Tons about math that i loved......approximating continuous curves using Taylor polynomials was cool. We found the center of gravity for an empty 747 using that magic 3D vector, who's name escapes me at the moment. And of course...DIffy Q.
The one class I took that rocked my world was Topology. You want to talk about "Fuzzy" math..that whole semester was fuzzy to me! That stuff got so abstract, 2+2 was actually "undefined"......toughest class I ever had. On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > personally I fell in love when the teacher cancelled all the > coefficients -- order of magnitude, what a concept ;) the exponent of > an expnent stuff was fun too. > > On 3/14/08, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > EW! I hate it already. > > > > I knew I loved math that first day of my Diffy Q class when we worked on > a > > single problem the entire hour that took up several white boards. > > > > awesome fun. > > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:35 PM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm still not sure I get it. So like....taking a word problem and > > > working > > > > up an equation that could be used to solve it? Is that fuzzy math? > > > > > > More like taking a word problem and "best-guessing" an answer. > > > Equations are not the focus. Fuzzy math is supposed to teach children > > > to "think differently" about math. To try creative problem solving, > > > which on its face is a Good Thing(TM), but when it comes to something > > > like math, where formulae *are* everything, creative problem solving > > > does no good *without* a grounding in mathematical concepts, some of > > > which must be learned by rote. Fuzzy math tries to teach math without > > > the grounding. Kids are not getting the grounding. > > > > > > It's math as envisioned by the "everybody-gets-a-trophy" school of > > > thought. > > > > > > > I ended up with a math major by the time my college days were > > > done...and I'm > > > > curious if I was engaged in "fuzzy math" at all..... > > > > > > -- > > > will > > > > > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > > > and that would just be unacceptable." > > > - Carrie Fisher > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256463 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
