To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein
I love calculus too!
Math is fun, one of my favorite things is when I learn something that I had always been taught was true turns out to not be true.
For instance:
(0) x (X) = 1 , what does X equal? There IS an answer. It turns out that not everything multiplied by zero equals zero.
Here's another one:
I had always been taught in calculus that the derivative of a discontinuity is 'undefined'. It turns out that isn't exactly true either.
10 e-donuts to whomever can answer either of the above!
HINT: They're both related.
In my opinion "real" math ends when you can understand Maxwell's equations using 3-dimensional vector calculus. Everything after that is just mental masturbation.
326 posted on
03/07/2006 12:04:41 PM PST by
IYAAYAS
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To: IYAAYAS
To: IYAAYAS
(0) x (X) = 1 , what does X equal? There IS an answer. It turns out that not everything multiplied by zero equals zero. Prove it. :) ... seriously.
470 posted on
03/07/2006 3:33:18 PM PST by
Centurion2000
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