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#26 2014-09-24 20:26:12
- bobbym
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Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
Yoda can hide behind a point of reference.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#27 2014-09-24 23:21:37
- Mayflow
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Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
The thing I like most is the formalism and rigour.
Referring to math? If so, you have spotted a problem of mine. In school I could get the correct answers (usually) but I often could not explain how I got them. I have a job now, (RF calibration technician) and the other day an Engineer presented me with a math question he said any 7th grader should be able to answer. I really worked on it, and it took a long time and I showed him how I got the answer, and he said I had just come up with a gimmick and could not explain a certain ratio I had figured out. However, I did later come up with what I think is a reasonable explanation.
Where is the best place to put an algebra question on the forum? I will present the question there. There is actually a little twist to the plot (which I have not worked on yet) - but it would be best if we can mutually agree to the correct answer to the first question first - of course I am sure there will be more than one way to go about answering the question.
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#28 2014-09-25 04:40:44
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Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
Hi;
Post your question in the "Help me" thread.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#29 2014-09-25 11:08:52
- Mayflow
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Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
Hi;
Post your question in the "Help me" thread.
This is hereby accomplished.
Last edited by Mayflow (2014-09-25 11:09:21)
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#31 2014-12-09 05:55:03
Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
Hi;
Welcome to reality!
What is your favorite color?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#32 2014-12-09 07:38:32
- ShivamS
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Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
Hello Everybody!....I'm a little late to the forum party...but how is everybody doing?
Welcome to the forum!
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#33 2014-12-09 14:43:04
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Hi all you math fun lovers!
Hi gmason972,
Welcome to the forum!
Last edited by Jai Ganesh (2014-12-09 14:43:45)
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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