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[donosaurus]

So I have a math midterm tomorrow. I'm not terribly worried, but I sure need to study. I had a terrible time with Taylor expansions last year (prolly cause neither my TA nor my prof spoke English), so I hope to redeem myself on this exam. Here's the more enjoyable part of my review. ;)

sin(z) = z - z3/3! + z5/5! - ...,
   cos(z) = 1 - z2/2

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[the_loafmaster]

Oh god... you reminded that me that I need to bone up on my math again to test out of it for the rest of my life before I go to art school.

...and that makes me cry. I don't even want to do that much math. =(

I like programming - that's math I enjoy because it has an amusing purpose... but other than that - fuck math. =P

[donosaurus]

Ah yes, programming-
Doesn't that use a good deal of probability (permutations, etc?)
or perhaps deductive mathematical logic?

I started off in a math logic last semester, but dropped it after one lecture. Friggin' impossible if you haven't had the prerequisites.

At least (for you) it's good for something - don't you think you're being a bit harsh on it?

[the_loafmaster]

Programming is basically just math logic, yeah...

there's a lot of algebra. Ocassionally some trig and calc depending on what you're doing. (I don't actually know any calc so I avoid doing any games that would require it - but it's fairly easy to avoid if you're not doing a realstic physics engine or something which I would never bother with =P)

That's about it.

It's very much:

if a=b then
c = d
otherwise
c = d + 1

that sort of thing. =P

I'm afraid that if I go back to regular math i'll be confused for a while because i'm too used to programming math now, as it's been the only math i've done in 3 years =D
Specifically Actionscript's take on math...

I'll be using things like =='s as well as ='s, ++'s as well as +'s, and !='s just for good measure!

[loftygoals]

you're lucky you're cool

[donosaurus]

*beams*

[idiosynchrissy]

You're a bigger geek than I am. ;)

[donosaurus]

Oh, it gets worse. I won't provide details ;)

[redheadmadness]

ah how i love geeky boys!!

methinks you would get along swell with my boyfriend. he loves math.

[donosaurus]

If I ever manage to make it down to Chicago, I'll have to meet up with the both of you.
:D