/sci/ - Science & Math

>>1867777

I read this on /x/, actually. Or, something pertaining to it. No one believed it/gave it any credibility.

Has any other news website talked about this? Any other website at all? A legitimate one, that is.

>>1820296

you will never be an adherent to Albert Camus or absurdist philosophy.

:(

>>1813623

>Utterly fails.
>Resort to verbal slander/abuse.
>Adds the premise about doing math, when the topic isn't even being broached.
...
>Most of all, telling this to a third-year Mathematics major.

Good on you, mate. You're lurking 4chan well.

>>1813625

I suppose. I consider myself a /sci/fag, but it's really just a matter of how much you love learning about the world/life. I've read several books off of that chart, in addition to philosophical texts. I can see the beauty in literature, philosophy and even science/mathematics.

Good question.

I know the best board for this: /b/ or /lit/. They actually enjoy these type of discussions. I'm not even being sarcastic when I refer you to /b/. There are always 250+ replies in a religious thread, guaranteed.

>>1813572

>Philosophy shit-tier.

I don't understand you fucks.

I'm a Mathematics major, but even I can comprehend that philosophy is the essential forefather to the Science we have today. It's the love/study of wisdom; Science was birthed out of this.

It may not be applicable in today's economic market, but it should be respected as an academic discipline regardless.

>>1813553

>This is where art fails. Why express anything? Better to learn why the leaves are green than to draw a pretty little picture.

Okay, and? The other Anon never stated that drawing leaves is more important than learning why the leaves are green in the first place. YOU were the first one to add some premise that was NEVER proposed by the other person; he NEVER implied that ever. Ever, ever, ever.

You're honestly being made to look like a fucking fool. Just leave.

>>1813520

>more important to draw pictures of a tree ..

That premise was never added, nor implied. You're attempting to add another indirect premise to the discussion to fuel your own stupidity, and prove some veil of superiority. The other Anon simply stipulated that, while Science is necessary, art/expression has it's priorities.

It was a really good try to troll, though. I give it a 4/10.

>/homework/

I guess we deserve that.

Shit's just hard, man.

I'm a Mathematics major, and I try to shy away from Physics. Fuck that noise.

>>1813459

You're honestly trolling now. That, or you're a sociopath.

Either way, I don't give a shit. It's people like you that give Science a bad name.

>>1813407

This is why we can't have nice things.

>>1813440

This is 4chan, afterall.

>>1813408

>they just don't know it yet.

Remember Plato's whole ideas about forms/ideas? Physical reality? Then, poetry/art? Etc, etc. That's what I'm alluding to.

>>1813396

A Liberal Arts degree is pretty useless, in regards to our economic climate. Unless that is expounded upon in Graduate school where you acquire a Doctorate of Philosophy in Comparative Literature and a similar topic, I don't see where anyone is going with a BA in Liberal Arts. Secondly, while I do agree that the liberal arts curriculum can be fascinating, there is no reason why one should dedicate four arduous years to study a curriculum primarily geared towards it. After a while, it becomes repetitive.

Funny thing; I've read most of those books in that chart. The Stranger is good, but The Plague is quite possibly Camus' best book. Everything comes together there.

Also, Science, Philosophy, Literature/Poetry and Art need one another. Those who throw away philosophy/literature are most likely sons of Plato's Republic; they just don't know it yet. What they really don't know is that Plato was humiliated on a daily basis by Diogenes.

For the record, I enjoy Aristotle much more than Plato.

>>1813260

For what value does does the function not exist / there is a dilemma?

The answer is very, very simple and anyone can tell it to you without giving it a second thought, but I want you to think about this. I don't want you to just grab an answer from someone. Domain and range aren't mathematical equations you can manipulate. Both aspects are strictly conceptual.

If you imagine the graph of 1/x-4, for what value of x does the graph 'stop' or 'cease to exist?' By that, I mean, what value makes the graph undefined? From a relatively simplistic standpoint, we can assume that every possible value of x -- save for one -- fits into the function and the graph is undaunted.

What is that ONE number, though? That one number that makes it undefined? Once you find that number, you can stipulate one or two things:

1) The function is completely undefined; there is no domain.

OR ..

2) The function is defined at all points except that particular point.

Someone already answered the question, btw; I just want to provide the conceptual basis for it.

1. Distributive rule/law.
2. Combine like-terms.
3. ???
4. Profit.

Distributive Rule is, as follows: a(b+c) = ab + ac.

Like-terms are terms with the same variable degree. i.e., x^2 and x are NOT like-terms because one has a degree of 2 and the other has a degree of 1. 2x and x are like-terms, however, because they both have a degree of 1.

I've given you the bucket and shown you how to get to the well; now, fetch your water.

>>1742307

Apply your liberal art credits to that degree and you'll finish up your B.E. in two/three years, flat. Do you have any Calculus courses under your belt? If not, try to study some stuff online and collect some textbooks on Differential and Integral calculus.

>>1672507

Yes, I need a solution manual for that.

The 'Transition to Advanced Mathematics' is new. Douglas Smith, 7e. The professor took his time to tell us that we could not, under any circumstances, have the older versions because it differed way too much.

Bump one more time. Anyone have those textbooks? It's really urgent.

>>1672489

I meant: I don't want to get my hands dirty. I'm a clean freak.

I'm a bit sleepy.

>>1672483

I don't want to get my hands. I'm a clean-freak.

Does anyone have the book at all? I checked on Rhizome, but to no avail.

Does anyone have a PDF version of the 7th Edition of Transition to Advanced Mathematics by Douglas Smith and the solutions guide to Linear Algebra: A modern introduction 2nd Edition by David Poole?

I REALLY need those two books. Both are expensive and out of my range, so I'd appreciate it if someone had the pdf form or version. If not, I'd appreciate, at the very least, an answer to a few questions I have from the Linear Algebra book.

>>1672351

The Theoretical Physicist is the one talking and the Experimental Scientist is the one gritting his teeth. Long story short?

Theoretical Physicists have a habit of utilizing equations/configuring problems out on paper, but don't know how painful/rigorous true experiments go. In the comic strip, the theoretical guy is telling the experimental scientist that 'all you have to do is put the protons together -duh!' What he fails to realize is that, experimentally, it's extremely difficult and costs time/money/patience.

>>1671809

He never implied that. In fact, he never insinuated that at all in his post.

People have their beliefs, just as you have yours. As long as they don't intercept your own life style, live your life the way you want.