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#26 2007-08-26 15:19:58
- mikau
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Re: help: linear algebra
I'm glad to see you all saying that linear is no walk in the park because its really been kicking the pants off me. I had feared I'd reached the epitome of my capability.
I think i'm going to go to the school library as soon as school starts and see if I can check out any fat texts on linear algebra. Mine is a 180 page tv manual and i really think they try to be too 'concise'.
honestly, Ricky, how was I supposed to understand that last sentance i mentioned?
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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#27 2007-08-26 16:26:40
- Ricky
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Re: help: linear algebra
honestly, Ricky, how was I supposed to understand that last sentance i mentioned?
You're going to have to be more specific. What exactly don't you understand?
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#28 2007-08-26 20:11:03
- mikau
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Re: help: linear algebra
no i was just reflecting with distain on the books explanation. Namely, the first line in the proof of theorem 8.2 which we already discussed. What did the author think I could get out of that?
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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#29 2007-08-27 00:59:05
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Re: help: linear algebra
It seems like your author may be cryptic in order to get you to make sure you really understand the material.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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