serious-discussion

[ember lance]

close but no

still weirdly accurate guess

[raven rock]

6foot 1

[vernal token]

Is this some sort of impostor syndrome?

Obviously you are qualified to be teaching these people, so this feeling sounds irrational

[neat lintel]

amy1 taking amc 12

[ember lance]

I don't think so. My advisor is inviting me to meetings to get me used to how they go. Kind of like med students observing a doctor diagnosing patients. I thought I'd feel like that, but instead I feel like 3 kids in a trench coat. But maybe that's also how med students feel.

[north topaz]

#competition-math

yes plenty

oh wait it's you haha

[runic canyon]

i thought 12 was done this year last week

[north topaz]

12B is not done yet

12A has concluded

[runic canyon]

im so cooked

AMC is just so...weird like its not math

the most math part about amc is when you calculate how many answers you have to rule out before its more rational to take a guess then to choose f

BMO much better

[manic yarrow]

guys i am in a dire situation

my maths teacher is sending solutions from chatgpt

💀

at this point i've lost all respect for her.
in my post mid term exam which was set by her, we had 4 wrong questions. and she won't accept that they were wrong. to justify it she'll send chatgpt solutions which are also, obviously, wrong. and she won't listen to anything else

[main elbow]

damn wth

can you escalate the problem to e.g. head of department

[manic yarrow]

guess what
she is the HOD

[main elbow]

...i had a bad feeling

if you have a relation with any of the other teaching staff in the department you could talk to them about it, get some advice/assistance

[manic yarrow]

unfortunately i dont. and tbh, with all due respect, i dont think any of the other teachers are competent enough. i've had a fair share of arguments with math teachers through high school (i am in 12th grade) and i've found out that for some reason they hate logic and common sense. and it's not just me. all the other toppers have the same problem

[main elbow]

damn

my advice then is to just self study, switch off in lessons, get by bare minimum

[north topaz]

yeah this is an insane situation

[main elbow]

idk how feasible it is where you are, i was lucky to be a quite a chill school and i just did my own thing in maths when i alr knew what was up

[north topaz]

your teacher should be fired

[manic yarrow]

yeah that's what i've been doing since the past few years and get by with good grades

but every time this kinda shit happens its just so sad

[main elbow]

how about in another department, like physics ? they (should hopefully) know maths more than well enough to see any problems

[worthy shell]

How does the head of department have to use gpt for everything and still put wrong stuff on exams

[manic yarrow]

hmm that's a good idea. i will ask my physics teacher

[manic yarrow]

exactly what i've been wondering

[main elbow]

nice, hopefully you can get somewhere with it

[worthy shell]

How does that even happen

[manic yarrow]

yeah

[worthy shell]

😭

What about the other math teachers

[main elbow]

yh that is crazy, like surely theyve been teaching for longer than gpt has been around to be HOD

what did they do before lmao

[worthy shell]

I just don't get how like, someone who does that (if they are doing that they clearly can't even do math) has become hod like huh

[glad wigeon]

Gpt is Shitt at maths

[manic yarrow]

indeed

[golden swallow]

this is sad

[neat lintel]

bro my math teacher from last year was annoyed of us so she wasn’t teaching us nothing for a whole hour and she still wondered why we had bad grade

[last trellis]

hello

[neon garnet]

it's especially sad to lose quality instruction because that wastes your time. i hope you learn the material well enough to prove right answers right and wrong answers wrong, lest you lose the material. i hope there's a way to restore unjustly taken points too. i'm sorry you're dealing with that extra challenge. that sounds difficult and discouraging. your teacher's acting weird,
and your feelings in this are valid and normal.

isn't there a way to prove text origin? what do teaching licensers do for this?

[manic yarrow]

thank you so much for your concern

[manic yarrow]

the problem is that the question itself is wrong

and to prove that, well

there was a question that said "vectors p and q are perpendicular and the angle between them is obtuse". i was so sure this was just an error, but i was shocked when she didnt agree it was wrong. she didnt even bother trying to discuss it. she just sent chatgpt screenshots. so at this point i just dont even want to argue lol.

when someone doesnt even agree that an angle can't be 90 degrees and obtuse at the same time, there really isnt much you can do to change their mind

[spark ore]

yk if there is no grid or a Cartesian pland then technically one side will always be 90° by any angle you look at

[manic yarrow]

what do you mean?

[solid snow]

meaningless

[winged root]

True.

[solar hawk]

Cold XD

[open crag]

bro same

we complainted to the principal

and they sent us a feedback form

but we didn't give feedback because it wasn't anonymous

and the teacher had given us threat of reducing marks prior to that

🥲🥲

[cobalt linden]

bruh

[open crag]

She said she can report any amount of marks she wishes to the principal😢😢

[cobalt linden]

are you from indian subcontinent?

[open crag]

yes

[faint light]

this sounds like some shit my further maths teacher used to do

she would never listen to complaints either and somehow she was the head of maths

[open crag]

Same with me😔

[faint light]

technoblade pfp W

[open crag]

Yea, technoblade the GOAT. I just changed the shirt color from red to blue.

[north topaz]

technoblade lives on

[languid olive]

he is dead

[north topaz]

TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES

[languid olive]

bruh

[open crag]

FR

NOT EVEN CLOSE BABY TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES

[jaunty ibex]

Sounds like my high school teachers back then

Awful experience

I'm sorry to hear that

[candid current]

Are the help channels not working or is it just me

[north topaz]

sometimes they don't spawn

cause all Discord servers can have a max of 50 channels in 1 category at any one time

so we have help-forum to take care of the excess

but pls don't ask there it's a shitty experience

[north topaz]

so like if you ever find yourself in a situation where there are no open help channels available

just ask in one of the subject channels

[limber thunder]

huh is it really

[north topaz]

oh it's improved a lot

I remember when it was still shitty

[limber thunder]

I guess the only issue I could see with it is having your question buried or something

but even then plenty of people skim through all the questions

like with channels

[obsidian gate]

I believe the world is divergent, while each individual is convergent. Drawing on the definition of a limit, I see each person essentially existing within a punctured neighborhood, where the various forms of consciousness in their mind converge infinitely toward a unified awareness. The infinite series formed by countless individuals, as it approaches infinite time, is expansive and divergent. In other words, while individuals contract, the entire world is actually in a state of infinite expansion, diverging on a macro level as individuals converge on a micro level.

In other words, each person is like an egg. The "egg" exists within a punctured neighborhood, with the eggshell ensuring the unity of consciousness, which you can think of as a constraint. The egg white represents the various forms of consciousness and thoughts within a person, and no matter how many forms of consciousness there are, they ultimately converge toward unity—the yolk.

[sharp mulch]

Ok

[dusk depot]

I think I just answered 3x+1 (collatz conjecture), and I think it could be -(x2^x^2). am I right or no?

[rocky shuttle]

No

[dusk depot]

e x p l a i n

[jagged forge]

no

[dusk depot]

The Collatz Conjecture is equivalent to -(x2^x^2), reaching to -infinity because 1 can have a zero annexed to it, same for all the others, saying that you can divide, divide, divide, divide, divide, and it'll go so low that it will have so many digits, yet it can still be odd and even at the same time saying that it goes in that direction. Even though this doesn't make sense because this deals with integers, the collatz conjecture can have it's rules amplified to this concept because it can divide to a lower level to an undefined number of digits, temporarily leading to -(x2^x^2).

[sharp mulch]

[rocky shuttle]

[jagged forge]

[rocky shuttle]

The only part that makes sense here is this doesn't make sense

[dusk depot]

you don't make sense

[rocky shuttle]

what part of me?

[dusk depot]

your brainstem deciding about this message and how it is incorrect, but my message makes more sense mathematically.

[rocky shuttle]

lmao

[dusk depot]

"laughing mathematically atrocious originalities"

[mint canopy]

This is very interesting. Do you think it could have applications to the Riemann hypothesis?

[dusk depot]

I actually don't know.

[mint canopy]

I'd love to hear anything you come up with

[dusk depot]

Thanks.

🙂

I joined this server because I like mathematical things, and that it's just that I'm bored

[ocean lotus]

me too

i just joined

[dusk depot]

uhh ok

[flat cloud]

unfortunately this cant be true because of gödels incomplete collatz theorem

[dusk depot]

but it could divide over and over again.

even though godels incomplete theorem says that is is incomplete and such solution cannot be made,

[flat cloud]

no this is a different theorem

[dusk depot]

it could be one of either -(x2^inf), or -(x2^x^2)

wdym

[solid snow]

what the hell happened here

[dusk depot]

oh yea, no.

godels theorem supports what u are saying, but saying that it could divide too much, no.

[solid snow]

what part of godels incompleteness theorems say that

[static loom]

sure we're not talking about godels incompetence theorems

[dusk depot]

wait i gotta do hw

[dusk depot]

n o t r e a l l y

well, its about 3x+1

and if it has solutions- or not

well i think there might be one- maybe more, but not a number.

[rugged pawn]

hi

has anyone taken the MAT here ?

or the TMUA

[dusk depot]

no

[neat lintel]

guys i have a genuine question

[static loom]

i have a genuine answer

[neat lintel]

im taking real analysis i and ive been zooming through course, a few questions here and there but nothing that deep

and we learnt limit points and limit of functions the earlier day

and what the hell i lowkey cant solve any question?????

[mint canopy]

Many years ago, but yes. What's up?

[neat lintel]

ooo you got my mom's name

[robust narwhal]

epsiolon-delta proofs?

[mint canopy]

Congrats, you're finally doing stuff that challenges you.

[rugged pawn]

just wondering how i can prepare for it

[neat lintel]

real

[neat lintel]

yess like the definitions are surely a bit more technical

but i feel like i understand it

[neat lintel]

its a cute name hehe

[mint canopy]

Man it's practice, there's no tricks

You practice and you think carefully

[rugged pawn]

a lot ?

[mint canopy]

A lot.

[rugged pawn]

im taking it next year

i should get on with it then

ty

[neat lintel]

and as i was saying....

it feels wrong to google the questions

so i dont do it usually

but its been a while😭

[rocky shuttle]

at least you don't use chatgpt

[static loom]

I say just focus on a specific question, if after 30 min you're stuck or you solved it but it was rough, make a question channel asking about it #❓how-to-get-help and see if you can get someone to help or give pointers on how to do it a bit better

[neat lintel]

hahahaha maybe if i was doing cs hahaha

[neat lintel]

okie

[static loom]

personally I don't feel like I understand something unless I am capable of using it when working problems. Not saying you're doing this cause I don't know, but it's easy to fool yourself but actions speak louder than words if you can actually demonstrate something you know? It's just a way to help keep yourself honest to yourself without involving an external entity

[neat lintel]

youre right

[static loom]

I think a good chunk of analysis for people is learning to become more self reliant in their proofs

[neat lintel]

thank you

[coral iron]

really random idea I had and I bet its flawed

what if a proposition can be proved "at the limit"

it cannot be proven by applying a finite amount of axioms or previous theorems but in the limit the "sequence of propositions" converges to it

[deep mango]

This is kinda like what transfinite induction or proof by compactness theorem are like

[wooden silo]

Why is math such a growth industry or a future proof bachelor degree

I keep hearing that

Obviously everything in the world uses math but it has for the last like 50 years as well

I don’t see how a math degree is benefiting from technology growth more than say electrical engineering or software

I want to take math because I find it easier and more interesting than other uni subjects and because I’m vaguely looking at quant/financial risk as a career

But I don’t see how it places you better for any career besides that area

[buoyant slate]

i got a c

[ember lance]

i got a
I stopped reading after, congrats!

[clever widget]

what math have you taken

[wooden silo]

Most advanced I’ve done is lin alg and calc 2

Gonna take real analysis and vector calc next semester

I’m aware that taking math “because it’s easy” is pretty inaccurate and it’s obviously gonna get much harder

[clever widget]

yes, figure out if you like math or if you like computations

real analysis is going to be much different from math you've done so far

saying stuff like "i dont understand why math is beneficial, it's too easy for me" is not a good mindset

[wooden silo]

That’s not at all my mindset

I don’t find math easy, I find it to be easier and more enjoyable compared to say physics/cs subjects

And I didn’t say “why is math useful” I said “why is a math degree useful”

[tame veldt]

It's not...

[wise pewter]

it's a flex no lie

[coarse bridge]

i would start by asking what you want to do after college

[mild reef]

does anyone have any idea

for like

a device

to help

the disabled people

[raven plaza]

I want to retire after college

[mild reef]

rlly hard tbh

most people retire before college

[dense cairn]

a mechanical hand for lost hand people

[mild reef]

that exists tho

thats our main problem

everything we think of is already there

[dense cairn]

heart related things or vocal cords for voiceless ppls

@mild reef and management of price also meaning not so of higher price

[nocturne laurel]

Som sort of exoskeleton that would sync with Elon's neuralink. Just something paralyzed people could use to walk and sht u know

The cost is well idk, the expensive part would be the neuralink but the exoskeleton just needs to be fast enough to react to the link's commands in order to be functional

[gusty socket]

i wish

[lime fossil]

How to do you solve the equation 2(cosx)^3-9(cosx)^2=5cosx to find x? Specifically, how do you determine when the solution should include +2kπ or +kπ in the final answer?

[river moon]

it depends on the equation

different roots have different period

[vast wraith]

first just solve the polynomial equation

[lime fossil]

why it is pi/2 +2kpi and not pi/2+kpi, but cosx=0, where x can be pi/2 and 3pi/2, the difference is +kpi, as cos5pi/2=0 too

[rugged elm]

In search of a friend like to chat about life and all and have fun dm if u want to be friends

[raw birch]

Please help with my parabola..

[rugged elm]

Sure

[raw birch]

Yeyyy

[raw birch]

I'll pm you..?

[rugged elm]

Sure

[vast wraith]

cos is 2pi-periodic, but it also satisfies the identity cos(x+pi) = -cos(x), so when we solve for cos x = 0 the sign doesn’t matter and all shifts of a solution by a multiple of pi will be another solution

if you try to solve cos x = 1 that doesn’t work, as shifting by a multiple of pi yields -1

[lime fossil]

Let A=[1, 3], B=[3, 5], C=[2, 4] and D=[4, 6]. What is the set of (A U C) × (B U D)?

[cinder zephyr]

1: If you don't know the formal definitions of union and product you should go and learn those
2: draw a picture in the plane
3: this fits better in #discrete-math

[solid snow]

<@&268886789983436800>

[lime fossil]

We must draw a picture (graph) to answer the question? Or is there another method, like think about the range numerically?

[cinder zephyr]

again this should be in #discrete-math

but my suggestion to draw a picture and actually use the definitions are just ideas to help you find the answers

you should not write your final answer as a picture, but a picture may help with this

just was an idea

again don't ask here, ask in the specific channel #discrete-math

[rigid leaf]

what software do people use to make tests?

[neat lintel]

prolly latex if you're in uni, word if your in HS

[north topaz]

Overleaf is a very convenient way to type LaTeX

well the real answer is that teachers either write their own questions

or borrow them from someplace else

[rigid leaf]

So people really make whole documents in LaTeX? I've only been using it to make inline equations

[north topaz]

yes

[rigid leaf]

dang

fair answer, thanks

[vivid halo]

lol how do you think people write papers

[rigid leaf]

I was imagining some clone of word

but ig latex is good

[gusty socket]

yes, they do

it’s not too bad if you’re used to it, it’s easier to write in than using word once you have even a little bit of experience

[rigid leaf]

how does one practice latex

[brittle socket]

...

Type more latex?

[rigid leaf]

hm

[static loom]

what does being good at latex mean to you

[agile fiber]

pick some document you would otherwise create in a different word processor/by hand and make it in latex. repeat until proficient

[static loom]

tbh I never cared about latex, it's just a means to an end of getting math on the screen lol

[rigid leaf]

its just that what I'm doing might be very quick, and it'll probably be long until the next time I need to write a document, but I also wanted to get better at LaTeX until then

[rigid leaf]

because it might be too big of a time waste to learn what I gotta learn when the time comes

but I bet it'll be fine

[ember lance]

Copy paste a template and adjust it to your needs.

[rigid leaf]

yeah I'll start with that

[hot owl]

Anyone have chegg? This assignment is due un 30 mins and im stuck

[gusty socket]

you will pick it up as you go. once you learn a command you will basically never forget it

[agile fiber]

you never really 'learn latex', you just learn enough for the current document

(which is pretty steep at first but gets easier once you do a few)

[north topaz]

repetition legitimises

BASS

[north topaz]

well you have an Eisenhower matrix situation

urgent and important I assume

and then not urgent but important

if it's really urgent you can just do it in Word right

[acoustic kiln]

can anyone help

i keep getting confused: kian and yak are standing 6240 feet apart on a straight road. they both spot a hot air balloon floating in the air above the road between them. kian looks up at the balloon and sees it at an angle of 65 degrees, while zak looks up and sees it at a steeper angle of 72 degrees. find the height of the balloon

[north topaz]

!help

[quasi jetty]

To ask for mathematics help on this server, please open your own help channel or help thread. See #❓how-to-get-help for instructions.

[neat umbra]

guys do you know a song that goes like-
im thinkin over you i must be trippin
every word that was a lie ive been listenin
you've been tellin all these lies got me twisted

[north topaz]

if you have the Google app on your phone

press the microphone button when you search

sing your song into your phone

hopefully Google comes up with the right song

if it's a Western pop song it should work

[neat umbra]

it is, and google didnt show

[north topaz]

so this is the next step then

[desert token]

Well I’m probably not going to find an effective strategy for understanding and memorizing math by tomorrow

It was my new goal since I knew I probably wasn’t going to pass my math final or math class in general

I’m aware of the consequences (some of which I caused) which lead me to not being able to study in time

I feel stupid, like I have a loser gene in me that’ll stop me from succeeding at anything, but fuck man…I still want to be good at this so bad

I still believe I can figure this out

I don’t give a shit about passing

I just want to understand math

So I’m not gonna quit

If i can finally stop being that scared kid who freezes up and distracts himself with anything he can find whenever he finds a math problem that confuses him or the work gets too
complicated then I couldn’t care less if I get an F in math for the rest of my life

It’s not about passing this class anymore

It’s about making sure every failure and all the pain they caused me wasn’t meaningless

[dusky thistle]

Some people are really into it

[radiant sparrow]

guys hill 1 is 4810M and hill 2 is 22.5% higher, how long is hill 2?

[sharp mulch]

#❓how-to-get-help

[jaunty ibex]

@fresh comet I heard something funny today. Deltoid's uni rejects courses from UWaterloo. There's a guy that transferred from there who finished analysis. He was required to redo calculus AND analysis

[rocky shuttle]

What's wrong with the courses there?

[jaunty ibex]

Bureaucratic issues

[rocky shuttle]

What kind of bureaucratic issues? Why would other unis reject courses there? 😭

[bronze pelican]

They should have a calc placement exam so students can at least skip calculus

[jaunty ibex]

Doesn't exist

Like even if u have masters

[bronze pelican]

[brazen mulch]

very bad frfr

[neat lintel]

hello lesser discussion

[rustic island]

@neat lintel@plain island hiii i made some modifications for the duplicates that seems to work!
https://www.online-python.com/Wq1KYs2pG9

[green shale]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ngcve8X5Dnk
Its soo sad until u realise she wasn’t actually a villain T_T

[plain island]

awesome work, yeah I figured it was just a multiset rather than a set that was my mistake

[rugged elm]

Hi can we talk bro

[flint basin]

Oh my god who fucking cares get a new bit

[trail tapir]

I’m struggling in algebra because I don’t have a good basic algebra foundation what do I do

I’m in highschool

[desert token]

Sure?

[stoic cedar]

practice
how can you lack an algebra foundation? It doesnt get harder after grade 6. Algebra is logic put into math notation. As long as you know how to add, subtract, divide, multiply, and deal with exponents youre fine.

[trail tapir]

It’s finding the GCD

[stoic cedar]

reply to the qyestion so i can see what ur talking abt

[trail tapir]

I mean GFC

GCF

[stoic cedar]

does this stand for something??

you cant just tell me to find GCF without an equation or explanation of what GCF is💀💀💀

[trail tapir]

It’s solving quadratics through GCF

that’s all I can tell you

[stoic cedar]

factorising?

grouping?

[trail tapir]

Factoring

[stoic cedar]

send the question on a help chanel and tag me

or dont u have a question

ur just generally struggling?

[trail tapir]

Generally struggling

[stoic cedar]

ok

best way to get better is to practice

should I make a quiestion for u?

[trail tapir]

Yes

[stoic cedar]

ill go to a chanel and tag u

[trail tapir]

Ok

[crimson pelican]

-0.5 is in the first 0.5 from 0, like 0.5 is in the first 0.5 from 0.
So both -0.5 and 0.5 should be rounded to 0.

proven in 2 lines

[desert token]

Speaking of this

I want to start from zero

Where I first started to struggle in math which was in middle school

Where can I find math for that grade? I don’t remember the material we did back then

[jaunty ibex]

what the fuck does that mean

[rustic island]

@mild shuttle this should be helpful https://www.online-python.com/6FcwueI7Ey

[flint basin]

It's not funny anymore. Hell, it was hardly ever funny.
Your entire online presence here is whining and bitching about Waterloo. You're the only one who finds it funny after months of saying the same shit over and over.
Grow up or at least find something new to talk about, please, literally anything other than Waterloo.

[vocal vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/rupaul-willam-tone-pointed-gif-19018079

[burnt dune]

chill boys

and girls

and everyone

[north topaz]

chill man

#discussion message
they're joking here for example

also they only have 10 results for UWaterloo

[small dust]

ryx do not chill man

[burnt dune]

so what

what if she had 50

if you think someones annoying just mute them

[short frost]

YOU PLAY GTA

[burnt dune]

YES

[small dust]

there are 50... 10 + 37 + 3

[north topaz]

oh okay I see now

[quick beacon]

@weak sierra I currently work for a startup, making nuclear detecting robots.

[burnt dune]

coincidence

[weak sierra]

Cooll

I don't even know what that means lol

[short frost]

YES

[hollow sundial]

Geiger counter with wheels

[north topaz]

that does seem annoying then

[flint basin]

This has also been consistent on other servers. For months.

[short frost]

WATH

[weak sierra]

I can make that with legos

[flint basin]

Between Vero and Deltoid

[north topaz]

you've ModMailed about this right

[weak sierra]

Lol

[quick beacon]

I make a roomba that drives around sites where we contaminated the ground trying to make nuclear weapons trying to find the parts that need cleaning up.

except it's not really a roomba, but like a pretty big robot.

[weak sierra]

So you do like important stuff

[hollow sundial]

radiation proof robot

[weak sierra]

Everyone this @quick beacon guy does stuff

[hollow sundial]

do you have fun names for the robots like boston dynamics does

[quick beacon]

I do environmental cleanup. Your view of its importance is very dependent on how you feel about such things politically

[weak sierra]

He has a ..a life for something

[north topaz]

typical maths dude personality ngl

[quick beacon]

We originally called it "Radio Roomba" internally, but we couldn't use that for obvious reasons. We name the prototypes after the moons of saturn.

[hollow sundial]

hahahaha

[dense wraith]

roomdio

[hollow sundial]

nice. our labs are named after planets

but when we built more labs, we just moved to boring names i think like faraday cage #4

[thick yacht]

Exoplanets?

[quick beacon]

dwarf planets

[weak sierra]

Just call it the decomposer

[thick yacht]

51 Pegasi b

[weak sierra]

Cuz like radioactive stuff decomposes.....

That was bad

Lol

[quick beacon]

Disintegrates is the term used by Nuke Es typically

[weak sierra]

What's the difference

I think disintegrates

Is for particulate matter

Maybe

[quick beacon]

I mean, decomposes kinda gets the point across maybe?

[jaunty ibex]

Fair but I was being serious here tho

[weak sierra]

Than why they use disintegrates

[quick beacon]

Because it's what they use. Why do they use Bq instead of Hz?

they have the same units, technically 1/s

[patent zodiac]

What's the full form of Bq?

[quick beacon]

Bq is disintegrations/second

[jaunty ibex]

Just because they can

[quick beacon]

It's average and stocastic

[weak sierra]

Isn't bq like average rate

And hz is uniform

[quick beacon]

so clearly there is a distinction

[patent zodiac]

I might be wrong but Hz is for frequency?

[quick beacon]

maybe it's similar to how decomposes can get the point across, but it's distinct from disintegrates.

Hz is for frequency yes.

[weak sierra]

You can say "Because it's what they use me"
You are scientist or something

Make me a video

On why we use disintegrates

Not decomposes

[quick beacon]

no lol

[weak sierra]

Pretty please..

@quick beacon

Pretty please with cherry on top .....

[quick beacon]

I'll make you a video on GF(256) and its use in RAID6. Once I get it done, and that's only because I'm making it for everyone

[weak sierra]

What even is that

A girlfriend...?

[hollow sundial]

what kind of radioactive material do you plant?

[weak sierra]

And 256 of them

Cooooolllll

[quick beacon]

I'm fond of planting cobalt-60 seeds in the ground. Just giving it away to anyone and everyone like a psychotic version of Johnny Appleseed.

It's the gift that keep on giving (you cancer.)

[hollow sundial]

oh it decays into nitrogen and gamma particles? cool

[quick beacon]

cobalt? No. It decays into Nickel and gamma

[weak sierra]

Ni is nickel right???

[hollow sundial]

I see. I can table of contents

[quick beacon]

You can table of contents periodically

[weak sierra]

@hollow sundial are you also like making roombas

Or you have a real job /j

[hollow sundial]

indeed

[weak sierra]

Different startups tho right?

What happen

Died of radiation poisoning?

Before even answering the question

[bronze pelican]

[weak sierra]

.-.

I think they actually done for

[jaunty ibex]

I bathe in radiated water

[weak sierra]

Please

Enlighten me with more context

Cuz wth that even supposed to mean

[jaunty ibex]

It's what I said

[short frost]

https://tenor.com/view/bishop-bishop-tiktok-genant-side-eye-embarrassing-gif-597245062101332042

[weak sierra]

Water radiating what

Heat?

Gamma waves

?

You use uranium as a bath bomb?

I think she died of radiation poisoning too

So if you have been exposed to radiation and you talk to me

You die

Cool

I am starting to believe it might not be the radiation.......

.

.

.

[neat lintel]

ok lets hook everyone and grab attentions who memes the dankest wins

[coarse bridge]

Bro thinks this is 2015

[neat lintel]

you are here to sis?

[limber veldt]

Are there any mathematics students here who have managed to get into an Engineering job after graduating?

I am at a very difficult point of my education right now where I want to start working. My goal is to work in energy/mechanical engineering. But one part of me thinks that it will be impossible to get into it as a mathematician

[solid snow]

any ever? probably. does it happen commonly? likely not

engineering does require a lot of specialized skills not covered in a typical math undergrad beyond just math

[limber veldt]

One such example is CAD, but let me know more if you can think of any

my plan is to take a course on CAD, and then start to make my own projects

[solid snow]

lab/field experience

and programming knowledge for relevant software

[limber veldt]

damn im cooked

I feel like If I somehow get lucky and get just 1 job, then I can become qualified through that job

[coarse bridge]

Software engineering there are a lot, I’m not sure about mech

As said above it’s probably some but likely not many

[jaunty ibex]

I managed to get into an engineering job without a degree

But my story has a lot of bleak parts to it and I won't guarantee you'll get a job if you do what I did

[limber veldt]

what did you do?

@jaunty ibex

[coarse bridge]

Bro can’t just say that and leave us hanging smh

Mysterious ahh statement

[bright chasm]

can you not do a masters in engineering?

[jaunty ibex]

I did and I will leave you guys wondering

[stuck hawk]

your skillset as a mathematician is super helpful for engineering, especially if you end up doing some job where you use a lot of math

depends exactly what u wanna do as an engineer

[limber veldt]

thats what they be saying

[jaunty ibex]

A lot of it boils down to who do you know

[limber veldt]

True I guess

[jaunty ibex]

This is like

The fundamental theorem of getting a job

[limber veldt]

I only know my fluid dynamics lecturer xd

[limber veldt]

I will go insane if I stay in education

[stuck hawk]

ok so ur about to get a bachelors in math?

[limber veldt]

yes

[vast wraith]

i read “fundamental dream”

[stuck hawk]

ok so

are u a senior

[limber veldt]

in my final year

im in the uk

[clear fox]

do you guys ever notice that only your bottom jaw moves

and the top one doesn't

[limber veldt]

you got me moving my jaw at 1:30am

that is crazy tho

[stuck hawk]

if you really want to become a mechanical engineer or an engineer that works in energy, more education is likely unavoidable

unless you can get an engineers license without an engineering degree

[slender python]

hi anyone free to talk

[flat harbor]

i usually come with a price

[slender python]

A price of what

[flat harbor]

negotiable

[stuck hawk]

yes people are free to talk!

do you need help with a specific question?

[flat harbor]

depending on what u can bring to the table id say

[stuck hawk]

if so we can tell you which channel to put the question in

[celest vault]

I'm free to talk to i guess

[ember lance]

ahhhh I hate missing the bus because it arrived and left early

[fresh comet]

I felt that

[north topaz]

when train leaves early in Japan

moshikatta gomenasai, our train depattedo saaty sekonzu aaly

[fresh stone]

[north topaz]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42009839

real story btw

this actually happened

[static loom]

holy shit

why would they inconvenience people like that, unacceptable.

[north topaz]

I will worship you, my customer, as a god

[ember lance]

Okay second try I am arriving 5 minutes early at the bus stop.

[ember lance]

Trains in Japan get delayed very frequently because of jumpers, but leaving early is very rare. In 5 years it never happened to me.

[north topaz]

that's sad though

don't trains have those platform screen doors though

[ember lance]

There was one day where 3 people jumped at three different connections in my journey which was very wtf

[north topaz]

let me guess it was like in April when school starts again

[ember lance]

Not many. Only the biggest stations. And even in those (Kyoto station for example) not all of the platforms have them.

[north topaz]

damn I thought Japan would be more advanced

[ember lance]

I think this was meant as a joke, but actually you were pretty close, it was in March

[north topaz]

wow I guessed right

TW: suicide https://fee.org/articles/children-s-and-teens-suicides-related-to-the-school-calendar/

[brittle socket]

Basically all train stations have doors here

[north topaz]

indeed

[brittle socket]

Where do you live

[north topaz]

in a place where our metro is more like commuter rail

so no platform screen doors sadly

[brittle socket]

Metro? Commuter rail? I see no difference

https://tenor.com/view/theyre-the-same-picture-the-office-pam-the-office-us-gif-20757621

I just see both of them as trains

What's the difference

[ember lance]

Damnit! Return bus arrived and left early too! This is not my day.

[dusky locust]

Are you doing postdoc in Japan?

[desert token]

where could I find mathbooks that were used in middle schools in 2014-2015?

I want to start math from zero

at the point where I first began to struggle

[ember lance]

Nop did master's in Japan, am doing PhD in aus

[ember lance]

If in the USA, I am sure it varies by state, but they are probably all similar and you can find them in Amazon. Just google middle school math textbook and you should find them. I remember they were these gigantic textbooks

like so

[north topaz]

most American textbook cover ever

[violet pier]

How prevalent is the use of MCMC outside of academia?

[sharp mulch]

It's pretty useful throughout

[violet pier]

i'm using it for my thesis and my tutor said it's pretty widely used in industry so I was curious

[neat lintel]

Hi everyone

[dense cairn]

What is the content inside this maths book

[pure hollow]

umm no, where are the guns?

[wooden falcon]

don’t forget the soaring eagles

[pure hollow]

[green shale]

https://youtube.com/shorts/1ypKurpGDMM
Technically thoo her leaving the vault actually saved her life in the end LMAOO

[rich magnet]

,av mniip

[fathom swallow]

mniip's Avatar

Click here to view the image.

[gleaming idol]

Is it bad that i started studying for college gen chem mid term
17 days before it?'
the first time i did 30 days and this time i slack off so bad

[north topaz]

most people only do 3 days or fewer lmao

[violet pier]

this guy

yeah

you're good what are you even gonna do for 17 days

[north topaz]

yeah how long are you going to spend for the final lmao

[cobalt linden]

uhm hey

south's twin brother , is that you?

[jagged forge]

no that's @fresh comet

[cobalt linden]

who changed name

[gleaming idol]

well the final only has 12 says

days

so i start now to do both kinda

[ivory dragon]

Hey! I'm in need of some advice

I wanna learn Precalculus on my own. I have completed an intermediate algebra course by myself beforehand. My dilemma is whether I should follow Professor Leonard's Precalc lectures on youtube or Stewart's Precalculus textbook? Or perhaps both?

[neat lintel]

Textbooks I think are usually better for self study, and whatever you don't understand, use a video to learn again

[ivory dragon]

Ah interesting approach. I was kinda thinking the other way around. Like go through the lectures and use the book only for the practice problems. What's the reason that you prefer the textbooks?

[neat lintel]

Just personal preference

Textbooks kind of make me figure it out myself and I find that when I learn somthing myself, I tend to not forget it. On the other hand I forget things from lectures

[ivory dragon]

I see. Well I'll try out working primarily off of the textbook first and then use lectures to clarify concepts if needed as you suggested

Thanks for clearing it up a bit!

[neat lintel]

If you think you learn better from lectures, go for it

In the end, it's whatever way helps you synthesize information best

yes textbooks are dry and boring but they really just give you everything to learn and I like it that way

[ivory dragon]

I don't know to be honest. Cuz I have only learnt through lectures and never a textbook

[neat lintel]

Give it a try

What kind of pre calc do you want to learn

As in to prepare you for calc or just learn whatever else there is that you didn't learn yet

[ivory dragon]

My goal is to learn calc, so yes whatever helps me get there

And I really wanna learn trig cuz it severely screwed me over in my high school exams so I wanna have revenge 😂

[neat lintel]

You're in college right now?

[ivory dragon]

Not yet, I'll be starting my undergrad in 2026 after a one year preparatory course in 2025

So I just wanna get my fundamentals strong and learn as much as I can on my own before preparatory course starts

[neat lintel]

How would you say your algebra is?

[ivory dragon]

Pretty good I will say. I dislike inequalities but other than that I'm quite strong in it

[charred ermine]

I need help 😬

[neat lintel]

Thing is you don't really need pre calc to go into calc

[sharp mulch]

!help

[quasi jetty]

To ask for mathematics help on this server, please open your own help channel or help thread. See #❓how-to-get-help for instructions.

[neat lintel]

Pre Calc is usually a review of Alg 2 and just goes through ways you can do things you learned previously in new ways

[ivory dragon]

Ah ok that's good to know

[neat lintel]

So it depends

Since you want to take pre calc to just take calc

Just start calc

I have a textbook I can send give me a moment

Textbook: http://teacherpress.ocps.net/cynthiaandrews/files/2013/06/Calculus-9th-Edition-by-Ron-Larson-Bruce-H.-Edwards.pdf?authuser=2
Solutions to odd problems: https://www.calcchat.com/book/Calculus-9e/?authuser=2

[charred ermine]

Can u guys answer this

Pls

[ivory dragon]

Oh thanks man! I'll check it out

[neat lintel]

Send the question

@charred ermine

[ivory dragon]

How does it compare to something more popular like Stewart's Calc?

I still wanna do precalc or at least trig so I fill in any gaps in my knowledge but knowing that precalc is similar to alg I won't dedicate too much time to topics if I already know them

[neat lintel]

I never heard of it

[ivory dragon]

lol I thought that was a really popular one

[neat lintel]

you can learn new things in pre calc like hyperbolas, elipses, aymptotes(you need it in that in calc), strong factoring and solving equation skills

Trig equations, unit circle

[ivory dragon]

Yes that'll be really helpful

[neat lintel]

https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/

This is also one of my favorite websites for math

[ivory dragon]

I basically don't know any trig. Whatever I had crammed into my brain to get by in high school finals is long evaporated by now

[neat lintel]

You should definitely review trig

Basically when you learn calc, you will learn whatever you do and apply it mainly do polynomial functions and ratinal or radical expressions

But then you will always apply what you learn to trig too

[ivory dragon]

Gotcha

My goal is to get precalc and trig wrapped up by end of this month so I'll focus on that for now

My actual high level goal is my degree in information systems engineering

Which is kind of a mix of compsci and electronics

So I wanna be well prepared for whatever math that degree entails

[neat lintel]

Best of luck

[ivory dragon]

Thanks man! You've been really helpful

I'll be back in December with an update lol

[desert token]

Thanks

Do you know anywhere I can read the books online free?

[neat lintel]

Libgen

[fresh comet]

ah heads up, discussion of piracy is not allowed on this server

I suspect name dropping shadow libraries falls under that

[desert token]

Literally 1984

[neat lintel]

Right 😭😭😭

I’ll dm you

[limber thunder]

directly linking to pirated media more specifically

[jagged oriole]

does scihub count as pirated media

[limber thunder]

yes

[true zinc]

absolutely

[onyx horizon]

do chemistry's optical isomers remain isomers if they can be superimposed in 4d space

[sharp mulch]

#old-network

[gleaming idol]

just plz place into calc

its for the best

ik someone who placed into the worst math in undergrad (totally not me) and had t o start taking major classes sophmore yr

learn it now

[neat lintel]

yikes

oh wait that's not so bad

i mixed up sophomore and junior haha

[gleaming idol]

eh like i can graduate on time perfectly fine

but its just harder and may effect my gpa

so i plan to finish the fall of my grad year instead of summer

still 2026 tho

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[tropic estuary]

What r u gonna do with that paper

[gleaming idol]

be unemployed and homeless

[tropic estuary]

So why r u doing it

[gleaming idol]

occupy my time

[tropic estuary]

So ur not living ur life

Ur living someone else’s life

[gleaming idol]

Yep

[tropic estuary]

Then live ur life

Starting now

Follow ur passion

[gleaming idol]

Ok

I should

Ur right

[neat lintel]

ai chat

[gleaming idol]

Ok

[wild lantern]

Your username is not appropriate for this server. You're muted. When you change it you can dm the modmail account to be unmuted.

[warm umbra]

thank you @wild lantern

[valid falcon]

whats up

[wild lantern]

I guess this is an alt huh?

Kinda defeats the point of mutes/bans

Realistically, you're not using the username I wanted you to change...

So I guess you basically did what I asked in a roundabout way.

[jaunty ibex]

I'm curious what username they used

[desert token]

Seeing this old math again feels sort of humbling

Reminds me of the days when we didn’t use scientific calculators

[neat lintel]

Try Khanacademy

I wish I had it when I was younger

[azure sleet]

Second this -Millie

Same -Millie

[neat lintel]

Third this -nomnom

[thick yacht]

Layla seems to have taken my advice about banner pictures, but she's no longer on the server. Was she banned?

[jagged forge]

good lord what was your advice

[thick yacht]

Basically to use a higher level math text.

[north topaz]

layla left for some reason

she'll be back dw

[flint basin]

A mathcord without Layla is not a mathcord that I want.

[fathom swallow]

Nethuja-Gunawardane

[brittle socket]

I am able, but not willing, to make a pun.

[fresh comet]

thought she was being too unhinged, so left before she could be banned

[fresh comet]

higher!

[brittle socket]

> Do more drugs

[jaunty ibex]

Oh so it was layla

Damn now we missed 2 important mathcordians

[fresh comet]

it was not

[jaunty ibex]

Then?

Rando?

[fresh comet]

a random

[jaunty ibex]

Ok

[cobalt linden]

woah

[old oak]

For promoting PMA

[thick yacht]

Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

[old oak]

If only

[pure hollow]

such a crime

[old oak]

I mean, the book itself is not a crime, in fact it's a great book

But it should not be promoted to the unwary

[pure hollow]

i have seen people say that the multi var clac part was kindo weak in the book is it true?

[glass peak]

It’s the perfect book for someone who’s already taken an analysis class or two

[bronze pelican]

I kinda agree with that without having read it

I did open the book once to check out something and it was easy to read having been years after taking analysis courses

[pure hollow]

no way pre pink era dami

[glass peak]

It’s perfect if I ever need to refresh my memory because it’s a terse list of theorems and definitions with outlines of genuine proofs and great problems, I think self studying analysis for the first time from it would be a hellish task

You’d know the stuff inside out if you managed to do so, but there’s probably just so many more efficient ways to spend your time

[green shale]

https://youtube.com/shorts/vHcUuQOb8_c
Can’t wait for season 2 Silo ahhh

[sonic bay]

How do people in Discord say about Mathoverflow?
I am a little pissed off today. I used to enjoy reading Mathoverflow so much and today I just posted an problem on academic integrity I encountered during research. I received some good answers actually. Later the moderator found me and said it was irrelevant with purely mathematical questions. Then he deleted it. Fine.
I just didn't agree this problem to be irrelevant but I editted it and reposted. Somehow the moderator is now on me😅 Every time I publish it, he deletes it in one hour. I mean, bro, seriously?😅😅😅

[sonic bay]

I mean, really, I don't think integrity is something irrelevant to research. I explain many times but they just keep deleting.

[solid snow]

have you read the rules for posting

[sonic bay]

Of course yes, they first time said I was irrelevant so I changed it. But they then just keep deleting without reason.

Really, I was receiving some good replies but somehow they just cut this conversation off. 😅

[sonic bay]

If the moderators and current researchers really do NOT THINK INTEGRITY IS PART OF MATHEMATICS... This is indicative of what we are facing.

[sharp mulch]

Honestly this is why a lot of people don't use MSE/MO

[sonic bay]

I enjoyed it so much but it seems I just saw one side of it.

[limber thunder]

it's on the user's side to guarantee that their question is relevant to the forum, yours sounds more apt for e.g. Academia Stack Exchange

https://academia.stackexchange.com

for its purpose I think MO is decent, one can find some interesting insights at times

MSE not sure, it was better before when it wasn't as active and hence not as strict

imo

[sharp mulch]

Along with the whole AI policy

[daring kraken]

Is there a way possible I can calculate sample size on my ti-89 titaniumc calculator

[limber thunder]

mods can't ban users for posting AI generated content? is that it

I don't follow the meta or announcements that's the first thing that came up lol

[daring kraken]

Been told that there is no such function on ti-89 titanium but to know the formulas for sample size for either mean or proprotion

[steady lodge]

Do you have the stats list editor application?

I believe it exists on that application, I used it during my 10th grade year in highschool and it seemed to have everything.

[daring kraken]

Yes I do

Sorry

I just think the only way possible is to put the list of numbers and try to find the n value from there

[vivid halo]

if you're reposting a deleted post to MO what do you expect

post it to the relevant stack exchange instead

[vivid halo]

it's not relevant to MO, those posts don't really belong there

[valid falcon]

hello

[upbeat shore]

There is an academia stackexchange for questions like this, that's not what math se or MO are for

[delicate tendon]

hey

[mild shuttle]

just saw this now, it's exactly it wow
did you find it in OEIS or made it yourself?

[rustic island]

i used the first few lines from oeis and had to find a pattern myself 😭

[mild shuttle]

yeah I was going to do that too but had other things come up in the meanwhile, so you saved me a lot of time, thanks:))

[dry copper]

The Cleo era is when I was active on MSE

[unborn meteor]

oh no online-python.com

[neat lintel]

Hi

[rustic island]

!worms

[quasi jetty]

[neat lintel]

bruh

someone help me with conditional probability

[unborn meteor]

#❓how-to-get-help

[rustic island]

it was the quickest i could find on a whim. is there a better online sharing way ?

[unborn meteor]

what i do for running code online (on my school chromebook) is complicated but SO MUCH BETTER

[rustic island]

im ready

[unborn meteor]

i mean what i do to share code is upload the .py lol

[unborn meteor]

do you know html?

[rustic island]

yiss

and yeah i usually would just send the .py but i figured i'd give it a way to eval as well rq

[unborn meteor]

yeah for that i just download it and open up mingw and do "python3 Downloads/filename.py"

[rustic island]

right i didn't know if they were on mobile or whatever

but also running arbitrary code from math nerds

[unborn meteor]

on mobile i just open it in notes app and paste it into online python lol

[rustic island]

💀

[unborn meteor]

also this is my program that runs python programs in a browser

[rustic island]

some kind of custom pyodide wrapper? very noicee

[unborn meteor]

yeah

[unborn meteor]

also, it bypasses cors and therefore can be used on file protocol and school chromebooks

[rustic island]

oh that's slick haha

[neat lintel]

!dogs

[quasi jetty]

[sharp mulch]

#bots

[surreal sapphire]

there is an academia stackexchange this is more relevant to fwiw

[signal kiln]

When you find a good question and you want to do more like it and you ask chat gpt to generate more questions but it absolutely makes up rubbish what do u do

How do I make it not do that

[static loom]

what kind of questions

can you link the conversation

[pure hollow]

be better at math gg

[brittle socket]

Uh just don't use chat GPT?

[glass peak]

You can’t, it’s just simply not how chat GPT works. If you want more problems of a similar nature you’ll just need to look for books or problem sets online yourself

[wispy crane]

hi guys, i've asked a question but no one had answered it yet, how do i make sure that people see my question

[tropic mica]

Hand flyers

[willow wadi]

Leg earthers

[ember lance]

Head swimmers

[ember lance]

1- I would post it in a help channel, not the help forum. 2- I would make it as easy to read as possible.

[vast thorn]

Guys, if you are solving a question paper, and there is no solutions key available, how do you check if, your solution is correct??

Sry, if this is not the channel for this

[wispy crane]

where is the help channel

[ember lance]

#❓how-to-get-help message

[ember lance]

You could open a help channel asking for people to check your work. But I'd limit the number of questions to check to a minimal number.

[vast thorn]

Oh ok, so solve a few, and then ask for help? Is that how you do it?.. thanks

[glass peak]

Not generally allowed to buy people on account of the whole bodily autonomy thing

[ionic star]

same with drugs but drugs cost something

[faint light]

they asked how much it costs to be a human, not buy a human

[ionic star]

oh you're right

what is the cost of dudes

[covert portal]

anyone has a price

[faint light]

oh lol

[blazing mist]

supply and demand

anywhere between $5 and $5 million

[glass peak]

Depending on how cynical you are it’ll cost you around £24,000 a year

[north topaz]

modern slavery is free!

suckers

reminds me though of when governments try to calculate the economic cost of a human life

[lime fossil]

What is the inequalities in terms of intervals for -3 ≤ 1/x < 1?

[sharp mulch]

#❓how-to-get-help

[vivid halo]

use noggin

[faint light]

real

[jovial ember]

Rael

[fresh comet]

rlae

[blazing mist]

rale

[neat lintel]

lare

[unborn meteor]

<@&268886789983436800>?

[plain island]

what

[blazing mist]

huh

[neat lintel]

Like a butler?

General housekeeping ig?

But I see no purpose in having a butler in our days

[dry copper]

My ex- has a butler

Considering her parents are a doctor and lawyer combo that think through things very logically and democratically, it’s always been perplexing how her sisters ended up that way as well but she believes that the Holocaust never happened, let alone believes economic & racial inequality is entirely made-up

Oh well

[neat lintel]

Very informative!

[coarse bridge]

bro got the defective one

[dry copper]

She is physically attractive and an incredibly hard-worker, don’t get me wrong

[neat lintel]

Cap

[dry copper]

I didn’t say anything about the brains department 😅

[worthy shell]

nah bruh this is one of the wildest things ive read in this server and thats saying smth

[vernal token]

You will get a feel for when something is right. If you read over your solution again and all steps are logically sound, it must be correct

For computational exercises, you can plug back in

For proofs, you need to get this 'feel'. Afterwards, you don't really need anyone checking

[vernal token]

Think about if each implication you make really is true and justify it for yourself

[ember lance]

Word of the day: Pirarucu

[lament fable]

The sentence of today: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

[neat lintel]

BREAKING: PUTIN LAUNCHES NUKES TOWARDS OHIO

[sharp mulch]

[cinder zephyr]

We deserve it tbh

[true wedge]

Based

[light dust]

What topic would I go under to ask about commutation relations etc?

[cinder zephyr]

can you be more specific?

never heard that term before

[glass peak]

Are you talking about physics by any chance? Like operators in quantum mechanics?

It’s the only place I’ve heard specifically commutation relations used

[light dust]

Yeah, pretty much was just wondering if there's some place I could go to ask about it etc. Not really getting a formal treatment etc in my course atm.

[glass peak]

the physics discord would probably be better, check in #old-network

I remember essentially none of it unfortunately

Something about the canonical commutation relation is about all that’s left

[light dust]

Ah ok, I thought it would be like calculus etc - and used outside of just physics; but maybe it is more a physics-centric topic then.

[light dust]

Yeah; so far I've been handed a relation and told "if it equals zero; then you have satisfied the condition for simultaneous observables" - "and if not; ripbozo you can't know it simultaneously".

[zealous garden]

if the observations commute then they don't affect eachother

[glass peak]

I mean there is a more general notion of just commutativity and it leads to a lot of interesting algebraic notions like the Weyl algebra or the quantum plane, these are rings which essentially satisfy the same commutativity as derivatives and position and momentum respectively, but for a more physics based take you’d be better off in the other discord

[light dust]

Thanks; I'm not so mathematically strong right now so I think you're correct and this wouldn't be useful for me right now.

[glass peak]

I’m an ex-physics student who jumped ship to maths and I remember having exactly the same concern when we first did like very basic intro QM because the relations just kinda came out of nowhere and we had to memorise them

I presume they come from somewhere and you learn that in a later QM course but I jumped ship prior to that

It’s something to do with Fourier analysis if I remember correctly, related to Gibbs phenomenon or something? Idk there’s definitely other people better suited to answer lol but it’s a fair question

[light dust]

Yeah; I will say I'm nearly at the end of my course and I haven't encountered any rigorous definitions etc. It seems very superficial; and that scares me because I've been doing quite well so far by simply "following the recipe".

[glass peak]

Are you in your first 2 years of uni? Physics is basically just a busy work degree for 2 years because you don’t know enough maths to actually do anything

[light dust]

💀 final year

[glass peak]

Well, that’s just rough I guess

[ember lance]

2 and 1/2 hour teaching assistant training and I didn't get a wink of sleep. I hope it's at least interactive so that I don't fall asleep...

[ember lance]

TIL one can reply without pinging

[ember lance]

Taylor series

[quick beacon]

@untold shard if you got 390 then you may have calculated it wrong? The padding should always get you a number between 100 and 125 assuming it works how I'm guessing, which is dependent on information you didn't reveal about the problem.

[lofty path]

konichiwa

[signal kiln]

No I mean to make questions

[brittle socket]

Yeah exactly: don't use chat GPT.

How do you expect chat GPT to give you good math questions?

[solid snow]

<@&268886789983436800>

(literally asking to be banned in discussion 1)

[rocky stone]

Does anyone know how to study?? I’m doing my igcses next year and I missed a lot of school in my year 10 bcz of personal reasons so I’m super behind on my work :( is anyone free to be a study buddy of sorts or give me tips how to study? I’ll need it because I’ll be doing online schooling next year

(Free to dm/ping omg I need help so bad)

[neat lintel]

#❓how-to-get-help

[flat elm]

Ask general questions it helps sometimes like how problem like bl a bla is to be approached

Either way you’re going to read books so knowing where to start is an advantage

[limber thunder]

I've found it gives a good answer roughly half the time

the other half it's useless

[brittle socket]

You could also just ask here, where actual human beings reply, many of whom are very knowledgeable and experienced in math.

[wet berry]

ok but can most humans here draw a horse using ascii art

[near prawn]

I would rather ask chatGPT how many letters are in the alphabet

They said 26 while there are 11

[wet berry]

wdym by 11

[near prawn]

There are 11 letters in the alphabet.

[ember lance]

Let's see, A,B,C,D,3,F,X,Y,Z

Yup you are right

[north topaz]

Ftaang!

[neon garnet]

there are 12 letters in that sentence. Theraltsonpb

[thick yacht]

Geralt snob

[tight arrow]

Let's see. Alphabet A L P H A B E T.
Isn't it 8?

[tight arrow]

How come

[brazen mulch]

"the alphabet"

[feral dragon]

this but in base-25

[ember lance]

Third time this week the bus has arrived early and left me behind. This time I was at the stop and the bus simply didn't stop

[north topaz]

depends on where you live but here, the bus has no obligation to stop

you have to stand up and raise your arm

so that the bus knows to stop there

[ember lance]

I stood up but didn't raise my arm...

lesson learned

[north topaz]

I don't know if it's like this where you live

it sounds like it is though

[ember lance]

Canberra

[north topaz]

oh right you're Australian lmao

keep forgetting

yes that's why

Canberra also has a reputation for being super car-centric

[ember lance]

Do the buses leave early where you live too? At least I know I am not the only student here complaining about that.

[north topaz]

oh don't you have an app

[ember lance]

I am an international student

[north topaz]

that tells you when the bus will arrive in real time

[ember lance]

They disabled it when I got here to change to a new one. It's not all bad since the bus has been free in this period.

[north topaz]

https://anytrip.com.au/region/act?selectedStopId=au9:3140&departureOffset=0&departureLimit=25

there's also Transit

another app

[ember lance]

That one shows no real-time info. It might work next week when they enable the new payment system.

Thanks for the resources!

[north topaz]

I swear it does

anyways no worries!

[neat lintel]

yo

worst feeling on earth: that lack-of-sleep headache where it hurts to look at bright lights

[slender python]

heyy

[gusty socket]

that was me a few days ago

except i slept too late

[neat lintel]

differential equations got me tweaking

[vast wraith]

i slept until 4:30 pm today

missed a lecture

[jagged forge]

i started exercising daily the last 3 weeks and i have had zero problems with sleep schedule since

[vast wraith]

wild

[jagged forge]

yeah it had gotten so bad i was shifted 12 hours

[vast wraith]

been there

[jovial ember]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[jagged forge]

that's presupposing your butt is differentiable

false

your ass is piecewise linear bro

[static loom]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-hello-chat-chat-gif-11854988458409488653

[jovial ember]

Lara Croft ass

[round jolt]

math im tierd of finding your X, Move on. Shes gone

[jagged forge]

fr

[true zinc]

Yes but why would you want to do such a thing?

[jagged forge]

soft body dynamics

[burnt dune]

take a nbd around ur butthole

if u remove ur butthole then like u lose connectdness

u get two connected components

ur left and right cheeks

standard argument ig

[zealous garden]

To integrate

[true wedge]

Integrate deez into

[desert token]

I studied math for an hour an a half

And it didn’t suck

It was fun and I felt like I learned something

[glass peak]

The feeling of progress is pretty amazing, makes the other time spent banging your head against the wall worth it

[worthy shell]

LMFAO

[jaunty ibex]

Harmonic oscillator*

[jagged forge]

weak, not even nonlinear oscillations

[vagrant python]

Who here wants to talk about the 4th dimension?

[static loom]

"the"?

space is isotropic, we can't talk about "the" 4th dimension anymore than we can talk about "the" third dimension

[unborn meteor]

yeah which one

[vagrant python]

wdym?

[unborn meteor]

which dimension