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7267587 No.7267587 [Reply] [Original]

Holy fucking hell this thing is complete horse shit

>> No.7267597

>>7267587
I dont think horses would live very long if they shat that out

>> No.7267600

are you gonna state why its complete horse shit

>> No.7267611

I thank wolframalpha for my STEM degree.

>> No.7267620

>>7267587
Agreed. Sage is superior in every aspect and can interface directly with Python for superior data handling and low level computation.

>> No.7267623

>>7267611
Wolfwram alpha is basically cheating for Maths/Physics degrees

>> No.7267627

>>7267623
>mfw i hear about wolfram alpha just now for the first time..

>> No.7267638

>>7267627
>>7267627
So i tried that thing.
I entered x^4 +1 = 9
Why the fuck does that thing think the awnser is 2.75?

its 4sqrt8, which is 1.68

>> No.7267640

>>7267638
I ment fourth root

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7267643

>>7267638
An hero.

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>>7267638
>>7267640
>not having the mobile app which gives you all the premium features
Step it up

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>>7267623
>tfw using wolfram alpha on a test

>> No.7267649

>>7267644
>he needs step-by-step solutions

>> No.7267650

>>7267643
>>7267643
Oh god, i see it now.

>> No.7267652

>>7267649
>having to enter wolframalpha.com
>having to deal with standard keyboard not optimised for math input
>not being able to zoom in the output
>not being able to get more computation time
Stay pleb :^)

>> No.7267657

>>7267644
Mobile app is great if only because it's so cheap. I was kind of pissed off when I found out you can't transfer it to a new phone model on the same account though.

>> No.7267662

fucking cheaters

>> No.7267705

>>7267647
How is that allowed lmao, literally perfect answer generator

>> No.7267709

>>7267649
>he doesn't want rigorous proof

>> No.7267713

>>7267709
motherfuckers i thought it said 2 3/4th as in 2,75

>> No.7267715

>>7267709
I use Wolfram to check my results, not to solve the problems by me.

>> No.7267724

>>7267715
The process is just as important as the answer

>> No.7267729

>>7267724
Why should I care how Wolfram solves a problem when I can solve it?

>> No.7267738

>>7267705
>implying it's allowed

Only in some cases it's allowed.

>> No.7267744

>>7267705
If a test is based on calculations, then it's an utterly shitty test. I tell you more, if there's any concrete number in your test, it's a shitty test. Everything should be done with the greatest generality possible.

>> No.7267747

>>7267744

Like your mums acceptance of penises(greatest generality possible).

>> No.7267794

>>7267643
Oh, my sides.

>> No.7267811

>>7267744
>tfw had a math teacher in college who would mark our answers incorrect if we solved the problem in a different manner than she did

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>>7267638
You must have typed something wrong
In my mobile version of wolfram alpha its ~1,68

>> No.7267843

The problem with mathematica is that wolfcuck made his own programming language instead of sticking to C or C++ which was widely established and used.

>> No.7267849

>>7267587
Pirate Maple or Matlab

>> No.7268796

>>7267811
Oh god I'm so sorry

>> No.7268798

So a virdict on the best engine out theya?

>> No.7268801

>>7268796
>>7267811
Don't the instructions explicitly state like "Solve ..... as we did in class"?

I'm not gonna lie I used derivatives on my limits test and got marked off points.

>> No.7268836

>>7268801>>7267849
Overkill for most tasks

>> No.7268842

>>7268836
Ok sorry didn't mean to quote the first comment I quoted, I'm on mobile

>> No.7268889

>>7267623
>WolframAlpha can help you prove convergence of perturbation series
>WolframAlpha helps you find internal symmetries of physical systems
>WolframAlpha does optimation problems
>WolframAlpha can help prove stability of observable algebras in the thermodynamical limit

>> No.7268912

Honestly, mathematica is a pretty fucking handy program.

>> No.7268969

I mean, it's nice for checking your work if your book doesn't have solutions

>> No.7268976

I like maple :)

>> No.7268984

>>7267638
2^(3/4) is not 2.75.

It's (2^3)^(1/4) = 8^(1/4).

>> No.7269577

>>7267623
teachers basically assume you use it after third year physics degree
no way youre going to do all the integrals and rearranging by hand

>> No.7269583

>>7268984
Yeah yeah this has been explained 10 times now.
What i did was misread the fucking thing and i thought it was 2,3/4 as in 2,75

>> No.7270041

>>7267744

wolfram can do anything, you don't need hard numbers....

>> No.7270047

>>7270041
Can it explain why i hope that i dont wake up one morning?

>> No.7270053

>>7269577

In tests?

>> No.7271817

>>7270047
Probably don't need wolfram for that