Man, I *wish* I had the chance during my 9-5 to use my waning Math skills, but, alas, since I graduated in 97, I haven't touched the stuff. Hell, I forget more than I remember at this point.
My Math degree is nothing more than the proverbial "piece of paper" at this point. Bummer. G Money wrote: > CS and Math. > > Where the two meet is still my favorite coding moment. I needed an LN > function. CF only had a LOG function. So I wrote my own Taylor Polynomial > routine to approximate the LN function. > > On 5/18/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Did you go to school for Math? Are you a fellow Math Geek? :) >> >> G Money wrote: >>> Advanced Topics in Topology was the hardest class I took in my academic >>> life. Very abstract, very hard to visualize. Really made me appreciate >> the >>> relative ease and straight forwardness of Diffy Q. >>> >>> On 5/18/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Yikes. Topology. One of the worst classes I've ever had to take. >>>> Well, maybe next to Abstract Algebra. >>>> >>>> G Money wrote: >>>>> I remember learning in my advanced Topology class (high level math >>>>> elective), that in certain topological spaces, 2+2 was undefined. >>>>> >>>>> Was a good lesson to remember: you have to define your space, before >> you >>>> can >>>>> determine your facts. Or put another way, in some spaces.....2+2 just >>>> might >>>>> equal 6 :) >>>>> >>>>> On 5/17/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> Dana wrote: >>>>>>> do I get frustrated when people simply make the facts up, yes. Or >>>>>> totally disregard them, yes. >>>>>> Well, for my part, you've often accused me of ignoring facts but the >>>>>> truth is I just don't interpret them as you do. Sometimes you seem >> to >>>>>> get frustrated because everyone doesn't agree that 2+2=6. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207039 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
