#math homework answers

[woodswolf]

a tribute to my favorite post that came out of the pikposting phenomena from august to october of 2023, originally written by @olimar-posting. i have loved this post ever since i first read it and i still think of it very fondly. pure poetry

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[triglycercule]

Thoughts on mtt

they should travel the multiverse together and see and experience a more peaceful life than all of them ever have (⁎˃ᴗ˂⁎)

also they should get to gnaw at each other like rabies infected dogs 🧡🙏

[simplydnp]

you majored in straight up math??? God that's so fuckin cool of you!!

yeah! i've always loved math, so even though i registered late for uni, i knew it would be for math--i just wasn't sure what to do with it. ended up in math-ed. but, unlike some places, i did a double degree, so i have my full mathematics degree & my full education degree

the math degree was so cool. i've really considered going back for my masters since i loved it so much. there's something about pure math that just,,, makes sense to me. proofs are sometimes a pain in the ass, but there's really nothing like staring at one for hours and then it suddenly Clicks and you're off to the races. it's all built on logic--everything that happens makes sense and has a flow.

i also really enjoy the language aspect of it--which a lot of people find couter-intuitive. math should be numbers! but when you do high level math, there's not a lot of numbers involved usually 😂 it's all logic and arguments and specific wording and sentence structure. i love that shit. there's a specific and intentional way to communicate. there's words you use for getting from one idea to the next.

there's a really great video that breaks down how math and language is connected and, in particular, if you're good at 'traditional' math, you might not want a math degree.

here's a transcript:

if you want to go to school for mathematics and this is what you think it'll look like [gestures to background full of equations, trigonometry, and formulas] i suggest you do something else. the joke in the math community is that after sophmore year, you don't see a number over like, 10 again. this is because you learn math as a language. it's like the difference between studying Spanish and studying linguistics. you can study Spanish, but that doesn't mean you'll understand language as a whole. while linguistics studies syntax and semantics because it's the structure of language as a whole that they study. so in this example, if you want to just study spanish, be an engineer. if you decide to take this [math] route, you have two options: pure or applied mathematics. so applied wants to study linguistics as a whole, so they can become a Spanish translator--and maybe pick up Portuguese along the way. while pure mathematics wants to study linguistics so they can make up their own language. it sounds strange but the best mathematicians are often very good with languages too. if you're interested in learning why they have so much in common, then mathematics is for you.

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it's like problem solving to the nth degree. a silly example is something like 'what's 1 + 1?' hopefully you know the answer is 2. but in pure math, they'll ask you why 1+1 is 2. and it takes you down this path of laying the foundations for the building blocks of traditional math. (now, that's advanced linear algebra which, frankly, i really disliked, but it's an easy example)

calculus & number theory were actually my 2 favourite 'subjects' in the mathematics we did (which, is very funny bc calculus has the least proofs and you take 4 years of it, vs 1 entirely proofs based course). i was lucky to have really great profs for most of my courses as well

[wormchamp72]

What if i say I’m… *smirk* I’m perchance Witerally Jeff the killers husband ;-; *grin* yeah… heh… you wouldn’t believe me would you? Baka T^T *shakes head and chuckles non cholantly*

Believe you? Yeah. You got that right. I wouldn't believe you. Jeff the Killer would never stoop so low as 2 date someone who calls The Worm Himself a Baka.

And husband? Um...do child marriage laws mean nothing 2 you? Marrying a 13 year old is not something I would have thought anons on this site would stoop 2, but you learn something new everyday, I suppose...

[miyamoratsumuu]

just got to make it to friday just got to make it to friday just got to make it to friday justgottomakeittofriday justgottomakeittofriday justgottomakeittofriday

[invisiwhere]

[New message from: Aking Mahal] Cuisle :((( <333 I'm so incredibly sorry for scaring you, uhm, things did get really terrible but I'm alive still and not a vessel!!! Could you ummm maybe come over? I really really want to hold you. - @aria-aisling

(ooc: respond whenever you're back from school & have time and I'll respond when I wake up :3)

[New message from: Cuisle 🤎🩶]

OHTHANKGOD

oh my god i was so worried you died or something oh my god im so glad you’re still here and not a vessel i love you so much aking mahal

i can come over yeah, just give me a second okay? i’ll be there soon i promise <333

[faaun]

critical thinking is taught in literature and/or philosophy classes you're just usamerican

king i think you might be the one lacking reading comprehension skills i'm a philosophy undergrad, i was raised in iran, i live in the UK where we ARE taught to think critically, have never once been to the usa, and i'm talking from my own perspective as an asian person combined w that of all my peers from diff asian countries who all have had the same experience/perspective on this . if you read the tags on that post i say clearly that i'm iranian :)

[somelonelywordmonger]

NOT MY DAD THUMBS-UPPING MY PAINED SIGH OF "i'm use to it tho"

Dad, please :sob:

such a dad thing to do LMAO

[mug-of-shark]

"feels lame in comparison to everyone else" and proceeds to include a batshit crazy experience in the tags

kitt

kitt you can't do that to me

....

did you ever find out where the blood was from?

unfortunately (or fortunately?) i did not

that school system did have a pretty hefty issue w violence though, so i’m assuming some 7th graders just decided fuck this and committed a violence

my personal thought is someone got beat down against the wall by multiple people bc iirc there were like smears in addition to splats

and uh. and then i went to art class and drew furries while being annoyed at my teacher (for being sucks) and my friends friend (also for being sucks. she had a tendency to punch people and then guilt trip you about being like dude don’t punch me)

[arthur-side]

I cried over a math equation:D

[dont-open-dead-inside-net]

hiii how r u

stressed 😭 i have... an exam tomorrow... in nine hours

[desi-yearning]

Got asked if I'm straight today and I just deflected the question sigh people here are homophobic and call each other gay/lesbian as a joke/accusation/insult

[kaeyapilled]

ive got to put kaeya in a timeloop just like in russian doll

[mamawasatesttube]

have u ever thought about a kid fic for timkon? or thoughts about what they would be like with kids

only tangentially. i don't really like kidfic myself (nothing wrong with it, just doesn't really scratch the brain itch for me personally yk?) so it's not a trope that i tend to ponder. that said, sometimes i do think about kon and lophi coparenting babymartha, and also of kon finding some clone child in a fucked up lab and going "tim 🥺 can we keep her 🥺"

but overall i tend to hc them childfree!! partly bc i think they would talk about it a lot bc i think they both like kids and are good with them (kon especially but you put an autistic child in front of tim and 99% of the time they CLICK. said child will now be following tim around like a duckling), but are also more involved in vigilante/hero life than they'd like to be if they were to be parents. and neither of them is really willing to fully retire. so instead i like them opting into more of the found family route and mentoring younger heroes instead + being the BEST uncles to cissiecassie's kids ♥

[subsequentibis]

ive been saying the 'im a humanities major i cant do math' joke for a long time but i was just reminded today of how much i liked math when i was in high school. math was a bunch of fun puzzles that you got to solve and as long as you understood the process it was so satisfying and rewarding to complete

[showrunnerihardlyknowher]

As the first math anon (the one with the failed exam), I really do appreciate you writing out a response for me. I will sincerely take your advice and tips to heart.

I hope it helps, anon!! If there's any specific parts giving you trouble (except geometry bestie sorry) I'm happy to try and help break it down!