Mathematics - Page 2

jassian · 12-15-2008, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohboy

Sadly, I don't even know what the subject of physics is...

What do you mean?

maths is just such an underlying foundation of everything, that sometimes it's really hard to see its application. Even if it's right in front of you. *L* it just describes the way life works.

Do you know this one?

How does a Mathematician catch a lion?

He builds a cage around himself and defines the inside as the outside. Done.

ohboy · 12-17-2008, 02:07 AM

Sorry if I was unclear. I mean that I don't understand what Physics focuses on. I know that the focus of biology is the study of living organisms, psychology is the study of the mind, but I don't know what physics studies.

Lightning McQueenie · 12-17-2008, 02:37 AM

As a mathematician and mathematics teacher, I think I'll do well in this group

.

And when in doubt, check wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics

jassian · 12-17-2008, 02:40 AM

Pretty much the underlying mechanics of everything.

Why things stay as they are why thing interact as they do, fields (gravity... although some say that's particles, magnetic fields, electric fields) Electricity, Thermal behavior, sounds, light (and other electromagnetic waves), nuclear phisics... that's decay rates and types of radiation and so on, quantum physics, that's how the smallest particles hold together and interact. Up to astrophyscis.
it's not a proper formal list, here's one:
http://physics.about.com/od/physics1...ldsPhysics.htm

it's pretty much describing the behavior and underlying forces of ... yup... everything.

And that in turn is based on maths.

Was that your question?

ohboy · 12-17-2008, 06:55 PM

It was my question. Thank you for the quick and complete response.

jassian · 12-17-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightning McQueenie

As a mathematician and mathematics teacher, I think I'll do well in this group

.

And when in doubt, check wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics

Ah sorry mate, missed your post.
So did I get my formula right a few posts ago?

(you shouldn't have told me, now I may keep pestering you with questions

)

Ziggy · 12-18-2008, 04:44 PM

I'm doing nuclear physics at school at the moment! I'm thinking of doing Physics for A-Level actually...

jassian · 12-19-2008, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ziggy

I'm doing nuclear physics at school at the moment! I'm thinking of doing Physics for A-Level actually...

I recommend it, if you got the hang of it. The nuclear physics exam for my german A-level counterpart was the most fun part part of my entire final exams, btw

Ziggy · 12-19-2008, 03:17 PM

Awesome. I've been thinking about it more and mre, and I think I definitely am going to.

jassian · 12-21-2008, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ziggy

Awesome. I've been thinking about it more and mre, and I think I definitely am going to.

Cool

When are the the A-levels?

Ziggy · 12-22-2008, 03:26 PM

In a couple of years' time. I'm doing my GCSEs this year, and then I'm going into Sixth Form to do A-levels for two years.

jassian · 12-22-2008, 06:29 PM

Ah, plenty of time to choose.

Ziggy · 12-23-2008, 03:28 PM

Indeed.

RossBeckett · 12-24-2008, 01:42 AM

3.141592654=Circumference/Diameter

~Steve B.

ohboy · 12-24-2008, 02:35 AM

Oh yeah? Well if Tom has five apples, and Sally asks for two apples, how many apples does Tom have?

Take that, smart math people.

Sorry, it's 10:30 at night and I've had too much caffeine today.

ris768 · 12-24-2008, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohboy

Oh yeah? Well if Tom has five apples, and Sally asks for two apples, how many apples does Tom have?

Take that, smart math people.

Sorry, it's 10:30 at night and I've had too much caffeine today.

Tom has 5 apples!

ohboy · 12-24-2008, 12:09 PM

Correct! Suzy asked for two apples, and at that moment, Tom never gave any apples, he was just asked for them.

Ziggy · 12-26-2008, 03:42 PM

Yeah? Well 2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2!

ohboy · 12-26-2008, 07:38 PM

Wow! I didn't know that 2+2 could ever equal more than four. Good thing I'm not a math major.

jassian · 12-26-2008, 08:03 PM

Which proves that dark matter does exist !

And it pops up when you least expect it

angvav · 12-26-2008, 10:30 PM

Whats a maths???

angvav · 12-26-2008, 10:30 PM

LOL

Sorry, maths is my weakest subject

Lightning McQueenie · 12-26-2008, 10:58 PM

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer, the second orders half a beer, the third orders one quarter of a beer and so on. The bartender responds "dummies" and sat 2 beers on the bar.

ohboy · 12-27-2008, 02:43 AM

I do know enough about math to understand that joke.

jassian · 12-27-2008, 05:50 AM

I get it, too *L*

but what would he have done if it had been lim x -> infinite ?
Serve almost two beers?
(what's the ascii code for infitite, the horizontal '8'? can't find it)

12-17-2008, 02:07 AM	#27
ohboy Junior Leaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,383	Sorry if I was unclear. I mean that I don't understand what Physics focuses on. I know that the focus of biology is the study of living organisms, psychology is the study of the mind, but I don't know what physics studies. __________________ "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." Dr. Wily is a registered trademark of Capcom, and I don't own the rights to it in anyway, nor do I profit from the avatar.

12-17-2008, 02:37 AM	#28
Lightning McQueenie Junior Leaper Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,043	As a mathematician and mathematics teacher, I think I'll do well in this group . And when in doubt, check wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics __________________

12-17-2008, 02:40 AM	#29
jassian Project Observer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 925	Pretty much the underlying mechanics of everything. Why things stay as they are why thing interact as they do, fields (gravity... although some say that's particles, magnetic fields, electric fields) Electricity, Thermal behavior, sounds, light (and other electromagnetic waves), nuclear phisics... that's decay rates and types of radiation and so on, quantum physics, that's how the smallest particles hold together and interact. Up to astrophyscis. it's not a proper formal list, here's one: http://physics.about.com/od/physics1...ldsPhysics.htm it's pretty much describing the behavior and underlying forces of ... yup... everything. And that in turn is based on maths. Was that your question? __________________

12-17-2008, 06:55 PM	#30
ohboy Junior Leaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,383	It was my question. Thank you for the quick and complete response. __________________ "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." Dr. Wily is a registered trademark of Capcom, and I don't own the rights to it in anyway, nor do I profit from the avatar.

12-18-2008, 04:44 PM	#32
Ziggy Control Room Technician Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 156	I'm doing nuclear physics at school at the moment! I'm thinking of doing Physics for A-Level actually... __________________ "With a million gigabyte capacity I'm quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head and doing a trillion floating point operations at once."

12-19-2008, 03:17 PM	#34
Ziggy Control Room Technician Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 156	Awesome. I've been thinking about it more and mre, and I think I definitely am going to. __________________ "With a million gigabyte capacity I'm quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head and doing a trillion floating point operations at once."

12-22-2008, 03:26 PM	#36
Ziggy Control Room Technician Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 156	In a couple of years' time. I'm doing my GCSEs this year, and then I'm going into Sixth Form to do A-levels for two years. __________________ "With a million gigabyte capacity I'm quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head and doing a trillion floating point operations at once."

12-22-2008, 06:29 PM	#37
jassian Project Observer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 925	Ah, plenty of time to choose. __________________

12-23-2008, 03:28 PM	#38
Ziggy Control Room Technician Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 156	Indeed. __________________ "With a million gigabyte capacity I'm quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head and doing a trillion floating point operations at once."

12-24-2008, 01:42 AM	#39
RossBeckett Project Observer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Near Cincinnati, OH Posts: 739	3.141592654=Circumference/Diameter ~Steve B. __________________ "If you love a certain food, go to the source. It's going to be fifty times better!" -Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil, Everybody Loves Raymond)

12-24-2008, 02:35 AM	#40
ohboy Junior Leaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,383	Oh yeah? Well if Tom has five apples, and Sally asks for two apples, how many apples does Tom have? Take that, smart math people. Sorry, it's 10:30 at night and I've had too much caffeine today. __________________ "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." Dr. Wily is a registered trademark of Capcom, and I don't own the rights to it in anyway, nor do I profit from the avatar.

12-24-2008, 12:09 PM	#42
ohboy Junior Leaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,383	Correct! Suzy asked for two apples, and at that moment, Tom never gave any apples, he was just asked for them. __________________ "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." Dr. Wily is a registered trademark of Capcom, and I don't own the rights to it in anyway, nor do I profit from the avatar.

12-26-2008, 03:42 PM	#43
Ziggy Control Room Technician Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 156	Yeah? Well 2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2! __________________ "With a million gigabyte capacity I'm quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head and doing a trillion floating point operations at once."

12-26-2008, 07:38 PM	#44
ohboy Junior Leaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,383	Wow! I didn't know that 2+2 could ever equal more than four. Good thing I'm not a math major. __________________ "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." Dr. Wily is a registered trademark of Capcom, and I don't own the rights to it in anyway, nor do I profit from the avatar.

12-26-2008, 08:03 PM	#45
jassian Project Observer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 925	Which proves that dark matter does exist ! And it pops up when you least expect it __________________

12-26-2008, 10:30 PM	#46
angvav Temporary Account Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Vic, Australia Posts: 1,211	Whats a maths??? __________________

12-26-2008, 10:30 PM	#47
angvav Temporary Account Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Vic, Australia Posts: 1,211	LOL Sorry, maths is my weakest subject __________________

12-26-2008, 10:58 PM	#48
Lightning McQueenie Junior Leaper Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,043	An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer, the second orders half a beer, the third orders one quarter of a beer and so on. The bartender responds "dummies" and sat 2 beers on the bar. __________________

12-27-2008, 02:43 AM	#49
ohboy Junior Leaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,383	I do know enough about math to understand that joke. __________________ "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." Dr. Wily is a registered trademark of Capcom, and I don't own the rights to it in anyway, nor do I profit from the avatar.

12-27-2008, 05:50 AM	#50
jassian Project Observer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 925	I get it, too L but what would he have done if it had been lim x -> infinite ? Serve almost two beers? (what's the ascii code for infitite, the horizontal '8'? can't find it) __________________