#physicists mathematicians and engineers can argue all day over acceptable approximations of pi. and i will enjoy that debate

[ferbtv]

even when they talk about the same thing it can be different

genuine warning to anyone taking both physics and math classes:

both mathematicians and physicists use the variables (r, theta, phi) for spherical coordinates. but physicists usually use (r, theta, phi) = (radial, polar, azimuthal) and mathematicians usually use (r, theta, phi) = (radial, azimuthal, polar). the definitions of theta and phi are swapped.

Me in high school: yeah physics and math have a crazy amount of overlap and, you know, in a lot of ways, they talk about the same thing.

Me now, a physics major asking a math major something: I'm sorry what the actual fuck did you just say? What are those words? Why are you speaking like this? Can't you just explain it with numbers?