>>683599320
What's it like being smart?

is the universe random?

2+2=?

>>683599320

What's your plan?

>>683599320
How's it like being paid a >$300K salary?

>>683599320
Tips for going into calc 2?

dissertation topic? You don't have to say what it actually is if you don't want. Just curious for contextual reasons.

>>683599320
I'm starting physics studies next year, any advices?

what is your view on other "non-hardcore" degrees such as humanities, political science, sociology, anthropology etc. ?

>>683599415
Being logical helps the way you observe the world in a different way and once you find the beauty in mathematics you learn to appreciate it

>>683599673
Practice

>>683599645
This means less than 300k right. If your trying to say greater than 300k it would be the other way.

What function should I use to shape the output of an FFT?

>>683599719
I personally think they are okay to some degree but times are changing and the world is revolving more in technology

>>683599320
How's to be an ultra-fucking-virgin?

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>>683599900
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=greater+than+symbol

>>683599900
<300k is less than. >300k is more than

>>683599320
Do you do anything has any real world applications?

>>683599716
Switch to a womens studies degree , fuck yourself for taking applied mathematics you fuckwit

>>683599774
Like with psychedelics and seeing patterns?

>>683600138
kek

>>683599320
how's your non existent social life?

>>683600130
i worked statistics but now im a professor

>>683599320
I've always wondered.... What's mathematically going on in that pic?


And then I just loose it, cause it cracks me up.

>>683599716
Change to math, why would you want less if you can have it all, after you learn all you can about math, you can read some physics with proper understanding, not stopping at every formula and trying to find some forced "intuiton".

>>683599320
do you see yourself as superior to others or are you enlightened enough to know that your consciousness is an illusion and that you have no free will?

>>683600462
its fine, hows working at mcdonalds going?

Are you any good at Kerbal Space Program?

>>683600127
no it isnt you fucking moron

>>683599320
I'm an economics major and I'm about to do an extra year to get a math minor, to help get into grad school.


What do you say to people who say they hate math?

I just tell them they should be more patient. That's how I began liking math.

>>683600732
As if those two statements were completely disjoint.

>>683599455
well is it?

>>683599500
Fish

>>683600732
I hope you step on a lego.

>>683601132
Fuck man.. harsh. Not even lyin

>>683600997
Math is a language, and also is completely different in comparison of what they teach at school, they can't hate something they don't know, they don't know math.

>>683600965
i wanna learn how to math for KSP reasons

>>683600997
I tell them that mathemaics is the universal language

Why is math hard.

>>683601221
I agree. I also think that in high school they let kids think they suck at math and that's a perfectly acceptable place to stop trying. That way it's not the teachers' problems.

What was your PhD about? Specializations?

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>>683600138
Oh look, a Hillaryfag.

>>683600565
derivation of the time dependent Schrodinger equation

>>683601366
Math is hard if the education system fails you, if you are missing the core you will struggle. when you get past tje LEARNING CURVE you will enjoy it.

>>683601547
what is the function for the learning curve

>>683601403
no is trumpfag, get deported you chinese cartoons watching beaner!

Do you have any interesting or unique problems mathematically that you are stumped or puzzled by?

Or some sort of golden ratio or something that blows peoples minds?

>>683601008
english plz

>>683599320
When you tell people what you do in social circles and they turn away or change the subject through pure Bordem at hearing the answer, how do you feel?

>>683600997
you should mutilate yourself for taking economics , you are not a mathmatician, you are a sell out driven by money.

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>>683599320
how do you feel for contributing to the development of the next technological atrocity, like the next atomic bomb?

>>683601822
i never talk about maths with people unless they are interested. no point on discussing the universal language with liberal art and business majors.

>>683599320
why did you post a picture with no maths in it?
do you take the AoC?
algebra or analysis?
are you able to do basic arithmetic in your head? are all the people who are just maths and can't dumb?
hardest class you took?
how long did your phd take?

>>683600990
X<300
Y>300
Which is greater than 300? You moron.

>>683601893
Economists actually don't necessarily make more money than an intellectual in any other field. Economics is very important because everything is driven by utility, by costs and benefits. Somebody has to study the laws that apply to that.

I never called myself a mathematician. However math is the language of economics.

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I have a friend who is a MS in mathematics who told me that many PhDs do LSD a few times to "open their mind to the abstract". Have you or your colleagues done this?

>>683602352
your friend is retarded , you should get new friends.

>>683599320
Has math always been easy for you?

>>683599320
so, can you solve dy/dx = 2*y(x-1)

>>683601893
I also find that most people with your opinion are people who tried to grasp economics and just couldn't so they just insult anyone who does enjoy it.

Can you help me with my tax return?

>>683602485
no, was expelled from highschool and then got into math. mathematics isnt only for autists

>>683602528
i have a phd in mathematics, im three times smarter than you, get the fuck out of my QandA with your retarded economics degree.

>>683602739
That's pretty encouraging actually. I've always been behind in math, and I'm going to fail mathematics on A level, but I'm going to spend the next year doing nothing but working and learning math.

Hopefully I'm not a retard and it will work out.

>>683599320
Specialization?

Can you explain how Fourier transforms work? I think I generally get it but don't see how it's similar to working with an inner product space. The professor keeps using inner product spaces to explain them.

>>683602942
you're mean

>>683602300
>>683602300
Y, hence why I said that when you write "something" (e.g. you make) <300k, you mean that you make less than 300k

>>683603343
Meh, wanted to reply to the guy you replied to. Scratch that

>>683600990
are you fucking retarded

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>>683599320
How does your colon smell? Your head is pretty far up there

>>683603073
study smart, it can be very unmotivating when you do not progress after long study sessions, something liberal art degree majors have problems with.

>>683602325
Economics is driven by Human Action. The economy is just the actions of millions of people producing and consuming goods and services. If you try to represent economics as mathematical equations with laws akin to physics, you will fail.
Economics has more to do with the fields of psychology and philosophy than math.

>>683602500
Not him but Y = ((x^2)/2 -x)^2 or something like that

>>683603073
also what degree are you getting??

>>683603889
>>683602500
Nevermind im a fokn retard

>>683603893
womens studies

>>683603711

That is also true. But if you assume everyone is trying to maximize their utility the math actually does work out. In the macroeconomy, I totally agree that there is a lot of work to be done.

But in micro, you might be surprised how well the mathematical models actually apply when individuals are making choices. That has been shown in natural data but also in lab experiments. It's actually really cool.

>>683601634
kek

>>683602500
check 'em

now OP has to solve this

>>683604028
kill yourself you jew, ur degree is business phaggot. u are not ln the same level as STEM degree.

get left behind

>>683599320
Does the equation in the pic make sense`?

>>683604261
yes

>>683604227
Economists aren't jews, economists study jews and how they interact.

>>683604441
off by one :(

Which branch of mathematics?
Are you thinking about postdoc or going into industry?

>>683604610
taking the bad math bait. you were off by 3

>>683602175
srs question, op

>>683599320
Would if be practical to get 2 doctorates in Mathematics and Computer Science? Ive been thinking about wanting to work on quantum computers and I though a degree in math would be better than a degree in physics

>>683604960
we mathematicians work with logic, we are overpopulating with peasants in africa who are illiterate so an atomic bomb would be good

>>683605055
I respect STEM jobs so i will answer your question . last i heard computer science is a science thus more theoretical so mathematocs should be the better pick . not applied mathematics also known as physics

>>683599320
Do you fear to delay a flight by working on board?

>>683605233
Increased economic prosperity leads to a decrease in population growth rate. We don't need bombs or famine. We just need sustainable economic development.

>>683605570
The guy that delayed the flight by solving a differential equation was an economist.

thanks for having me on, /b, op is signing off.

i recommend stem careers, dont do business.

>>683602500
I'm not OP, just an average retard, but let's try. 2*y(x-1) is already a derivative, right, so the antiderivative of it would be (x-2)xy + C. now what the fuck to do with that, I have no idea

>>683605055
>>683605489
You can also look at joint degree programs. Additionally, PhDs in CS aren't very common unless you want to do research/teach in the field. A Masters might work for you with the math phd. Many of my math profs were very competent in comp sci as well and didn't seem to need the additional degree to do work tangentially related to comp sci.

>>683600990
think of it like this
x=salary
x<300k
x>300k

>>683605233
applied math is science, which is air, light, water pollution, antibiotic resistance, surveillance, genetic engineering, endless drone warfare, nuclear war, and, as Hardy said, pure maths is even more useful than applied. so you're not in a bubble of blamelessness

and you're right, it's poor people who suffer the most consequences, but bombing Africa is not what I want to argue here

>>683605708
His work is in search theory, if anyone's interested.

>>683606066
Applied math is pde, if you ask anyone graduated from nyu.

>>683599500
four fingers

>>683606066
The idea that killing everyone is how we should solve our problems is all too common.

>>683599716
ace that shit

>>683600130
Yeah, mathematics

>>683599320
Can U explain the concept of Limits to me?

>>683600990
wew. Don't quit your day job anon

>>683601634
u cheeky cunt

>>683606191
I assume pde means partial differential equations?

I could have been more clear: saying applied math is science, I meant it goes hand in hand with science

>>683605821
are you retarded
it's a time-dilated differential equation

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solve this shit

>>683606066
u retard. atomic bomb first crested with physics and mathematics, they complement each other so they are equally to blame

>>683606370
Bot OP, but let's explain it in a less technical way.

Imagine we have a function. Now imagine we have a point somewhere on the function. If I place an interval around that point, like a little ball or radius, we're still somewhere in the neighborhood of that point, right? Now let's make that radius a little smaller. Then a little smaller. Until our radius essentially only includes our point and its neighbors. So as we trend closer to the point, our limit essentially reaches that point.

Would do the proof itself but on mobile.

>>683606833
It's already solved

>>683606797
Lol

You're thinking of a discrete function? X \in N?

How much of the current mixture of air can the earths gravity hold onto. At what point does the gasses being released float off into space? Global warming solved.

>>683606797
he literally stated that he's a retard

>>683606833
What exactly do you mean?
The "solution" is right there

>>683606066
Hardy was a great guy but there are some branches of math that (at least for the foreseeable future) are too unrelated to anything else to offer applications. Case in point: as far as i know cohomology of groups could at best only serve as data used to encrypt something because of how it leads to a sequence (probably a known one at that)
Pure mathematics is probably the most detached from ethics

>>683603236
Fourier transforms work on the principle that sines and cosines of different frequencies are linearly independent from one another. They can be used as a basis set to describe any periodic function. Every periodic function can be represented as a sum of sinusoidal functions with different frequencies and phases.

The inner product allows you to easily determine the projections of a function onto its sinusoidal basis. In physics we call it "Fourier's trick." You multiply the function by the basis you want to project it into, then integrate that over all the space (inner product). This returns the value of the projection.

Yes this is a brain bender, and you need to do some serious studying and digger to understand, don't give up.

Try this link: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/705096/why-is-this-allowed-fouriers-trick-finding-the-coefficients-in-a-fourier-s

>>683607399
no you fuck, 2 * the y value at (x-1) = the rate of change at x

>>683599320
I'm glad there are faggots like OP that can do this shit so I don't have to worry about it.

How good is your spelling?

>>683599500
5 if the state says so

>>683599320
I hope you're still here OP, is it worth to continue with math after highschool? i have a test tomorrow in the hardest math course you can get in highschool and im about to get an A.

>>683607995
Huh. TIL. Thanks!

>>683608601
Yes. Absolutely. You're only a teenager so you think you know all of it, but there's always more to learn in mathematics. Especially real analysis.

I'm a retarded fucking alcohol who works a job in security.

Is being a smart nerd any good, or does your life suck dick also?

Why is the earth flat?

>>683608888 nice quads

>>683599320
How much pot would it require to make the whole universe high?

>>683610200

A lot

>>683610200
Depends on the density of alien life that is able to get high off of THC in the universe.

>>683599320

My perceptual reasoning is only 117.... I know this is very related to mathematic ability. Can I improve this or is this completely static?

>>683600990
Think of < and > as mouths. They always want to eat the bigger meal faggot

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How can a kinesthetic learning type learn math? I have tried my ass off to learn from a book but It'll never happen. Wat do?

>>683600885
Good one, friend

>>683612155
a) give up the idea that you are only kinesthetic. anyone can learn from three things, you're lacking motivation or drive.

b) make it more interesting. use a standing desk. do your exercises on a white board stand while standing.

What's a derivative

did you run the numbers doc

>>683599900
This must be OP