Have a degree in applied math. No job yr after grad. Have fun with your debt

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Why does mathematics do such a good job at modeling reality? Does math underlie the universe? Is there something organic about math?

good shit, what's your background so far? If you're not a naturally gifted Mathematician you will not be able to compete with the experts on the field and it's quite unlikely that you'll end up as successful academic.
If you just want to get a good job Mathematics is useful but there are better more practical courses out there which provide similar numerical skills.

>>687464832
that's because you suck, I know plenty of people who have studied applied Mathematics and they are in well-paying jobs now (or academics).

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>>687464589
Math is great. Just finished my BS and going to grad school at some point. I did pure math though so I didn't do much applied stuff, mainly just interested in research.

>>687464832
uh no, Maths has been designed to fit the universe, not the other way round...?

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>>687464589
Anthropology major reporting. Suck it STEMfags.

>>687465184
no you suck. They're in academics bcuz that's all it prepares you for. School for more school while you teach btards like yourself to spew shit they know nothing about. Kys

>>687464855
We found the kid who doesn't understand math lol. Go back to 3rd grade tard

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>>687466285
Give me your best math.

>>687465644
>"science" enables you to do incredibly cool and complex things
>humanities repeats obvious things everyone knows

Sounds about right.

>>687466128
I studied Chemistry with Molecular Physics at Imperial College and I know several people who did varying degrees of Applied Mathematics there.
Not a single one of my friends is now unemployed - the reason why you are unemployed is because you're not a gifted Mathematician.
Neither am I, but at least I've not made the decision to compete on a field on which I can't win.

>>687464855
>Why does mathematics do such a good job at modeling reality?
Compared to what? And lots of math was invented and developed specifically to model things.

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>>687466128
>They're in academics bcuz that's all it prepares you for.
When that other anon says 'going into academics' he probably means people looking to become professors and do research into solving current problems and developing new mathematics. It's extremely important work and it shouldn't be belittled.

>>687465644
lol @ that pic. Humanities types never struck me as particularly conservative.

>>687464589
>applied mathematics
>applied

Pleb.

>What does /b/ think about maths?

The elite of curriculums, cream of the cream. Chemistry and physics are tolerable. Almost everything else is for retards and the general mentally challenged. Exchanging telling glances with other maths guys when meeting non-maths guys will be a frequent occurrence.

You can't be too smug, only not smug enough.

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>>687466595
I didn't set out to be a mathematician. It's easy and I tried 0 and got all as bs. Youre either good at math or not. Kys btard ingest some of those chemicals

>>687465644
>humanities

Shit-tier, way below pleb-tier. They should close these departments and get those morons to do some menial labor or something. Maybe they'd coincidentally end up doing something useful for once. For more, see >>687467080, telling glance implied.

>>687467321
>Youre either good at math or not.

That's what anon said. Lay easy on him, chemists are bros, what they do can actually be considered science.

>>687464589
It makes my brain smoke.

>>687467080
>maths
>not even a science

At this point theoretical mathematics is on par with metaphysics and philosophy in its general uselessness, except philosophy-fags can make for good drinking buddies.

Enjoy mapping out the consequences of your assumptions, or lets face it, enjoy trying to follow other peoples' "work" while pretending to be a "theoretical mathematician".

>>687467262
This must have been written by some sociology-fag, since purity has not even been defined.

I'm planning on going into mechanical engineering
What do I need to be prepared for?
Advice?

0*0=0
0^1=0
0^0=1
Prove me wrong fags.

Applied is tough stuff. Eventually, you will be constructing your own partial differential equations, which is something beyond my capabilities and I aced calc 1-3 and aced ordinary diffEq

>>687468498
So you passed high school? Great job.

>>687467869
You must have no idea how many math concepts that were once considered 'purely theoretical', 'useless', or 'pointless' are now regularly applied in physics, chemistry, etc. It's hard to tell where the next major application will come from in pure math, so we have to study it.

>>687468498
0^0=0^1/0^1=0/0=undetermined

>>687468860
This. Gauss's law was pure theory until charge density of surfaces and volumes were quantified.

>>687464589
All you need to know is that the angle of dangle is equal to the heat of the meat times the mass of the ass.

>>687469418
Good example. I'd also like to add that the concept of a vector field in physics was also considered ridiculous at the time.

Also, that other anons post seems to imply that pure math is inherently bad; which in itself is ridiculous. There isn't a problem with doing math for the sake of math, and it's how many discoveries are made.

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>>687469418
Lmao wow a STEM edgelord in its natural habitat

*click of screen shots*

>>687466128
>>687466128
>implying most of the university subjects prepare you for a job

no you suck. It is common knowledge to no about computer sciences and statistics when you study maths.

You be fine and find jobs easily

>>687468860
>It's hard to tell where the next major application will come from in pure math, so we have to study it.

kek, this is what theoretical mathematicians keep telling themselves, but somehow all the funding goes to science. Guess no-one actually believes that bs. Have fun though with proving if there are or are not finite numbers of relative prime triplets or some other such esoteric question.

>>687469004
not necessarily, 0^0 is partially indetermined it's granted the value 1

>>687469787
>knows nothing
>resorts to insults

What a surprise...

>>687469934
>esoteric question
I've already made my point. There are many things in mathematics that were once though to have no application that now do.

I find it funny that you referenced a problem in number theory, as there are many things and number theory and closely related areas in group theory that now have applications in cryptography and computing.

You essentially picked one of the areas of math that didn't have applications for hundreds of years then became a cornerstone of modern computing.

>>687470599
many things in*

>>687465029
One more year to go, I'm pretty decent at maths since I'm doing some higher degree mathematics in my free time, I think I can handle 70% of analysis I atm

Since I wanna focus on Operations Research I don't know if applied maths or economical maths is better

>>687469004
I don't think so.
log(0^0) = 0/0
log(0/0) = 1/0
so 0^0 ≠ 0/0

>>687468498
>>687469004
>>687470059
>>687471428

http://youtu.be/Mfk_L4Nx2ZI

Second half of the video explains it quite well

>>687472094
http://youtu.be/BRRolKTlF6Q

This one I meant

>>687470599
>a cornerstone of modern computing.

Congrats, theoretical mathematicians contributed one stone to a whole building made out of physics and engineering. Not a cornerstone though, just a little contribution in configuration of key and lock, which still had to be build and configured by engineers in the end.

>>687465184
truth

>>687469917
No you suck beta cucklord faget. Kys asap plz.

>>687464589
its really fucking hard when you get into matrices and vectors and fucking advanced calculus, also its repetitive so personally I hate mathematics

>>687472452
kys faget

>>687464589
Pure math undergrad here. None of that applied math bullshit. If your teachers aren't good, get ready to struggle, but it's worth it. Get used to kahn academy. Biggest options after undergrad are: any analytics jobs, some finance stuff, or pursue masters for: government (cushy), and teaching (no $, much time)

>>687472277
>I'm doing some higher degree mathematics in my free time
That's what happens when something gets applied.

You must not know how big things like elliptic curve cryptography are. At this point I think you're just trolling or unnecessarily salty. I've already made my point and this conversation is running in circles so I'm done.

>>687468158
noice one

>>687472707
Whoops, meant to quote the line
>build and configured by engineers in the end

>>687472535
>repetitive
No it's not. It might be if you do the same exercises over and over to get a new idea or concept... But that's only school-related, it's not about maths

>>687465265
non-math major found