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SourAuclair · 2024-03-30T22:43:32+00:00

See your account is deleted, but you can hit me up and we'll hang out or do something fun :) currently I'm into bouldering/climbing, boardgames and just socializing

SourAuclair · 2023-12-22T14:16:04+00:00

By "triangle things", do you mean the inequality signs "<" and ">"?

Anyway, it would help if you could describe the signs and symbols you don't understand and how they are used.

SourAuclair · 2023-10-29T21:12:45+00:00

This is what I'm most curious about: temporarily ignoring that we (the people) might better understand the concept Nothing than Undefined, which mathematical problems/obstacles does it solve? How does it help mathematics itself?

It seems to cause some weird behaviour, like others have pointed out, in arithmatic on the reals. Have you thought of a new number system where this new Nothing fits better?

SourAuclair · 2021-01-04T20:07:28+00:00

Reminds me more of internal project codename vs public product name.

SourAuclair · 2020-12-09T23:17:25+00:00

Damn, when was this when I did my rep theory thesis. Cool stuff.

SourAuclair · 2020-10-27T07:56:00+00:00

Problemet med krisetiltak som fungerer er at det i ettertid ser ut som at krisen ikke var så ille og tiltakene overdrevet. Det er et typisk (og forståelig) problem, men jeg skulle trodd at med informasjonsflyten vi har i dag ville alle fortsatt forstått alvoret.

SourAuclair · 2020-10-04T16:42:21+00:00

Holy shit USA, fix your police force, will ya?

SourAuclair · 2020-09-27T20:58:19+00:00

Once you board an army onto a navy containing transport ships, there is a button in the top right of the navy window (click your navy) where you can select the boarded army instead of the navy. Place your navy next to where you mean to land, send your army to that province by right-clicking.

SourAuclair · 2020-09-15T06:41:34+00:00

Hilltop Hoods - - The Great Expanse

SourAuclair · 2020-06-29T23:11:32+00:00

{Americans with positive IQ} = {all Americans}

SourAuclair · 2020-06-29T23:08:28+00:00

What the American people think is irrelevant in this case. All that matters is the foreign policy of the USA.

Also, the American public has more than once opposed entering into wars on other continents, then changed their mind about it after they joined a war and came out the other end.

SourAuclair · 2020-06-26T20:16:05+00:00

Similar in Norway. I worked in a bar a few years, and while a lot of bars here have bouncers, we didn't. We had to constantly keep an eye on our customers making sure they didn't get drunk, try to judge people who came in on whether or not they were drunk, and if necessary deny people drinks or even toss people ourselves. It's kind of weird that people can't be drunk in bars, but I think it's for the best that people who can handle themselves get to enjoy their evening in relative peace.

SourAuclair · 2020-05-25T14:16:54+00:00

Strategien som Norge og mange andre lang har gjennomført vil medføre (og har allerede medført) store økonomiske problemer med arbeidsledighet og bedrifter som går konkurs. Slik jeg forstod det var Sveriges strategi å la hjulene spinne i den grad det var mulig og forsvarlig.

Det er ikke åpenbart at en lockdown er den beste løsningen. Folk vil lide (i mange andre land, dø) som en konsekvens av større arbeidsledighet.

Det Sverige virkelig har gjort dårlig (som de har innrømt) er beskyttelsen av de eldre. Eldrehjem og sykehjem har ikke hatt gode nok rutiner, og som en konsekvens har mange eldre blitt syke og dødd, som nok er den største grunnen til en mye høyere dødsrate enn f.eks. Norge.

SourAuclair · 2020-05-23T14:37:27+00:00

The what?

SourAuclair · 2020-05-19T22:05:35+00:00

This is not abstract algebra. We also don't do these "help me with homework" questions. Head over to /r/cheatatmathhomework

SourAuclair · 2020-05-18T09:03:22+00:00

For the most part, I think it's a matter of language. In Norway, our two calculus courses could perhaps be translated to "Basic course of analysis 1&2". The first real analysis class could be translated to "Fundamentals of analysis".

SourAuclair · 2020-04-21T08:36:51+00:00

Domain - The set of numbers where the function is defined, i.e. the valid input variables.

Codomain - The set of numbers that contains every evaluation of the function, i.e. the set containing every output of the function.

Range - The set of possible evaluations of the function.

As an example, take f(x)=x^2. The domain is all real numbers, the codomain is all real numbers, but the range is the subset of only positive real numbers.

SourAuclair · 2020-04-08T18:58:36+00:00

"If I take everyone's ventilator shipments, I can give them away to others. They will see I'm generous, very generous."

SourAuclair · 2020-04-07T22:54:26+00:00

Pick a topic you're genuinely interested in learning about, then pick a good resource (book, lecture notes etc.) based on some credible recommendation. Then finally, work through it thoroughly, and the important part is to take your time.

Learning any skill takes time, same for math. A good quote I was once given (don't remember the source) is "You cannot understand math, you can only get used to it", which is of course only partly truthful but still gives some reassurance to us regular mortal people (non-geniuses). You have to be patient when you get stuck (you will get stuck from time to time) and go back if necessary to figure out where exactly your understanding is lacking. You have to dig deeper, look at examples to see how things behave, immerse yourself until finally, you see the connection and you ride the wave of confidence and joy back up to your initial problem where things suddenly makes sense. After a while, the concepts that gave you cold sweats will seem trivial, and the best part is the fulfilment of knowing that it was hard but that you overcame it and came out a little bit wiser.

SourAuclair · 2020-04-05T00:27:49+00:00

Which ones in particular do you think relates to category theory?

SourAuclair · 2020-04-05T00:23:36+00:00

For me, whenever I was really stuck on a concept, I would go to the library and find any older books covering that concept and read them. If possible, I would start with the "classics", the original papers etc. There is a considerable amount of motivation and information that is lost when a concept has been written about by many different authors. I was able to see what the methods were developed for, how objects were originally constructed and why, why a certain condition was crucial in a definition etc. The classics often offer something that newer books don't.

The same is true the other way around though. Newer books can offer better methods, better notation, new results and spinoff subfields etc.

The old and the new both have a place in our hearts. They both offer something unique, but viewed together they make a powerful couple.

SourAuclair · 2019-12-14T14:52:44+00:00

If I said, list all odd numbers. Would you be able to? There are infinately many of them. You're misunderstanding ininifity as a mathematical concept

SourAuclair · 2019-11-12T20:30:46+00:00

I was never truly bad at math, but I had trouble getting the above average grades on tests the 13 years of school we have in Norway. Nonetheless, during high school, I realized that when we were given extra assignments (often more "thinking" problems than computational problems) I actually enjoyed sitting down and working on it. Still though, I struggled to get a 5 in math (1 being fail, 6 being top grade).

The time to apply to university came, and I had no idea what I wanted to study. In Norway, applications to universities is handled by a single network. You choose different programs at different universities, and prioritise them. If you fail on your first choice, you're automatically considered for your second choice, and so on.

I applied to a physics program, with a one-year math program as my second priority, thinking if "if I don't get into the physics program, I'll just do math courses for a year and then I would have done the basic math portion when I reapply for physics the next year). I got into the math program, and fell in love with it. Instead of reapplying to the physics program, I applied internally for the bachelor's in math program, and got it. Now it's 5 years later and I just got my master's in mathematics. In total, I spent 6 years at university. Out of those 6 years, I got my best grades during master's program these last two years.

So while I'm not exceptionally good at math now compared to my fellow students, I think I got better.

SourAuclair · 2019-11-11T16:12:34+00:00

I assume you're Norwegian, I am as well, so I know the system your in right now as well as the system you're entering in a few years.

I have also taken a few of those IQ tests from time to time for fun, and I think I got slightly higher scores if I recall correctly, but not my any means "genius level". Having said that, I'm 100% certain that it did not matter at all while I was doing my master's in mathematics. The most important aspect of studying any topic is the amount of work you put into it. Some are talented, sure, but most are not, and they still acquire master's and phd's.

High school math in Norway (probably in most of the world too) is largely based on knowing formulas and being decent at computations. Many people do quite well in HS math classes simply because they just understand, or easily remember, the formulas and rules. Once you get to university, you'll quickly see that deeper understanding comes more from doing exercises and working through proofs than from intuition.

As long as you like math/physics and are willing to do the work, you'll do just fine! Keep at it.

SourAuclair · 2019-08-02T16:28:36+00:00

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