study-discussion

[near peak]

just dmd

[ruby crystal]

newbie here-

can some tell me how to complete like 10 books within a month and a half- got my finals cmin and im in complete panic mode

[green terrace]

10 books in a month, especially if they are mathematics texts, is not really possible

[storm jasper]

10 books, like literature 😭 . If it’s math books like tcc says it’s gonna be near impossible. I finish a book a month (math text) and even that’s stretching it$

[slow stag]

i just want a roadmap for calcus 2 im so bad at math in every angle i want a deep roadmap for math from pre algerba to algbra and geometry to pre calc to calc 1 to calc 2 pls help i dont understand anything atp im not moving anywhere my mentallity is crushed.

im a 12th grader i pass exams but dont understand anything

[bold coral]

This's my question, you want to study Math as a major or just want to pass exam?

[slow stag]

i want to understand

[slow stag]

i pass exam with highest grades in class but this is only cuz its easy pre calc starting but soon it will be doomed

i want to understand why and how this links to life

[bold coral]

say the guy with the highest grade "im so bad at math in every angle"

If you already have a strong background in pre-calc nothing stop you from getting good in calc

[slow stag]

my class is dumb anyways its basic and teacher grades to understanding not correct questons

pls ms.fionna help

[bold coral]

What basic it is, and everything come from the basic so you don't really have to worry that much

[slow stag]

the basic isnt understable

understandable

[bold coral]

If you unsure, you can just revise the basic then move on

The thing is, people like me myself, I spent a large amount of time studying difficult vector-2D geo, limit and function in depth

It like huge amount of time, if you just now start to do so you won't be able to catch up with calc in class

So the best is just learn the basic, then when you come a cross a calc problem that require limit/function in depth knowledge

You learn from that problem, that's the only way

Ehhhh, tbf it's not worth it to learn everying you learnt in depth cuz most of them end up not be used anyway

[slow stag]

but i dont understand anything till its in depth i think like why is calcus calcus? yk what is it where can i apply it to my life yk.

so you think only for calcus 1 and 2 to learn whats essential?

[bold coral]

ehh you can watch video about those real world application

It's every where in the internet

[sour mirage]

try to find some other resource to study from

[fleet hill]

10 books is definitely not possible, I would make a list of concepts on the test you're most confused about and go through it one by one

[sour mirage]

thats a bit off

maybe it makes bookkeeping easier?

thats pretty horrible lol

100% of the stress on one day

cant even chill thinking like "oh, ill bring it back next midterm so its alr"

i see

for me its class dependent

my PDEs class has 2 midterms and one final i think

and same for my lin alg class

[sour mirage]

your grade is best mostly on your final?

you have an oral exam?

tf

thats like

miserable

they're just turning you into a walking textbook 😭

like do they ask you how to prove every theorem or they ask you how you would prove something using those theorems

thats interesting though
i feel like for math classes in my university normally they care more about how well you're able to apply techniques you learned throughout the course, so like maybe the proof for something looks similar to a proof for another theorem but they wouldnt ask you to reprove something you already learnt

but thats probably what your written exam is for

[swift tartan]

It should realistically be like around a section a day at most and even that can be much much less depending on the book

Hartshorne is literally like a page or two a day

[sour mirage]

😭

if the books are like

super duper undergrad - y

then reading a bunch of it isnt cope since they fluff it up a little

but books where every single page is 5 corollaries and two theorems with every other theorem left as an exercise

[storm jasper]

Hairy balls thereom?

[edgy sierra]

i laughed at this page

[swift tartan]

Felt, it really does matter per book though

Like rudin would be like that maybe around 1-3 pages a day

which is almost a section tbf in that text

[storm jasper]

I read 10 pages, is abott a lot more trivial

[outer rapids]

a page a day, wow :o

yeah i jest, that sounds about right when i was still reading it lmao

[storm jasper]

Could you do 5 pages a day

Or could I

[outer rapids]

depends on book

[storm jasper]

Well shit

What about hartshorne

Oh shit that’s alg geo

Sorry, I meant Hatcher, how do I lock in so I can become better at alg top fr Dr

[outer rapids]

hartshorne took me a page a day, with guided study for a class it should speed things up quite a bit

[storm jasper]

I don’t study at all anymore lmao

[outer rapids]

but if you're doing it solo it would surprise me if you was able to do anything past 4 pages per day

[storm jasper]

I read like a page a day but imma speed it up cause I do need to finish analysis in a month

Wait point set or

Oh I thought alg top

Time to lock in

[outer rapids]

hatcher should be quite a bit faster, it's written in a much more leisurely tone and is considerably less dense than hartshrone

not going

not applying this year (thank god)

[storm jasper]

I forgot hchan is a sweat

[outer rapids]

this year applications are cooked

no I need one more year

yes i am

i need one more year

oh yeah you do

so what that means is i will do it roughly at the start of my next school year

no, I am taking an extra year

for undergrad

[storm jasper]

I will apply for PhD when I’m 19 : p

If I lock in

Have a yr

[outer rapids]

im gonna be honest my guy its straight up not happening

no, I dont

my university is good but not elite

[storm jasper]

I will

[outer rapids]

think 30 ish in US rankings

good enough for the math dept here to have a very rich offering of classes i can take and that's good enough for me

I could, ill consider it when it comes to that

i didn't choose to do an extra year because of trump i need it to finish my other major

only slightly better, EE

Hell no

My CV at this point is heavily geared towards a math phd anyways

[storm jasper]

I’ll get it through a unconventional route

Wait what

[swift tartan]

do it

[outer rapids]

I can do that one better, one physical textbook of your choosing

[stoic maple]

do yall have study tips? im in 7th grade and i have my finals soon

rip

[floral musk]

erdős strat /j

[swift tartan]

Did someone get banned?

All their messages are deleted lol

[olive geode]

weird, clearly someone very active here I don't think getting banned necessarily deletes all your messages, so they might have deleted them themselves

[reef ocean]

seems to be the case here (the latter)

when banning someone we can pick whether to delete a range of recent msgs

i'm aware that is a thing but self-botting is against discord ToS

[rain patio]

fr?

[rain patio]

are you like aurafarming?

[storm jasper]

Hopefully

I just need to study later undergrad/early grad student material and then just continuously study the early grad student material until I get a breakthrough

Other students (mainly PhD students) will disagree and it is quite unconventional but I’m bored

[rain patio]

You have aura

[silent stratus]

So my name day's coming up and I wanna gift my classmates a full summary of what we have done so far in set theory. My opinion as to what I should emphasize on, is just writing every equality or definition we have written, without any proofs. Should I include the proofs under each respective equality, or should I skip them? maybe I could make a separate file in which I include every proof that's necessary. What y'all think chat?

btw im writing in latex so factor in the time it takes to write there rather than on paper

[frosty mica]

Skip proofs in the main summary. List all equalities and definitions clearly. Create a separate file for proofs to keep the main document concise and focused.

[silent stratus]

yeah thats my main idea. its a lotta work tho and ill get bored

[spark topaz]

are the GRE practice tests known to have occasional errors

on a practice test I was just working on, they defined a group homorphism and said its kernel was {1,11}

no 0

wait maybe im dumb

is 0 even in a group

im thinking of an additive group since it was over Z mod 30 but maybe they meant a multiplicative group

i took abstract algebra awhile ago i don rembr

hence i ask here

this is the specific problem

with my notes and attempted solution scribbled on it, as you can see

(I can't find the erase feature)

[obsidian wigeon]

U30 is a multiplicative group, it doesn't contain 0

[spark topaz]

oh i see why 1 is 0 now

[obsidian wigeon]

yea 1 is your identity, and 11 is its own inverse

[spark topaz]

so I'd guess that using an additive relationship was not the right way to find a match for 7

ya everything relatively prime to 30

right

follows from the euclidean algorithm

[obsidian wigeon]

poor 29 got neglected, not that it matters here 😆

[spark topaz]

ax+by=1

so then do i take 7 and multiply by 11 since it's an identity

then mod 13

30

yay

ya I'll use f
f(7)=f(7)f(11)
=f(77)=f(17)=7

minus 60

thank you

[spark topaz]

thanks to you as well

If this channel isn't active, is it an okay place to ask GRE math subject test-type questions

I don't use this server too much

so idk the unspoken rules

okay

ty

[olive geode]

How do you guys organize your paper when writing? Like, do you have one book where you neatly write your proofs, and one for scribbling and calculations? I often find when proving stuff that I need to remind myself of some basic lemma, so I grab some scrap paper, but then if I get stuck proving that lemma, I need some extra scrap paper for my scrap paper, and so on and so on, so my desk is a mess of paper

[olive geode]

I don't want to do either of those 😠

are tablets really that good? how does it compare to writing on paper? and how does it organize your notes?

no don't edit it, I liked it when it was big

I've a lot of talk about a tablet called remarkable, how does it compare to apple and samsung?

the e-ink display looks kinda nice, but I'm guessing it's less responsive?

wait, remarkable is norwegian?

so you're saying that if I go for samsung, I wouldn't need to go for galaxy S10 for example? What would you recommend?

it seems some are saying that apple has a better writing pen than samsung, so maybe apple is a better choice

I'm in Norway, you know how far away I am 😭

Yes, I'm very lucky to have both an Apple store and a non-Apple store in walking distance

oh right, I forgot they have apple things in non-apple stores 😅

svalbard is the height of civilisation

jesus, now I know why you recommend ipad a16 instead of something more expensive: ipad pro costs 3700 USD 💀 who would spend that much on a tablet?

yeah, the ipad a16 looks decently priced, I can get it for 500 USD here

what's the advantage with ipad air?

also, do you have an opinion on size? 11 inches is that enough?

[olive geode]

||no dirty jokes please||

it seems ipad a16 only comes in 11 inches, but ipad air comes in 11 and 13

yeah, thanks for the recommendations I'll try it tomorrow

yeah, the ipad wouldn't necessarily be much cheaper than a remarkable

[olive geode]

what's the deal with people deleting all their messages in this channel?

you did? and then you had to delete all your messages, not just one? 🤔 I don't think the discord TOS are that strict, if that's what you're worried about

if you mean asking mq if he smuggles ipads from the US, that's definitely not something you can get banned for

[scenic shuttle]

if u want to get an iPad I'd suggest getting android rather than apple

apple sucks ass (I have it)

yeah I agree

since I use apple I'd say all the apps they have requires u to pay

especially goodnotes bc I heard it's good

I'm using note+ and it's my favorite 🙂

how?

it has limited stuff 💔

oooo

how is that possible

ah

guess I'm late then lol

its time to install apps using slideloadly

hacking apps

yep

sure

[swift tartan]

There is apparently a lot of potentional lashback that may happen with actively going on with GoodNotes bc of Goodnotes 7 coming soon

I got goodnotes 5 with lifetime and once they introduced goodnotes 6 and required users to pay a subscription to use the new update i basically went like wtf

So I havent really used it since

[scenic shuttle]

yeah it requires a subscription now and it has limited stuff

i use note+ and its so much better lol

[swift tartan]

I stick to paper and pen + latex

[scenic shuttle]

i use everything except for AI pen and safari

overall its a good app 🙂

[scenic shuttle]

nowadays im getting lazy to make notes on latex bc most of them has drawings

and that requires tikz

i suck at it

[swift tartan]

There are so many tools I have found that helps

[scenic shuttle]

such as?

[swift tartan]

There is an online tikzcd website, I also use mathcha

[scenic shuttle]

oh ill look into this, thanks

[swift tartan]

mathcha is free to use, but they only let you use the website. Its cheap for a year tho, iirc its like $5

[scenic shuttle]

ic

[swift tartan]

That lets you download and use it on your comp

[scenic shuttle]

wait i think i remember opening that once and never used it that much

how does tikz actually work in there?

does it generate latex code for u once u make the diagram?

[swift tartan]

You can type out equations in latex, uses basic ams tho so not really anything custom. The creation of like diagrams with shapes or objects does take a little bit of a learning curve to get used to

[swift tartan]

Yeah it lets you copy the tikz code

It does give those warnings, but I have yet for it to fail

It also does let you print the images for importing in figures

Id recommend trying out the website just to see if its worth, its free so why not

[scenic shuttle]

ok ill try look into this

[scenic shuttle]

also how did u get this

[swift tartan]

When you create a diagram, you can go to the top to export it as tikz

[scenic shuttle]

okay that makes sense, thanks a lot man 🙂

[swift tartan]

But I still recommend learning TiKz, I have seen some crazy stuff that def got me into it

[swift tartan]

Nws!

[swift tartan]

Imo, its like latex, you just pick things up as you use it

[scenic shuttle]

im only gonna use it for drawing stuff bc im too lazy

[swift tartan]

felt

[swift tartan]

These are some of things that inspired me to learn

@tight siren they have crazier ones (he made the ones above too)

[scenic shuttle]

dayum thats so nice

I cant understand chinese tho

[swift tartan]

Me neither

[scenic shuttle]

I managed to do my thing that u send me :D

I love it

[swift tartan]

Nice!

[wispy zephyr]

you should look into circuitikz

[scenic shuttle]

I tried

I find it annoying tbf

or maybe i just have skill issue

[wispy zephyr]

%% in preamble
% \usepackage{circuitikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\ctikzset{logic ports = ieee}
%% In main document
\begin{circuitikz}
\node (A) {A};
\node[below = of A] (B) {B};
\node[below = of B] (C) {C};
\draw (A) to ++(1,0) nodeand port, anchor=in 1{};
\draw (C) to (C -| and1.in 1) nodeand port, anchor=in 2{};
\draw (B) to (B -| and1.in 1) to (and1.in 2) to (and2.in 1);
\draw (and1.out) to ++(1.5,0) nodenot port, anchor=in{} (not1.out) to ++(1.5,0) nodeor port, anchor=in 1{} (or.out) to ++(1,0) node[right]{Y};
\draw (and2.out) to ++(1.5,0) nodenot port, anchor=in{} (not2.out) to ++(1,0) |- (or.in 2);
\end{circuitikz}

[mossy shadow]

κλαουντ ☁ (cloud)

[scenic shuttle]

noice

[limber ravine]

who’s kind enough to tutor me

Hahaha

[reef ocean]

that's fine to ask but keep in mind we don't encourage financial transactions in the server #changelog message

[rocky terrace]

We only encourage financial transactions if you transfer money directly into my bank account for no reason whatsoever and no questions asked 🗿 and no services offered

I can turn your $500 into my $500

[storm tide]

Sounds like a deal. There are a few purely administrative fees to pay in order to get the bank transfer set up legally, but I hope you're okay with covering those. Let me just send you a link to my bank's transfer form ...

[swift tartan]

Do you need them in form of gift cards?

[green terrace]

Your body is a machine that turns my $500 into your $500

(with international exchange fees, of-course)

[rocky terrace]

Do not redeem

[undone carbon]

I have a question, I'm dyslexic and I struggle too much with numbers, since this server is big I'm sure you've had other people, what study method do you recommend?

[echo dragon]

I have a quant strats Superday coming up. Need genuine help in all the math concepts I should go thru. Preferably in order of importance

[runic crest]

DO NOT REDEEM IT

[scenic shuttle]

could u be more specific about the numbers ur having trouble with?

[gritty kestrel]

Genuinely, how do you all study math? I’ve taken all the higher-level math classes and passed with 70s or higher without really studying. I’ll admit I struggled here and there, but scraping by with a 70 without studying felt pretty good. Now I’m in grade 11, which is a really important year for me. I need at least a high 80, but I just got my progress report back and I’m sitting at a 57. I only have six weeks until midterms, so that mark needs to change drastically. I studied all weekend for my first test and still failed, so I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I’ve got a quiz tomorrow, and I’m kind of panicking. Sorry for the story dump I just really need some effective math study

[fleet hill]

What does your studying look like currently? And for concreteness, what are you learning about right now in class?

[gritty kestrel]

I would look over lessons then do problems over and over and over. We just started new unit and the quiz tomorrow morning is on Translations and Reflections, Stretches and Compressions, Function Transformations. I just got back from a hockey tournament and need to somehow cram all of this in tonight

[fleet hill]

And what do you do during class?

[gritty kestrel]

Take notes

[fleet hill]

What do you feel like you struggle with the most? Is it like time management, or do you feel like you're putting a lot of time in and still not effectively absorbing the concepts?

Are you able to do the practice problems on the quiz concepts

[gritty kestrel]

I feel like I put a lot of time in and still just blank on a test or quiz. No my teacher doesn’t release specific practice problems specifically for the quiz or test

[fleet hill]

You mentioned doing problems over and over, where do you get those problems from? And do you do the same problems multiple times?

[gritty kestrel]

I usually try to form them from lesson example questions, and switch up the general concept of the question and mix numbers around and I’ll do this multiple times

[fleet hill]

Ah okay, do you also have a textbook that you can draw problems from? KhanAcademy also has a lot of practice exercises you can try

Forming practice problems for yourself is generally a great idea, do you find that you can do them or is it a struggle?

[gritty kestrel]

I can do them but I get to the test and I blank out I feel there must be something way more efficient

[fleet hill]

Hmmm have you tried doing stuff like concept maps? Like writing down a graphic organizer of all the different concepts you can remember off the top of your head from the lesson and then drawing lines between connected concepts

That usually helps me organize my thoughts

Also when you try to do the practice problems, are you looking at the notes or doing them completely on your own? Usually it helps to try to make your study environment as similar to your test environment as possible so your brain is already comfortable working in that kind of space

[clever badger]

I'm studying for my precal midterm right now and have been for the past week or 2 and im honestly just so exhausted and struggling a lot mentally trying to get all I need to pass it since I HAVE to get a good grade to keep my scholarship. Does anyone have any advice for what I should focus on getting down? Like I just don't know where to start and it's so stressful not knowing how or where to start

Theres also so much to memorize but I don't even know all I should memorize -3-

The only things I know for sure rn is that I suck at fractal decomposition and I need to memorize the key points of trig functions, unit circle values, and the trig values for the various type of right triangles

[undone carbon]

In general, I have problems with numbers, even basic things like fractions, etc.

[scenic shuttle]

things like $\frac{3}{4}x$?

<@&268886789983436800>

[mossy shadow]

Aκιρɑ

[scenic shuttle]

lmao

[edgy sierra]

t hank you so much

[clever badger]

Money?! Where??

[edgy sierra]

i already got it

7777 billion from elon musk

[scenic shuttle]

cap

[undone carbon]

Yes

[scenic shuttle]

try practicing problems if u want to get better at solving this

[undone carbon]

Oh ok thx

Can you recommend me some apps?

[scenic shuttle]

khan academy

[undone carbon]

Thx

[scenic shuttle]

[edgy sierra]

w hat a generous man

it's a good thing he'll be the one implanting mind chips into our brains

[green terrace]

nowhere

[royal basin]

$\cap$

[mossy shadow]

ali yassine

[royal basin]

[true mauve]

man i want to be able to study for hours on end, but i end up rotting on my phone or letting my social life take up the entire day

i know i have it in me to study more, ive studied for like 7 hours straight some days. I just can't do it consistently

i enjoy math/computer science, and i have a decent understanding of stuff. I just don't know why i cant sit down and get stuff done.

[tacit glen]

🧢

[scenic shuttle]

i get it, this is a really common problem, so don't be too hard on yourself. u have already shown u can focus for a long time. the key is just doing it more often. for me, starting things early helps me a lot. even when i don't feel like it, just getting going takes away so much stress, and i still end up getting things done without last minute panic. since your phone is a big distraction, try leaving it in another room when u need to study. it sounds simple, but it really works

also, try starting with a super small goal. don't plan to study for hours. just plan for like one hour. anyone can do one hour or less and once u start, it's easier to keep going and don't forget to take breaks and do stuff u enjoy, like a walk, listen to music, or a hobby. that's basically not wasted time but rather it helps your brain rest and come back stronger(this is what I usually do as a hobby )

u already like the stuff u study, so ur halfway there. just make it a little easier to start and dont forget to take care of yourself. u've got this

[hazy vigil]

Get this app

It locks you out of distracting apps on your phone for set amounts of time to help you focus and what you want to do

[rocky terrace]

Dank Green

[dusty path]

Is this right or there are some error on it?

i will have a test of combinatorics tomorrow and idk nothing about it

i just cant understand it 😭 😭 😭

[edgy sierra]

looks right to me

[dusty path]

Thnxx

Btw, is there a easy way to solve all exercices about combinatorics ?

[edgy sierra]

no

there is an easier way but not an easy way

you just have to note words

some of it is already there

"without repetition" choose n then choose n - 1, n - 2 and so on

"with repetition" choose n^k

"arrangement" k-permutations

"select distinct objects" binomial coefficients or combination without repetition

"select the same objects" multinomial coefficients or combination with repetition

the first two are multiplication principle btw

[dusty path]

Thnx

I hope get at least positive in the test

[edgy sierra]

good luck 💜

[dusty path]

How???

How bro 😭😭😭

The last one

Só choose you one of the easiers

I just need to understand that for tomorrow 😭😞

You are talking about permutation without repetition right

So yeah its easy

The ONLY i understand

Nope, idk what the k means, and how to use

Yeahh ig

Yeah yeah, i ve solved exercices like that in shcool

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Ofc

Yes

Wait

5 (letters) * 4( combinations)

Is that ?

Ok ok

Ahhh

That makes sense

Thanks bro

Can u explain the last

Pls

Okk, but tomorrow i Will not need since tomorrow is my test

Thnxx bro

[glass gull]

What are some learning tip thats niche or should be use to maximize the gaining of intuition when it comes to studying math in your own time ?

[glass gull]

We're learning abt derivative of trigs rn. I want to attemp to provem some of them so I can understand them more.

From your experience right, are there merits to attempting proof by yourself ? How long should one try before looking at the textbook?

Im kinda walking around rn, ignore the horrific grammars lol

Yep

Like derivative sinx = cosx

You're majoring in pure math? How is that going for you man

Man thats great, sorry for my intrusiveness but what are you looking to do once you graduate ?

Lolol

So the main route? Thats smart, security for your future and flexbility to switch industry

Yeah I get you, im not at any lvl near you, but phd does seems pretty scary and time consuming if you dont have the goal of researching

But hey, thanks for the insight. Means a lot from someone with more experience than I do

Cheers!

[glacial raven]

What is a cool video to perform better at math and the university?

[edgy sierra]

cat videos

[rocky terrace]

Do a master's in theoretical physics

in ETHZ

[hazy vigil]

@scenic shuttle https://youtu.be/FJiiz55frmk

[rocky terrace]

I've heard of Leeds and Paris-Saclay

Gottingen as well

[glacial raven]

Is jspark good?

[scenic shuttle]

teto

[untold meadow]

We have run out of index variables and have resorted to using sans serif variables

Oh wrong channel

[green terrace]

what text is this in

[untold meadow]

Hm? You mean the font?

This is my homework writeup

[green terrace]

ahh

[solemn surge]

Hey people, can yall give me any study tips, its exam season and there are a lot of subjects to organise, help?

[main trail]

just wanted general advice on how long I need for something

Jordan-von Neumann Theorem

[sour mirage]

dont phd programs in europe usually require a masters beforehand as well

then it makes more sense to consider not getting a phd

in america its generally straight from bachelors to phd in math, and in phd they'll cover tuition and give you a stipend and you'll get your masters along the way

its also less feasible to get into a phd in math in america if you take too long after your bachelors since they generally expect recent graduates but there are probably exceptions

[rocky terrace]

Because the first two years of a PhD is basically like a master's program

[sour mirage]

yea they give you your masters after that right

[rocky terrace]

I think so

[sour mirage]

this is the same thing im thinking

[rocky terrace]

I'll finish up by 45

I'll take my time 🗣️ 🔥

[sour mirage]

still 4 year undergrad but im thinking of finishing my phd by 25 yea

[rocky terrace]

This is true

[sour mirage]

i would do 3 year but its like a lot harder to get into decent programs the less time you have right

[rocky terrace]

but who says I can't finish my PhD before Abbott

[sour mirage]

since my senior year is really when i plan to do most of my grad courses

[rocky terrace]

When did you change ETHZ to Cambridge?

😢

funding for intl PhD students in UK is kinda wack

Didn't Einstein graduate from ETHZ?

Okay 🫡

I was thinking Max Planck Institute in Germany but okay that works too

Or Perimeter Institute in Waterloo

[main trail]

Is it normal for assignment problems to take forever to solve or am I doing something wrong

[edgy sierra]

yes

it's normal to spend hours on a problem

[main trail]

This is at uni, and this is a higher division ug course[ basically the highest undergrad] level

[edgy sierra]

.

same thing

[main trail]

got it

tq

[rocky terrace]

it depends on the problem

but usually you should aim to solve problems relatively quickly, especially if it's standard textbook exercises or assignment problems

else you'll end up spending several days on simple intro analysis exercises like me

[main trail]

The hard part of the problem is coming up with a counter example in an infinite dim VS

which makes sense tbf

[edgy sierra]

average rudin user

[rocky terrace]

That's the funniest part

it wasn't even Rudin

[main trail]

abbott?

[rocky terrace]

Yup

[main trail]

Oh, I think I got it

[rocky terrace]

For problems like that try for a bit, if you can't do it within a reasonable amount of time, try asking for a hint

[main trail]

lemme write it down to verify

[main trail]

try asking for a hint
Not allowed for graded components

[rocky terrace]

idk what that means, I just learn math I don't pay attention to my grades

That's probably why they're so bad

[edgy sierra]

learn math as a recreational activity

[rocky terrace]

Learn math to become the best mathematician ever

[main trail]

unrelated, is using $\Psi$ considerd bad practice in LA

[mossy shadow]

wai

[main trail]

like does it have a specific meaning ot smthng

[wispy zephyr]

what makes you think it is?

[main trail]

wdym

[wispy zephyr]

like i don't know of any LA uses of Ψ but also this question is coming from somewhere right

[main trail]

I'm using it as notation in an asnwer

is all

[green terrace]

I have never seen (\Psi) used in LA

[mossy shadow]

Local FIS Shill (She/Her)

[glacial raven]

do u guys ever feel like there is too much things to study

how do u go through it

[scenic shuttle]

if u already studied things before it wouldn't have any problems

thats how I usually go through it

[eager halo]

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[eager halo]

I have only seen it used once in an exercise of FIS

But that's fine

As long as it does not have a canonical meaning in your current field of study, you can feel free to use it.

[eager halo]

Step by step

E.g. You want to eventually get to Diff Geo? Think about what you can start with to get there.

But also make your journey fun

[glacial raven]

How i study math like a university student of the soviet union?

[green terrace]

I've seen small phi used for functionals, where did you see big phi in FIS? /genq

[eager halo]

Uhh I forgot

I'll dig it up later

[main trail]

I'm planing for next sem rn

and kind of conflicted

on one hand want to do a bunch of courses , to learn as much as I can

on the other hand, burn out

[scenic shuttle]

@swift tartan the website u gave me couple days ago, do u know if u could draw something like this?

im looking for ground but cant find it >:(

maybe I have to draw it that way

[swift tartan]

Honestly no clue

I dont really make circuit diagrams

[wispy zephyr]

there are probably dedicated programs for circuitikz which are more suitable for circuit diagrams

[scenic shuttle]

no worries I found a software that does this thing i want

[scenic shuttle]

im changing my mind, this software is so ass

[swift tartan]

I feel like you will just have to learn tikz by the end of the day

Nothing will be better than that

[misty thicket]

Not sure but there’s an app on phone and there’s a website for it called “every circuit “ there was another one but forgot

Yeah the other one is “proto”

[scenic shuttle]

I got an ipad so ill pass

sometimes when I work on drawing a diagram with tikz, it takes a lot of time and when it doesn’t work out, it feels like such a waste and makes it harder to catch up on my other classes for studying

[scenic shuttle]

can u link it?

[misty thicket]

Proto is on android sadly, but it also has a website

Lemme check

https://www.protosimulator.com/

https://everycircuit.com/

[scenic shuttle]

holy shit

[misty thicket]

They have dark mode

[scenic shuttle]

those are so fire bro

thanks a lot

[scenic shuttle]

I love dark mode anyway

[misty thicket]

Well i didn’t think they were this great ,used to fiddle around with them

[scenic shuttle]

yeah its looking fire

I make my notes with dark mode in my ipad so I could just screenshot them and place it into notes

thanks again :D

[misty thicket]

No problem

[frozen stratus]

Nice 👍

[rocky terrace]

[eager halo]

TikZ drawing doesn't work out? That just means you haven't wasted spent enough time on it.

Almost forgot my sotrues there.

On a more serious note, have you used CircuiTikZ GUI editors? E.g. this is the first one I found online https://circuit2tikz.tf.fau.de/designer/

[eager halo]

You can compile TikZ on an iPad btw... just not locally. I don't want to bring my laptop to a certain place, so I bring my iPad to write LaTeX in, using Github Codespaces.

[torn olive]

Wait how do you type on the iPad

Carry a keyboard?

Do you have a rec?

Or just the standard keyboard?

@eager halo

[eager halo]

I have some Logitech case with a keyboard

Looks like this

[scenic shuttle]

it takes about 6 hours to do draw something

im slow at tikz

[eager halo]

Not a good feeling keyboard but it works and the case is pretty darn rugged.

[scenic shuttle]

i dont have a physically keyboard

[eager halo]

You'll slowly improve with practice at TikZ programming.

Anyways, as aforementioned, there are GUI editors for CircuiTikZ which makes this point mute.

[eager halo]

... Well you can buy one.

[scenic shuttle]

only if i can find a part time job, sure…

[eager halo]

You can get a cheap one?

[scenic shuttle]

still

yeah im suffering lol

i plan getting this keyboard from temu

@eager halo

[safe harbor]

You can compile locally

Using a terminal emulator

Like a-shell

Or others

[eager halo]

No even that you need to connect to a remote tunnel.

I tried it before; didn't find a way to make it work.

[eager halo]

At least for VSCode

Anyways you wouldn't be beating the performance of a GitHub Codespace which itself already outperforms my laptop's I7 at TeX compilations.

[safe harbor]

I don't know what you did but you shouldn't have to

I've used it before

It comes prepackaged with TeXLive and vim

[scenic shuttle]

im not sure what do u mean by this

but i know this https://github.com/sanjib-sen/WebLaTex

[raven kindle]

vim+typst+git🗿

[eager halo]

I see

[cold sundial]

how do u guys study for olympiad math

[reef ocean]

you might have better luck asking in #competition-math and https://discord.gg/3sbwZdh

[eager halo]

I use my own custom .devcontainer.

[reef ocean]

it's been a while since I taught olympiad-ish stuff but really it's just getting a group to solve problems guided by a tutor lol

that's like the ideal setup imo

[cold sundial]

thank you

[reef ocean]

otherwise u can find worksheets or like, the Art of Problem Solving books these are good

[cold sundial]

bet

[scenic shuttle]

oooo that makes sense

[glacial raven]

I will start university rn, what study routine should i follow?

[scenic shuttle]

depends on what major

[glacial raven]

Biology

[scenic shuttle]

hmm fair

I would probably say study stuff before u attend the lectures and use online sources if u cant understand something(e.g yt or similar). also dont forget to have good sleep schedule and take breaks as needed. make friends and study with them too

I feel like biology also requires a lot of memorizing so u could plan doing this too

[steep grove]

Don't be a lazy blob who procrastinates until the day before

Do everything right away like he said

Consider learning ahead if you can and have time

[glacial raven]

Good

Thank you all

[rocky terrace]

This is me

But I no longer want it to be me

[rocky terrace]

One of these years I'll succeed

Nah

I'll succeed this year

this semester!

"When mq knows I'm succeeding but he just can't prove it"

[steep grove]

But why do you do that?

I used to be that person but don't you want to do well?

Sorry I can't tell apart the mannerisms of millions of random strangers online

All bundled with different personalities

[green terrace]

Neam analysis arc insert sotrue

[rancid atlas]

Does anyone have tips on how to remember past math subjects in order to make connections with new ones and deepen your understanding on how things work? Instead of memorising formulas taken for granted

Since I can't depend on school to help me with that

I'm trying to wrap my head around how I'll have time to review past subjects but surely there's a way... right?

[midnight linden]

has anyone prepared for oxbridge maths interviews and if so how did you prepare

i think i’m very good at a level stuff but if it’s BMO then i don’t exactly know how to go about a problem and it makes me feel uncomfortable

[livid zenith]

You can make revision cards with he main results, but tbh as you progress through your education, reviewing your old lecture notes should take you less and less time, unless your lecture notes are very verbose.

There's no secret though, except reviewing things every once in a while (you can do that every break, or every big breaks, just before starting school again)

In maths, new topics will often call on what you've learned prior to the course, so you'll also naturally retain some of the main properties/theorems, but it's still good to review them to have them in mind when you encounter them

[steep grove]

Yea

[rancid atlas]

I see, the thing is that I used to study maths very shallowly, memorising for tests only and not caring to understand the logic and the origin of the formulas (they weren't taught as well). So now I feel like I'm missing the essential connections and intuition and that there's a lot to catch up on... I'm willing to work to catch up on really understanding the material but I'm hesitating on which way to tackle it from (since changing methods later on in a major way will be exhausting). Do I start working on making flashcards on theorems/properties and note my personal notes on the side? Or do I take a notes first approach using Obsidian and later figure out a way to review those notes in a spaced manner (I believe there's a plugin but it's something to verify)

Hence why I'm asking here since I'm sure there are lads who have achieved what I'm trying to achieve and I'd prefer to learn from their experience rather than experimenting (which i'll still do obviously but much less if someone were to guide me)

[livid zenith]

Just take the time to review the material from the point you think you need to and (re)do exercises, there's not really any shortcut. Do it during school breaks to have more time for it, or do it slowly through multiple weeks

[winter nebula]

in my experience I didn't really focus on taking notes

I picked up a math book on the topic I want to learn

and supplement it with online resources whatever I could find

and focus on the exercises a lot

And most of the time, a book has a lot of subtopics which build up on previous topics , that teaches you how to connect things from one topic to another

Memorising for tests only and not caring to understand the logic and the origin of the formulas (they weren't taught as well).
I would say you should try to prove and find justification for every theorem you encounter

[winter nebula]

it will help you "internalize" what math is really about and eventually you won't have to memorize, it will come to you naturally

For example, you may study the unit circle and how it derives the trigonometric formulas, that way you also don't need to memorize how do the values for sin 30 cos 30 come from, it will just click in your head automatically once you've internalized the concept

TLDR: To internalize the math concepts, try to find justification for every formula you're using, and solve a lot more difficult questions (without seeing solution, just struggle through it, until you can't find any way to solve it at all) . Read more if you aren't clear about a concept, look for more resources. And when reading math, make sure you write down and try to follow whats it about.

[scenic shuttle]

what is best study method for understanding flip flops in logic gates?

specifically stuff like this

[rancid atlas]

Thanks man, appreciate it

[scenic shuttle]

im not sure if this channel is only related to math but I would be appreciated if anyone knows any study methods

[rancid atlas]

For maths or in general?

[scenic shuttle]

in general

just asking that bc friends also doesnt get it either 💔

[rancid atlas]

To me the best one is the feynman technique, it's essentially explaining what you've learnt to someone else (could be imaginary), it should be so simply articulated a 5yo, or a person with no experience in the field could understand

there are a lot more really, such as spaced repetition/active recall, blurting, mind maps, ... some work better than others in certain subjects and some may not work at all for you, the key is to mix and mash and see what works for you ultimately

[scenic shuttle]

alright ill try this, thanks for the suggestion

[long hedge]

Anki

No 1 study tip spend less time decorating ur discord profile and more time studying

[tropic void]

Anki is great

[long hedge]

Fr

[long hedge]

How u get latex to work on it?

[tropic void]

Mathjax

[long hedge]

U hv mac or windows ?

[tropic void]

Windows

[long hedge]

Hmmm

[tropic void]

I think mathjax should work on both

[long hedge]

Cn i dm you about it ?

[tropic void]

No

It’s built into Anki dw

I think the Anki manual covers it

[long hedge]

Hmm i have some anki stuff but they dont render

[long hedge]

I rn just have gpt generate latex and take sc and paste it

[tropic void]

That’s not really how mathjax works

[heavy needle]

I need the right profile to study, you wouldn't understand the meta

[scenic shuttle]

it's so addictive tho

I have paused my music for 3 hours just to get some shit done and i finally finished it o7

[long hedge]

i don't understand meta because i prefer telegram

[scenic shuttle]

just trying to look up some video for this

[long hedge]

wait u don't even study math

ig you just preferred vibe here than in bme or engineering server

[scenic shuttle]

yeah I dont the math i have in my semester rn is most likely baby math

[long hedge]

what is hardest math u studied ?

[scenic shuttle]

which server do you recommend me asking for type questions like this? physics server is so ignorant

[scenic shuttle]

linear algebra but that was in cs

[long hedge]

with or without proofs ?

[long hedge]

idk maybe engineering server

[scenic shuttle]

a little bit of proofs but not too much

[scenic shuttle]

send it in dms

uwu

[long hedge]

i'm not in it but you should find it in disboard

[scenic shuttle]

😭 ok

[long hedge]

look in discover it's right there

[scenic shuttle]

engineering students, right?

[long hedge]

yes

[scenic shuttle]

server is barely active 😭

[long hedge]

the one with 29k people ?

damn

when i was on it it was very active

idk what your question is related to but try joining the specific engineering one, if it's electrical, the electrical engineering one has 20k

[scenic shuttle]

ya

[scenic shuttle]

ok

[scenic shuttle]

not too much tbh and I think they will probably respond once I finish my first year

im gonna be patient and give it two days maybe

thanks for the suggestion tho and hopefully ill find someone who knows about this stuff

[frail sable]

What knowledge must I have before studying spectral graph theory?

[rancid atlas]

How do your cards look like over there? I’m trying to start using Anki for my studies but have no idea how I should structure my cards to avoid the trap of rote memorisation. Any tips?

[tropic void]

They’re pretty standard cards

I just significantly widened what was worth putting on a card

[rancid atlas]

So you make more conceptual cards?

So rather than the standard “What’s the quadratic equation” cards you make more “Why are a and c multiplied by 4” type of cards

[tropic void]

Yeah, I make a really wide variety

[rancid atlas]

I see, and you review them like any other normal card (using the again-easy buttons at the bottom)?

[tropic void]

Mhm

[rancid atlas]

Cool, thanks a lot

[rocky terrace]

Peak

[amber wraith]

How am i supposed to learn 500 proofs without memorising 500 proofs is there an easy way to know them all without literally just remembering them individually

[long hedge]

Anki

Dont memorize proofs, memorize ideas

[deft cove]

Is making a sort of checklist system good for organizing work?

like gamifying our tasks

[edgy sierra]

think about the problem

[amber wraith]

Yeah idk what that means tho

[amber wraith]

Yeah idk id rather memorise than think it hurts my head to think too much

[long hedge]

WHen you think of a difficult proof, that's quite long, it's usually not the entirety of proof that is difficult, it is a few specific ideas that are difficult to think about

[long hedge]

nah bro you definitely need to do some thinking

[amber wraith]

A lot of the proofs are like 3-4 lines theres only like 5% that are super long

[edgy sierra]

just have fun with the definitions

[amber wraith]

Idk i dont like thinking

[long hedge]

if you don't want to think about proofs, it's a bit harsh but i wouldn't recommend a math degree

[edgy sierra]

you also don't always have to prove something from scratch

[amber wraith]

Yeah a lot are using definitions so maybe learning all the definitions would be a good idea

[long hedge]

the entire like allure of a math degree as opposed to physics or engineering is that you can do proofs

[edgy sierra]

sometimes there is a previously proved theorem

or lemma you can use

if you want you can also do corollaries that aren't exercises

just to think about what you proved

[long hedge]

this only for basic proofs tbh

[edgy sierra]

it works

[amber wraith]

Too late now vro 🥀

[edgy sierra]

it works if you read what you're trying to prove

[long hedge]

i could work with this for basic algebra proofs but now that i'm doing some more difficult stuff, the proofs are just very eccentric ideas

[amber wraith]

A lot of the proofs are just definitions tbh, only a couple are longer or ones you have to think about

[edgy sierra]

there's also this if you're lucky enough

just think

[amber wraith]

I dont like to think

It hurts ny head

[edgy sierra]

it's very mentally taxing because it has to be

[amber wraith]

🥀

[long hedge]

then you are probably studying easier material, and then yes i recommend working with defintions

[long hedge]

[edgy sierra]

yeah i just skip to the proof

[amber wraith]

Yeah we are doing easier stuff atm i think. But i want to get all of this solid so that i dont struggle with the stuff that builds on it

[edgy sierra]

i don't have the attention span to read past 2 sentences

then i end up in a dead end

then i read it again

[amber wraith]

I find sometimes the sentence helps explain it

[long hedge]

fr

[edgy sierra]

yes

[long hedge]

if u want to get solid at it, you have to think the more you think about proving stuff the easier it becomes

[amber wraith]

Isn't the best way to do that by doing a bunch of proofs tho? So like i should just practice them all anyways

[edgy sierra]

also what are you studying

and what were your prerequisites

[long hedge]

the best way is to write down definitions and try and work with them to figure out what's going on

[edgy sierra]

some people skip to whatever without doing discrete math

[long hedge]

i'm not taking discrete math

[edgy sierra]

which is what you need to have a steady path to either early algebra or analysis

[edgy sierra]

tortured in rudin

[amber wraith]

Whats discrete maths

[edgy sierra]

it's math to do with countable stuff

[amber wraith]

Ohh ok

[edgy sierra]

but it's also broad enough to be an introductory proof writing class

[long hedge]

best intro to proof writing is abstract algebra

[edgy sierra]

it has sets, relations, functions, cardinalities, etc

which are very common in pure math

[safe harbor]

The best intro to proof writing is choosing a different major

[edgy sierra]

No

[edgy sierra]

maybe this guy is right

[safe harbor]

This is just not true

Discrete math is not well defined but it isn't reserved for countable things

[edgy sierra]

idk what mine was about

[safe harbor]

Like you said, cardinalities, and most of those ain't countable

[amber wraith]

I think i have one course thats some of that stuff but we haven't done cardinality yet, but did like sup and inf and some other stuff that seems to be a prerequisite to real analysis (idk if it actually is). Other course is linear algebra and much smaller in content.

[edgy sierra]

we had counting and binomial coefficients

[long hedge]

and graphs

[edgy sierra]

but for some reason that turned into

yeah there was also

[long hedge]

in switzerland first sem they throw you into abstract algebra

[edgy sierra]

Graphs

[edgy sierra]

pretty sure sup() and inf() are what you learn in real analysis anyways

it's like the early topics

that's after the triangle inequality

[amber wraith]

No like theres a separate module called real analysis

[long hedge]

sup((size of my brain)) = 0

[edgy sierra]

t his is me doing any exercise

[amber wraith]

Yeah we did that in both lin alg and the pure module

[long hedge]

you know the number 1 tip for you

[amber wraith]

Idk what im doing im so lost ngl

😭😭

Too many words

[long hedge]

spend less time decorating your profile and more time studying

[amber wraith]

Whats that supposed to mean

😭

[edgy sierra]

number 1 tip

[amber wraith]

I cba ngl

[edgy sierra]

switch to cs

[amber wraith]

I cant program

[edgy sierra]

never shower again for the rest of your life

[long hedge]

bro wants him without a job

[amber wraith]

I was gonna do cs course after this anyways

[long hedge]

i already don't

no need to be cs major

[edgy sierra]

zawg

[long hedge]

showering is for engineers

[edgy sierra]

half showers

[amber wraith]

they shower with wd40

[safe harbor]

Mfw the first course in Switzerland isn't chocolate making or banking

[long hedge]

u learn that in middle school

[safe harbor]

Ah makes sense

[amber wraith]

It feels like Switzerland isn't real sometimes ngl

[safe harbor]

It isn't tho

[long hedge]

we are real

[amber wraith]

Yeah like how can you be france/Italy/germany like pick a side smh

[edgy sierra]

what if switzerland was in space and the only reason people can go there is because there are portals around it

[long hedge]

if switzerland wasn't real how else would rich people get away with hiding their money

[amber wraith]

Switzerland and belgium need to be absorbed by their neighbouring countries atp

[safe harbor]

They don't anymore

Swiss banking isn't the same as it used to be

[amber wraith]

🥀

[long hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/donald-duck-fight-gif-9494639334104575121

belgium can be absorbed idc about them

[long hedge]

fr jobs are gone now that i'm graduating 🥀

[amber wraith]

Switzerland didn't even invent the matcha dubai chocolate bar 🥀

L

[edgy sierra]

labubu

[amber wraith]

Labuubuuu

La bu la bu la buu buuu

I have 67 dubai Chocolate matcha labubus who wants one

[long hedge]

i prefer swiss chocolate

[amber wraith]

Dubai chocolate (67%) matcha labubu >> any swiss chocolate

[midnight linden]

anything but locking in

[main trail]

Need general advice, how do i deal with not ebing able to do assignment questions

It's due in about 5 weeks, but more assignments will come soon( which will also be due by november end)

[dense delta]

Umm can I get some help in trigonometry

[worn wharf]

https://www.purplemath.com/modules/triggrph.htm

Khan Academy gets recommended a lot too

mainly for the quizzes

[dense delta]

Thank you

[dense delta]

I'l check it out

[viral osprey]

I might have talked to you about this before but how available are your profs for office hours?

I used to just start my hw early, do as much as I could and then live at office hours to bug my profs for hints on anything I was stuck on or curious about.

[glacial raven]

if anyone is free, i need some advice

[long hedge]

Yall have office hours?

[viral osprey]

Yep

[long hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/you’re-lucky-consider-yourself-lucky-jack-black-school-of-rock-lucky-gif-1328906721521859872

[viral osprey]

Okay

[long hedge]

Chatgpt is my office hours

[glacial raven]

im competing in the physics Olympiads and im also in the UKMT , i dont know whta to do like how to get ready for them

[viral osprey]

U gotta rizz ur way into more office hours.

[long hedge]

First tip? Commit to one, if u do both u wont get far in either

[long hedge]

They just dont exist in my uni

[viral osprey]

If u don't it's a skill issue on ur end bud

Realistically if I did not have office hours I'd probably just come to places like this and bug people with the same shit I do at office hours.

[long hedge]

Ha thats what i do when chatgpt is down fr

Or just ask my friends

[viral osprey]

I wouldn't use chatgpt for most of my stuff.

If none of the above there's always the library I guess.

[long hedge]

It kinda sucks now for harder proofs tbh

But i can use it in simpler courses

And to recall definitions and statements quickly in upper level courses

[steep grove]

So cool

Pls do good in the ukmt

I did bad twice and kinda regret it

BC ik if I tried I could've done better

Well ig u do physics Olympiad

But this is a maths server

So maths >]]]]

[scenic shuttle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/769817529253494814/850960016827482172/image0-4.gif

gpt sucks ass at everything

[long hedge]

aight definitely using chatgpt now

[scenic shuttle]

It does suck actually bc one of my classmates said, "I can't understand anything" so I checked what she was studying with and it turns out she was using gpt. I was like, "oh, that explains why you can't understand anything"

[long hedge]

you have to use it well and it depends on what you use it for

When I used it for multivariable. it had like a 99% chance of getting the answer correct

and would explain and have multiple methods

when i used it in my second course in algebra it's not effective in solving problems, so i primarily use it to recall definitions and statements

'don't judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree'

[scenic shuttle]

dc stuff

[long hedge]

dc ?

[scenic shuttle]

it stands for direct current

[long hedge]

oh

i'm not an engineer thankfully

[scenic shuttle]

as an engineer, I can tell that gpt is so bullshit at this

[devout sun]

ive found it fairly useful lol

[long hedge]

finally someone to back me up

after being attacked for like a year on this server for using chatgpt

[devout sun]

the only problem is sometimes, i will write a proof and maybe chuck it in

and it'll say im wrong

and im like "no, im right" and i refute its point

and it is like "yeah youre right"

and then later i realize i was in fact, wrong

[long hedge]

it is too much of a yes man

[devout sun]

[long hedge]

i found claude better in that respect

[devout sun]

the thing is sometimes it is wrong so like

yeah

i find it explains stuff from textbooks in a slightly easier way to read often

like, a better wikipedia kinda

[long hedge]

it's good for dissecting unfamilar notation

[scenic shuttle]

u probably got replaced by ai

[long hedge]

especially when i change reading source and discover different notation, using it quickly to beocme familiar helps a lot

[devout sun]

ive also given it a fair amount of exercises and it does pretty well

probably just its fat training data but

[long hedge]

v much depends on what kind for me

[devout sun]

other ppl say its ass tho so idk

recently ive only given it intro analysis and measure theory problems

i hear ppl say it fails basic hs algebra though which is cooked

[long hedge]

this was true for gpt 3

i just don't think it's true for the latest models if you put thinking mode

unless you use a very eccentric visual question

[devout sun]

i also tried giving it a calculus assignment i did last year after i finished mine, and yeah it was not cooking

the assignment was to essentially make a graph of a roller coaster using 4 functions, ie a piecewise function, connecting the 4 functions in such a way that the graph is continuous and the derivative is continuous, and the slope of the graph doesnt go over or under 80 degrees from the horizontal

and less than 150 tall or smth

but it failed to even connect the endpoints of the diff functions often, let alone making it C1

[scenic shuttle]

btw it doesn't look bad 🙂

something like this takes about 15 minutes to find the unknown variables

[long hedge]

this looks like electrical eng

tbh if i had to study engineering

i'd be an electrical engineer

[scenic shuttle]

yep

LOL

I saw what you deleted

[devout sun]

gr11 physics flashback

[long hedge]

if it's not there it didn't happen

[scenic shuttle]

in us? good 4 u

[long hedge]

yall from the same country

[devout sun]

nah

canada

[scenic shuttle]

oh fair

[devout sun]

although we just did voltage current resistance

[scenic shuttle]

I never took physics after gr10

[long hedge]

future uoft student(s)

[devout sun]

nah bruh

my eng class killing my dreams

[long hedge]

waterloo ?

[devout sun]

theres a decent chance i finish this year with a top 6 of a 99, 4 100s, and an 87 in english or smth

[long hedge]

holy grade inflation

[scenic shuttle]

99 is crazy flex

[devout sun]

yes well, everywhere has grade inflation

[long hedge]

no grade inflation in switz

[devout sun]

so my english is probably gonna kill my uoft app

some random kid is gonna have the same stats as me

but like a 95 in english

[long hedge]

do the trick

[devout sun]

and i wont get in 💀

[devout sun]

i meant here

[devout sun]

nah

that was in calc, embarrassingly

[long hedge]

my cousin studies math at uoft

from what i remember he didn't have better grades

[devout sun]

what year is he

[long hedge]

senior

[devout sun]

bc like grade inflation has gotten worse lol

yeah ok

[long hedge]

he went to uoft as a backup from waterloo

[scenic shuttle]

never understood how ppl actually get high grades in hs bc for me it was so different

[devout sun]

yeah i was thinking waterloo was my first choice but eh

i recently looked at course stuff for uoft and i think its my first choice now

[scenic shuttle]

there must be a secret

[devout sun]

its just ez here

thats why so inflated

[long hedge]

bro she's canadian

[devout sun]

oops

😭

[scenic shuttle]

really? then u should have applied to waterloo

[devout sun]

i have

well i need to submit my AIF still

been procrastinating doing this for 1 month

[long hedge]

bro this so ez

just claude this

[devout sun]

well like

[long hedge]

create a story that's specific to you so it's seems you didn't make it up, e.g if you were captain of football team talk about football and then make up a story

[devout sun]

most of my friends who dont do as well in math classes, for eg, just dont get the material at a deeper lvl

they kinda just sit in class, listen to teacher and copy down everything the teacher writes with their brains turned off, do like 4 practice problems and then get cooked on a test

i think if ppl spent like 30-60 mins every other sch day outside of class on the internet trying to understand concepts on a better lvl theyd be chilling

[long hedge]

bro's just shitting on his friends

[devout sun]

but scrolling is esaier

progressive overload on the thumb

[scenic shuttle]

I couldn't practice enough for math bc of my english teacher keeps saying this is not ur work

[devout sun]

i do my best to explain things to them if they ask

[scenic shuttle]

I had af and calc at the same time

and it was hard to manage them

[devout sun]

a lot of them just like

dont try to understand

they just want some formula for everything

[scenic shuttle]

i think vectors were so stupid in calc

[devout sun]

some mechanical process they can do every single time (which is kinda hs math tbf)

[devout sun]

oh yeah this was shit

completely useless

[scenic shuttle]

real

[devout sun]

it doesnt even go anywhere

[long hedge]

if i can't plug and chug, i ain't doing it 🗣️

[devout sun]

but most ppl just dont care about or focus on the why, and often teachers dont explain it properly too

[scenic shuttle]

my hs grades were 60-70s but uni is built different

between 85-96

[devout sun]

tf?

blud inverted their hs and uni grades

greatest academic comeback of all time

[scenic shuttle]

I mean I wouldn't care about that

@long hedge I figured out how to understand flip flops in the end

[long hedge]

lets go

[scenic shuttle]

im ready to build the stuff on breadboard

[long hedge]

typically i recommend just putting them on

[scenic shuttle]

no

I would kms if i went there

I wouldn't personally say it on public server

there are some ppl from diff servers stalking me

[long hedge]

what the heyl

[shell glade]

i had a 2.2 gpa in high school

but i have a 3.6 gpa in college now

probs gonna fail this semester though

[novel eagle]

ye lowkey same

I had ~2 gpa in high school and locked in for college for like a 3.8

[devout sun]

you also did pure math in hs, right

[long hedge]

i had a 2.4 gpa in highschool

i have a 2.3 gpa in college

(it's a joke)

[scenic shuttle]

I'm not even joking

[long hedge]

My gpa is non existent

only pass/fail in my uni

[scenic shuttle]

before I quit cs I had 4gpa but im somewhat getting cooked this sem

[long hedge]

cs is sooo fun

but no jobs fr

[scenic shuttle]

real

[long hedge]

mfs who graduated with a cs degree in 2020 got all the luck in the universe

[long hedge]

me in the future visualized 4K

i like how they have the most calm music in the background

[scenic shuttle]

it's ai generated LMFAO

[long hedge]

ik

i have eyes believe it or not

[scenic shuttle]

fair

[shell glade]

yea, the username is because lang’s algebra got me through the mental hospital sophomore year of high school after i hurt myself

very open about it

munkres, lang, and les miserables in the autism ward of a mental hospital

i am so glad they let me have the hardcover lang

there were chalkboards above the beds

and no electronics