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RE: EcoTrain QOTW: University vs ThemTube
Too true unfortunately.
I couldn’t grasp the purpose of calculus lol what makes it wrong? It drove me nuts when the numbers disappeared completely! I’m pretty good at math, but calculus was just annoying to me. Only got a C in it.
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You know how in earlier math classes you were taught that the value approached a number, but was never that number? (asymptotic) Yep, and then, as you said, in calculus, it approaches... and then it gets there. Magic? huh?
The problem with math is that there isn't infinity, nor is there really really small. (in reality, these things only exist in math) In physics there are smallest dimension and smallest time. (plank length)
So, when you take a concept that only exists in imagination, and then use it in math, everything breaks.
There are math formulas to prove that 1 = -1
There aren't an infinite amount of atoms in the universe, there a specific (very large) number of atoms and God knows where, and cares for each one of them.
Calculus is a stupid math class. Only 1 in 10 math whizzes will ever use it in the field of mathematics.
For everyone else, the functions have already been worked out.
You needed calculus to figure out beam loading and deflection, but today, its just a formula you pull out of an engineering book.
You could say that it is a math class so you can go and prove where all those formulas came from.