Math Help

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2010, 02:12 AM

Did you even run into a math problem and rack your brain how to solve it because you haven't done anything like that since you graduated mumble years ago? Or draw a complete blank because you didn't go that far?

Well Bunkie, cheer up because the professors at MIT are here to help.

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathemati...ideo-lectures/

gvidas · 11-02-2010, 02:38 AM

Holy shit. This is so exciting.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2010, 02:46 AM

Ingrate.

DanaC · 11-02-2010, 05:30 AM

....s!

glatt · 11-02-2010, 07:21 AM

crazy furriner

HungLikeJesus · 11-02-2010, 08:10 AM

Now how am I going to concentrate on my work today, Bruce?

Maybe I'll just watch the first one.

Lamplighter · 11-02-2010, 09:48 AM

Professor Strang's best of the day:

Quote:

Can you sort of think about 9 vectors in 9 dimensional space and take their combinations ?
That's really the central thought that you get kind of used to in linear algebra.
Even though you can't really visualize it, you sort of think you can after a while.

Where was he last month when I had 8 dimensional planes in a 9 dimensional space, and
didn't realize the 9th column was the same as the 8th column and so it didn't add anything new ?

wolf · 11-02-2010, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Professor Strang's best of the day:

Where was he last month when I had 8 dimensional planes in a 9 dimensional space, and
didn't realize the 9th column was the same as the 8th column and so it didn't add anything new ?

More importantly, where the heck were you when you had to struggle with something like that? Was it time for the extra-dimensional oil change on the DeLorean or something?

Lamplighter · 11-02-2010, 01:16 PM

Clodfobble · 11-02-2010, 04:49 PM

Heh. I dated a math major for awhile in college (who is now a grad-level math professor at a major university known for its math & sciences programs.) He was definitely not a nerd, as one might expect--the nerds all go into tangible sciences like engineering and computers. Math majors are more like hyper-brilliant philosophy majors, with proportionally larger egos.

footfootfoot · 11-02-2010, 07:20 PM

Did you notice the date on the video was 1999? That math is going to be all stale and what not. Numbers must have some sort of shelf life.

I'm sure that shit's all out of date and that's why they're giving it away now.
(I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a kaiser)

HungLikeJesus · 11-02-2010, 07:26 PM

They are not using New Decimal (with the 10th digit), because that wasn't invented until 2008.

Lamplighter · 11-02-2010, 07:35 PM

Not to worry, Prof Strang will just add one more dimension to his matricies,
and go back in time to pick up whatever he needs for now and for the future.

spudcon · 11-02-2010, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvidas

Holy shit. This is so exciting.

IT IS! I used those videos to balance my check book, and it suddenly transformed into a 26 dimension checkbook.

HungLikeJesus · 11-02-2010, 07:49 PM

That should be a boost to your retirement account.

11-02-2010, 02:12 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Math Help Did you even run into a math problem and rack your brain how to solve it because you haven't done anything like that since you graduated mumble years ago? Or draw a complete blank because you didn't go that far? Well Bunkie, cheer up because the professors at MIT are here to help. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathemati...ideo-lectures/ __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2010, 02:46 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ingrate. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2010, 08:10 AM	#6
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Now how am I going to concentrate on my work today, Bruce? Maybe I'll just watch the first one. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Heh. I dated a math major for awhile in college (who is now a grad-level math professor at a major university known for its math & sciences programs.) He was definitely not a nerd, as one might expect--the nerds all go into tangible sciences like engineering and computers. Math majors are more like hyper-brilliant philosophy majors, with proportionally larger egos. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-02-2010, 07:20 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Did you notice the date on the video was 1999? That math is going to be all stale and what not. Numbers must have some sort of shelf life. I'm sure that shit's all out of date and that's why they're giving it away now. (I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a kaiser) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-02-2010, 02:38 AM	#2
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	Holy shit. This is so exciting.

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HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	They are not using New Decimal (with the 10th digit), because that wasn't invented until 2008. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-02-2010, 07:35 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Not to worry, Prof Strang will just add one more dimension to his matricies, and go back in time to pick up whatever he needs for now and for the future.

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HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That should be a boost to your retirement account. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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