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#1 2010-05-19 10:59:13
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Wow... Hi! ^.^
Hello, I was googling vector formulas for my precal final exam tomorrow, because I lost the sheet our teacher gave us, and found this site. I'm amazed, I had no idea there was a forum just for math!
I'm a junior in high school (soon to be a senior O.o). This forum looks to be very useful in the coming months, since I will be in AP Calculus BC next year. I hope to get to know this site fully, and lots of people on it too =B
Incidentally, what are the [math] tags for? I mean, what do they do? =P
#2 2010-05-19 16:10:36
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Hi hermione_brains!
the [math tag helps you use LaTeX to format your equations for better display.
e.g.
Code:
[math]x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}[/math]will produce...
#WELCOME TO THE FORUM#
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If two or more thoughts intersect with each other, then there has to be a point.
#3 2010-05-19 16:11:24
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Hi hermione_brains;
Welcome to the forum!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#4 2010-05-19 18:35:55
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Hello hermione_brains,
Welcome to Maths is fun Forum!!!
Hope you enjoy posting here!!
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#5 2010-05-19 18:55:33
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Hi Hermione! Welcome.
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#6 2010-05-28 19:37:06
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Hello!!!
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas....
#7 2010-05-28 19:41:40
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Hi iLink-9000;
I thought it was the other way around. Welcome to the forum.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#8 2010-05-29 07:01:30
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Hi iLink-9000 and hermione_brains!
I'll be here at least once every month. XP
#9 2010-06-25 12:52:13
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Thanks ZHero! So, the forward slashes separate the different... terms, for lack of a better word, and the {} brackets group them? frac is fractions... anything else? What if you wanted to use a subnumeral?
And I think it works either way, sometimes it's hard words for easy ideas but others it's easy words for hard ideas =DDD
#10 2010-06-25 14:22:57
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Hi hermione_brains;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#11 2010-06-25 14:24:52
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Hi hermione_brains;
Use shift key and then minus key, and wrap what you want subscripted in {}. So it is A_{23} would get.
You can just right click on anybody's latex to see the code that produced it.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#12 2010-06-25 14:56:48
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Yes! The forward slashes "" can either be used to separate "terms", to introduce "single space" or to use "special symbols".
Like...
Code:
[math]This \ is \ text.[/math]
Code:
[math]\text{Its better to use "text" preceded by a slash!}[/math]Code:
[math]ten \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ spaces[/math]
Code:
[math]\pm \ \mp \ \sum \ \rightarrow \ \Uparrow \ \star[/math]
Here's a Brief Tutorial on LaTeX at http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=4397
Here's a List of some Symbols: LaTeX-Symbols
If two or more thoughts intersect with each other, then there has to be a point.