The Mathematics thread

[wuswordz95]

i suck at math. i only know the basics. does it mean yer stupid if you dont know that diffucult math like algebra or trig

[Slippy The Pimp]

x+3 = 2(x-4)
x+3 = 2x-8
x+11= 2x
11 = x

[Slippy The Pimp]

i suck at math. i only know the basics. does it mean yer stupid if you dont know that diffucult math like algebra or trig

Your only stupid if you think your stupid.

[blackwisdom]

i learned last year in Afro-American history that measurement originated in West Africa as etchings on the bones of some large animal that were known as Oshongo (sp.?) bones. I wish I could remember this more specifially but thats the gist of it. and im not sure what exactly they used it to measure

In Charles S. Finch III, M.D. book 'The Star of Deep Beginnings: The Genesis of African Science and Technology' he states that the Ishango Bones/harpoons of Zaire are the oldest mathmatical artifacts on record. They date from 70,000 to 90,000 years ago and are in close relation to the Rhind Mathmatical Papyrus which dates back nearly 40,000 years ago.

[IrOnMaN]

I have enough of an algebra background to graduate with pretty much anything except a pure mathematics degree.

In university I took 4 calculus courses in total where 2 of them require some of that algebra... such as advanced differential equations....vector and multivariate calculus.

I remember taking the computer science discrete math.

Thats as much as I need...those 4th year and master's degree math courses are fucked...glad I dont need to take those.

Wow. So, you already have a B.A. or B.S. degree, right?

[V4D3R]

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[Shogah]

Mathematics is the language of nature, like that movie Pi says.

It is the language/tool to describe the relations in the nature.

It is in the roots of electronics/computer engineering/physics/chemistry...

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Mathematics is the language of nature, like that movie Pi says.

It is the language/tool to describe the relations in the nature.

It is in the roots of electronics/computer engineering/physics/chemistry...

Math is not the language of nature. Math is deductive and because of that it reveals no real truths about nature. It does reveal truths of mathematical theories though.

It does not describe relations in nature. It is the job of science to do that (and math is not a subset of science).

It is not the root of those things. Science is the root of it. Math could be used to predict results and validate theories though.