/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9633823
>>9626448
>>9627614
>>9633271
>>9633704

>DNA is a language

>>9620216
>One Mathematical Cat, Please!

Brainlet art student who wants to switch major to biology.

Will I be able to learn this or am I fucked?

>universal quantifier

>>9614296
>social systems have nothing to do with reality

>>9593162

B-B-B-UT CHERNOBULL!

Math wizards of /sci/, help a brainlet out?

Good news: I got into my dream PhD programs with funding.

Bad news: to do well I need to be mathematically mature, but I don't know how to prove my way out of a wet paper bag and the highest math courses I've taken are basic probability and linear algebra. I'm afraid of showing up for the fall term and not being able to follow the math behind gradient descent. I studied computer science as an undergrad, but unfortunately the curriculum was very light on math.

Good news: I quit my job so I have ~6 months before I start the program to become mathematically mature.

So, my question: what's the best way to become conversant in math and stats at an advanced undergrad/fresh grad student level? My area (computational linguistics) uses a lot of stats and, in some places, algebras. I know the answer must inevitably be "choose a book and work on the problems", but I suppose I'm wondering if you have recommendations in particular for a book that can help people who don't know how to write proofs.

>>9524662
>There are enough gas molecules in the vacuum of space to ionize and produce light on the scale of a man-made laser.
>These gas molecules somehow dont give off any light even though they are constantly being bombarded by relativistic particles and high energy gamma rays

Is literally everything bound by the speed of light or does it just apply to "classical" things and some things actually go faster?

Can any of the following go faster than light:
a) Antimatter
b) Dark matter
c) Strings
d) Boltzmann brains
e) Things with negative mass
f) Things with negative temperature

>>9477431
>not having your major be something in STEM and read philosophy books in your free time

>Strengths of Materials
>Multivariable Calc
>Rigid Body Dynamics
>Into engineering design
>Experimental methods
now dox me

>>9444170
>haha maybe he took da monee lol
>WHY ARE U AN ANTISEMIT GOYIM KYS

>>9442765
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+time+a+dimension

>>9436775
But how?

>>9427780
>>9427908
darwin's IQ was 220 so Tao's is probably like 500

ghh I want to press buttons i dont care why they work duhhhh

>>9377884
>Theorem
>It means that someone just hasnt discovered the exception yet.

>>9370881
>uses π instead of τ

>>9359234
>race exists
>iq is science

C-Could you explain what that means

>where are the numbers that aren't on the number line at on the number line