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#26 Re: Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Good Will Hunting » 2008-05-23 19:55:06
I just wonder if this level of knowledge can be so automatic like portrayed in the movie.
I guess in movies, they want to make it look superhuman. It's actually superhuman to do all the paper work and take all the time, and THEN, do problems. It's simplistic to walk to a chalk board and do the problem right then and there.
In A Beautiful Mind, the movie did really well to show all the tons of work he did. Weeks and weeks of 10+ hrs a day of writing out math, revising, starting over, etc. This was great.....showed the hard work, and the genius. Much more realistic.
#27 Re: Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Good Will Hunting » 2008-05-23 19:50:07
Something about drawing all the ______ ______ trees with n = 10. It's not isomorphic cause there are 106 of those.
Edit: the 2nd work is "irreducible"
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#29 Re: Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Good Will Hunting » 2008-05-22 09:21:07
This was the problem in the movie on the board.
#30 Re: Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Good Will Hunting » 2008-05-21 19:55:31
I haven't watched it in a while, but from what I can remember there wasn't enough information about the mathematics. The graphs they showed did look rather simple though.
That's what I was thinking. In movies etc they tend to make things look incredible, but for those in the discipline, it's too simplistic and unrealistic, and laughable.
#31 Re: Introductions » Dan Howitt in the math-house » 2008-05-20 05:49:01
hi dan!!! ^_^
i like the shirt... i hope to see that in the market.... hehe
welcome to the forum.
enjoy! ^_^
Thanks 
#32 Re: Introductions » Dan Howitt in the math-house » 2008-05-20 05:47:18
Hi dan!
I think that shirt would be better if it were
Yes that's cool
#33 Re: Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Good Will Hunting » 2008-05-17 05:18:09
Wondering if the stuff about combinatorial math was accurate.
#34 Re: Introductions » Dan Howitt in the math-house » 2008-05-17 05:16:55
Hi dan howitt!
Welcome to the forum!
Nice pic to begin with!
Thanks ganesh
#35 Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Good Will Hunting » 2008-05-14 08:26:08
- dan howitt
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I first thought it was "Goodwill Hunting". Having to do with good will. Yeiks haha.
Anywei what did you think of the math in it? When he did the proof on the chalkboard like that. Lol.
#36 Introductions » Dan Howitt in the math-house » 2008-05-14 08:19:05
- dan howitt
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Hei what a cool forum, can't wait to start learning and posting (trying to lol!) haha. 