November 29, 200817 yr Here it is I so didn't get the whole log differentation at uni,it just confused me! lol
December 1, 200817 yr Author I'm with you escapist come on, it's a good idea the math thread, if you don't like just don't come in or make your anti-math thread hahaha PD: Thanks for the handwritting compliment but I actually don't think that way hahah, my mom always says I have an awful handwriting :( lol
December 2, 200817 yr It strikes me as amusing (if not a bit disconcerting) that one can take a semester of Calculus II, learn how to solve equations relating volumes of objects described by complex 3-dimensional formula - or you could just have a computer do it! (someone has to program it, but not all that many mathematicians would be needed..) Or, you could make a model of the object, and fill it with water from a glass of water - then measure the volume of water. But using mathematics to create works of art - mow that's useful!! Maybe what's missing is more practical applications.. and more imagination into the truth behind what mathematics really means - a symbolic representation of relationships within the known universe.
December 2, 200817 yr Author It strikes me as amusing (if not a bit disconcerting) that one can take a semester of Calculus II, learn how to solve equations relating volumes of objects described by complex 3-dimensional formula - or you could just have a computer do it! (someone has to program it, but not all that many mathematicians would be needed..) Or, you could make a model of the object, and fill it with water from a glass of water - then measure the volume of water. But using mathematics to create works of art - mow that's useful!! Maybe what's missing is more practical applications.. and more imagination into the truth behind what mathematics really means - a symbolic representation of relationships within the known universe. I like your thought. It's true that now computers do the hardest part (see how we use coldplay name songs haha you said glass of water) but those computer programs were made by people who know how to do it without them so to go even further in this stuff you need to know all you can. And it is indeed amazing that math is used to create works of art. I find it cool and satisfiting when I can solve something that's not homework or a class excersice with my math ability on my own,
December 2, 200817 yr Author It strikes me as amusing (if not a bit disconcerting) that one can take a semester of Calculus II, learn how to solve equations relating volumes of objects described by complex 3-dimensional formula - or you could just have a computer do it! (someone has to program it, but not all that many mathematicians would be needed..) Or, you could make a model of the object, and fill it with water from a glass of water - then measure the volume of water. But using mathematics to create works of art - mow that's useful!! Maybe what's missing is more practical applications.. and more imagination into the truth behind what mathematics really means - a symbolic representation of relationships within the known universe. I like your thought. It's true that now computers do the hardest part (see how we use coldplay name songs haha you said glass of water) but those computer programs were made by people who know how to do it without them so to go even further in this stuff you need to know all you can. And it is indeed amazing that math is used to create works of art. I find it cool and satisfiting when I can solve something that's not homework or a class excersice with my math ability on my own, to see where I've come for my effort
December 2, 200817 yr Author It strikes me as amusing (if not a bit disconcerting) that one can take a semester of Calculus II, learn how to solve equations relating volumes of objects described by complex 3-dimensional formula - or you could just have a computer do it! (someone has to program it, but not all that many mathematicians would be needed..) Or, you could make a model of the object, and fill it with water from a glass of water - then measure the volume of water. But using mathematics to create works of art - mow that's useful!! Maybe what's missing is more practical applications.. and more imagination into the truth behind what mathematics really means - a symbolic representation of relationships within the known universe. Sorry, don't know what happened
December 5, 200817 yr the hardest part glass of water i like how people are unconsciously incorporating coldplay songs in a maths thread hahaha :D
December 5, 200817 yr i like how people are unconsciously incorporating coldplay songs in a maths thread hahaha :D:laugh3: That's great. Hey, how did that big paper of yours go?
December 5, 200817 yr :laugh3: That's great. Hey, how did that big paper of yours go? oh yeah it went good! I got 55% for it which wasn't too bad and it counted as two classes! Graduated in july and uni is over for good! :D
December 5, 200817 yr oh yeah it went good! I got 55% for it which wasn't too bad and it counted as two classes! Graduated in july and uni is over for good! :D:nice: Hooray!
December 10, 200817 yr Author Yeah congrats, good for you! PD: THIS IS MY 1000 POST!!!!!!!!!! AND I'M PROUD IT'S IN A THREAD I STARTED HAHA
December 11, 200817 yr Did the solution to that problem have to be so complicated? You could just have said: y = x*x^(1/2) = x^(3/2) y' = (3/2)*x^(1/2) Don't even need to use chain rule Edit:NVM just looked at the previous page with the correct problem statement
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