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by Gallstones » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:47 pm
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Gallstones wrote:I'd like to see this.
Why do you guys pluralize math?
Because it is short for Mathematics. Or do you call it Mathematic, or something?
Is this a repeat? I think i saw it a couple of years ago.
So many syllables. We just call it math. It is all math, just math.
Or we say what we are doing--Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Arithmetic.
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by Geoff » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:56 pm
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Is this a repeat? I think i saw it a couple of years ago.
http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 95#p911195
Do try and keep up...
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by JimC » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:05 am
Gallstones wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Gallstones wrote:I'd like to see this.
Why do you guys pluralize math?
Because it is short for Mathematics. Or do you call it Mathematic, or something?
Is this a repeat? I think i saw it a couple of years ago.
So many syllables. We just call it math. It is all math, just math.
Or we say what we are doing--Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Arithmetic.
I teach maths...
Because it involves many mathematical skills...
Not just one.
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
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by klr » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:30 am
JimC wrote:
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I teach maths...
Because it involves many mathematical skills...
Not just one.
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
I'm trying to imagine Evil Jim, sitting alone in his study, manically laughing as he contemplates the horrors he is planning to unleash on some unsuspecting children.
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by JimC » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:32 am
klr wrote:JimC wrote:
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I teach maths...
Because it involves many mathematical skills...
Not just one.
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
I'm trying to imagine Evil Jim, sitting alone in his study, manically laughing as he contemplates the horrors he is planning to unleash on some unsuspecting children.
You can try, but you will never quite attain the full horror... :twisted:
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by klr » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:38 am
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by Gallstones » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:03 pm
JimC wrote:Gallstones wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Gallstones wrote:I'd like to see this.
Why do you guys pluralize math?
Because it is short for Mathematics. Or do you call it Mathematic, or something?
Is this a repeat? I think i saw it a couple of years ago.
So many syllables. We just call it math. It is all math, just math.
Or we say what we are doing--Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Arithmetic.
I teach maths...
Because it involves many mathematical skills...
Not just one.
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
Many skills, but still just one thing--math.
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by Geoff » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:09 pm
JimC wrote:
I teach maths...
Because it involves many mathematical skills...
Not just one.
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
Episode one had a lot about the origin of quadratic equations...
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by JimC » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:13 pm
Geoff wrote:JimC wrote:
I teach maths...
Because it involves many mathematical skills...
Not just one.
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
Episode one had a lot about the origin of quadratic equations...
My memory from reading books on the history of maths was that, early on, quadratic (and other equations) were described in words, which was clumsy and lengthy. A lot of progress was made when things were simplified using letters for unknown terms etc.
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by Geoff » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:20 pm
JimC wrote:
My memory from reading books on the history of maths was that, early on, quadratic (and other equations) were described in words, which was clumsy and lengthy. A lot of progress was made when things were simplified using letters for unknown terms etc.
Very much so. The programme hasn't got that far yet, just up to Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria (which I already knew about)...fascinating stuff though, and he's an excellent presenter, as klr points out.
As might be expected, maths was really invented by the taxmen...
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by Callan » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:26 pm
JimC wrote:
I just spent a day creating a fiendish maths assignment involving circular functions and calculus!
And he's not even ashamed!!
Such heinous depravity.
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by klr » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:03 am
Geoff wrote:JimC wrote:
My memory from reading books on the history of maths was that, early on, quadratic (and other equations) were described in words, which was clumsy and lengthy. A lot of progress was made when things were simplified using letters for unknown terms etc.
Very much so. The programme hasn't got that far yet,
just up to Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria (which I already knew about)...fascinating stuff though, and he's an excellent presenter, as klr points out.
As might be expected, maths was really invented by the taxmen...
And the fact that she was murdered by a mob of zealous Christians.
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by Magicziggy » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:25 am
I will be searching out this program. Right up my alley.
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by Even Adam » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:46 am
Magicziggy wrote:I will be searching out this program. Right up my alley.
What would it be doing there?
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by mistermack » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:06 am
Gallstones wrote:
So many syllables. We just call it math. It is all math, just math.
Many skills, but still just one thing--math.
Yeh, just like physic. I think you're indulging in semantic .
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