divine proportion or sectio divina, is an irrational number, approximately 1.618, that possesses many interesting properties.
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: DistortedEyes]
#5486942 - 04/06/06 04:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Rent donald duck in math magic land!
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: Krishna]
#5486949 - 04/06/06 04:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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zeno's paradox is bullshit that other stuff is cool though.
in response to the original poster, so you dont like math so what? most people dont. most people despise math.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5487065 - 04/06/06 05:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
scottunderflesh said: Math seems pretty boring.
Is there any interesting facts about maths that may make me more interested in it?
math + flower = hairy chested hermaphrodite.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: 40oz]
#5487103 - 04/06/06 05:24 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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youd do well to remember that Hermes was a GOD in his day.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5487106 - 04/06/06 05:25 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fractals are pretty badass math
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: Todcasil]
#5487117 - 04/06/06 05:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Todcasil said: youd do well to remember that Hermes was a GOD in his day.
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: mndfreeze]
#5487119 - 04/06/06 05:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
mndfreeze said: Fractals are pretty badass math
http://electricsheep.org/
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5487126 - 04/06/06 05:34 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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read "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan particularly about the earlier mathematicans and astronomers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345331...5Fencoding=UTF8
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5487663 - 04/06/06 08:06 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Cool story: http://www.geocities.com/galois_e/page/fermat.html
Search MC Escher on google images for math-influenced art.
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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.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Re: make math interesting...... [Re: TheCow]
#5487892 - 04/06/06 09:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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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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#5487927 - 04/06/06 09:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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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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Quote:
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) |
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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) |
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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.
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