/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7615692
truly the scumiest of scumbags

fucking kill yourself pls

>>5515112

In another thread, posting questions was suggested as the basis for discussion. I'll start it off with an easy one:

Let m and n be positive integers such that:
m/n = 1 - 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + ... - 1/1318 + 1/1319.
Prove that m is divisible by 1979.

>>4845115

Importance is easy, without math we would have nothing.
Appeal is like Russel said: "Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show."

As for the reason I actually decided to become a mathematician, look at the pic.

Hello, /sci/. What does an applied mathematician actually do? I heard the difference between them and a computer scientist is negligible. Is this true? Are they nothing more than glorified computer scientists (or some related field there of), are are they far more useful and 'over arching' in what they can do?

Physicists get tons of bitches. Mathematics, too.

Pic related. You'll be rolling in the bitches.

Prove him wrong, /sci/.

>>1917914
you bring up a good point; a variety of resources like the internet and public library system coupled with an internship or job related to the field you wish to study can do just as good a job as college (maybe not as quickly, but knowledge is knowledge, you're still getting the same thing out of it). a lot of countries now have little-to-no-cost higher education now, and is it any wonder those countries have been branded socialist?

well, they are socialist, but in certain countries like america, that is something we've been brainwashed to frown upon; probably due to the efforts of the very same colleges trying to convince you that you need a degree to get anywhere in life.

think about it, it's just a little piece of paper with your name and major on it, it says nothing of your true accomplishments or experience besides the fact that you went to college. someone just as learned as a graduate or even more so would be turned down for a job on the spot if someone with a degree came along. it's simply an artificial construction to extort money from you in exchange for making you do work you could have done yourself.

/rant

pic related; get a degree, get a job

looks like SMBC browses /sci/, guys.