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#326 2012-11-03 11:40:28
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Why?
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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#327 2012-11-03 11:42:09
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Who was Doc Thorne and what did he do?
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90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#328 2012-11-03 11:52:47
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I have no idea. The bame just sounds familiar.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#329 2012-11-03 11:54:36
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He was a fictitious engineer who taught at Stanford. Famous for his "Thorny Problems."
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#330 2012-11-03 12:12:11
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Thorny problems?
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#331 2012-11-03 12:15:24
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Yep, He would put the answers for the final on the ceiling and challenge his student to retrieve them with nothing but a bag of licorice and some toothpicks.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#332 2012-11-03 12:21:16
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Cool! What does that have to do with the problem you were working on?
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#333 2012-11-03 12:41:39
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I was not working on it, you are.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#334 2012-11-03 12:43:13
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Nope. You were working on it when I asked for a harder GF problem. Read the last 5 pages of this thread.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#335 2012-11-03 12:44:13
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You asked for a harder problem and I gave you one read the first page.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#336 2012-11-03 12:48:28
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Either way, what does the problem have to do with Thorne?
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#337 2012-11-03 12:49:14
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That is how he trained his future engineers with tough problems that he knew they probably could not solve.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#338 2012-11-03 13:17:42
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So basically, he trained them RIPOSTP.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#339 2012-11-03 13:28:13
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Absolutely not! He wanted them to think on their own, research only to find a new way.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#340 2012-11-03 13:36:39
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That seems to be a better solution but only if it works.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#341 2012-11-03 13:39:54
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Eventually you will get there.
Dinner time!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.