Don\'t know if I\'ve done this before

brokenhands

I used to be good at long/clever intros, but after four hours of equations buzzing in my head I'll simply say 0. That's how you start in the language math. And howdy(How Do Ya?)

rjd22

howdy how do you do. Even when youre not really a talke we still want to know more of our members. So how old are you and what are your hobby's etc. etc.

dave55man

Are you in college already?
and as for math I've already completed all my math course :P--no more math for the rest of my life, though i do miss it :(

dave55man

lol... i went all the way up to advanced calculus :P
I actually do like math, it's one of my stronger suites, and I usually get A's in all the classes.

dave55man

lol i took basic algreba in High School, i mean i was already taking calculus and stats in high school :P
When i came to college i just had to take a review course on advance algerba and then my two calculus courses. NOthing is better than deriving :]

brokenhands

30 something, no hobbies other than watching series of...anything. Done just about everything, had just about every job. Going to school, plan on doing so until...forever.

brokenhands

Yeah in college, just took the final exam in Linear Algebra. Can't miss math, you do it everyday.

brokenhands

Advanced Calculus? When does that come in? Wait, maybe I don't want to know, I've heard horror stories about Abstract Algebra and that's pretty advanced.

brokenhands

Nope just matrices, diff eq, and vector spaces.

brokenhands

Seems things always change every ten years or so in math. When my dad went to school, they stopped at geometry in high school. When I left it was Cal I, now I hear about high schoolers doing college level math in their first year.

brokenhands

Basically all math classes have a theme, so what is the theme of Analysis and Group Theory?

In:
Calculus - it's limits
Diff Eq - it's...can't remember all I remember was y' - y = 0 or c(c: constant of inhomogenouse equation)
Linear Algerbra - Ax = 0 or B (A: being a matrix, B: soln set, x: variables)

brokenhands

I see now, it's proofs. As for a math thread, might get pretty deep on the right forum.

Vladimir

brokenhands;4954 wrote
Advanced Calculus? When does that come in? Wait, maybe I don't want to know, I've heard horror stories about Abstract Algebra and that's pretty advanced.

I think math really starts to get fun when you start doing Analysis and Group Theory...
Those are my favorite fields in mathematics anyway...though I'm not sure if you guys have any experience with those...

Vladimir

dave55man;5007 wrote
lol i took basic algreba in High School, i mean i was already taking calculus and stats in high school :P
When i came to college i just had to take a review course on advance algerba and then my two calculus courses. NOthing is better than deriving :]

LOL!
I can think of a lot of things more fun than deriving :P

brokenhands;4992 wrote
Nope just matrices, diff eq, and vector spaces.

Basically Linear Algebra stuff? That's cool :)

Vladimir

brokenhands;5062 wrote
Basically all math classes have a theme, so what is the theme of Analysis and Group Theory?

In:
Calculus - it's limits
Diff Eq - it's...can't remember all I remember was y' - y = 0 or c(c: constant of inhomogenouse equation)
Linear Algerbra - Ax = 0 or B (A: being a matrix, B: soln set, x: variables)

Well, I wouldn't exactly say that those are the correct themes, since they're much larger than that.
Groups are basically a way to describe symmetries. They are sets of elements with certain properties.
Analysis is where the real difference between maths and physics starts. In analysis you define things like integrals, limits, derivatives, etc. and you need to check when you're allowed to use them and when you're not. In physics you simply use them and if it doesn't work out for ya, you say: "Oh, maybe I wasn't allowed to use them in this situation." and simply move on.
In maths however, you actually check when you're allowed to use them so you don't make stupid mistakes like physicists do...(sometimes :P)

Maybe we should make a maths thread, lol...