Considered the toughest undergrad math class at Harvard—and by that assessment, very likely the toughest in the world—Math 55 is not for the faint of heart.
The problem may be to do with the fact that mathematicians have been allowed to name things. I guess they felt they were qualified to do so because they saw physicist name things and decide to have a bash at it themselves.
Fortunately, physicists trump chemists and use chemistry words like “metal” to mean any element above helium. Why not? They got away with it and it’s their world too.
Let’s just hope those clever fundamentals mathematicians don’t start trumping the physicists with language. After all, this is the “real” world we are dealing with here. (joke)
Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other - Issue 89: The Dark Side - Nautilus
Nice, and here is the link for a background on early infinitesimals and how they perplexed the learned in Greece… ” Zeno’s dichotomy paradox was the first mathematical concept to consider the relationship between a finite interval and an interval approaching that of an infinitesimal-sized interval.”
Mathematics doesn’t care if things are real or not real, surreal or hyperreal, what matters is, is it a good tool that lets you get closer to truth. Watch this for a simple description on how they can help people solve difficult problems.
This is the video, not sure if they are ‘really’ there in the real world because of Planck length, but what would I know? Looks like in maths, you can have whatever you like – as long as it isn’t illogical. Hmm.
…. and only 1 type of 55er groupies!
Unrelated cheesy question:
What is the volume of a disk with radius z and height a?
Answer:
Pi z z a!
The problem may be to do with the fact that mathematicians have been allowed to name things. I guess they felt they were qualified to do so because they saw physicist name things and decide to have a bash at it themselves.
Fortunately, physicists trump chemists and use chemistry words like “metal” to mean any element above helium. Why not? They got away with it and it’s their world too.
Let’s just hope those clever fundamentals mathematicians don’t start trumping the physicists with language. After all, this is the “real” world we are dealing with here. (joke)
Wait up, from this subreddit I hear of Calc 3 – what gives?
“Why is Calc 1 called “Single variable calculus” and why is Calc 3 called “Multivariable Calculus”
Nice, and here is the link for a background on early infinitesimals and how they perplexed the learned in Greece… ” Zeno’s dichotomy paradox was the first mathematical concept to consider the relationship between a finite interval and an interval approaching that of an infinitesimal-sized interval.”
More mind-bending miracles with the monad from Numberphile. These guys do all the stuff maths at school didn’t do, and should have.
Mathematics doesn’t care if things are real or not real, surreal or hyperreal, what matters is, is it a good tool that lets you get closer to truth. Watch this for a simple description on how they can help people solve difficult problems.
This is the video, not sure if they are ‘really’ there in the real world because of Planck length, but what would I know? Looks like in maths, you can have whatever you like – as long as it isn’t illogical. Hmm.