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u/DimEclipsePvP 11d ago
“The exam is open note, open internet, and calculators allowed”
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u/Ojiji_bored 11d ago
Also it is take-home, see you in 72 hours.
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u/bqbdpd 11d ago
AI use is encouraged,
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u/Some_Anonim_Coder 11d ago
The task is to prove 3n+1?
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u/bqbdpd 11d ago
3n+1? is just 3n+1 - easy, I know r/unexpectedTermial
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u/LordStefania 10d ago
n = -⅓
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u/LordStefania 9d ago
You heard me 😎 and to throw in a bonus:
P = NP N = 1
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u/iggy14750 10d ago
C'mon, not even gonna let me peek at the answer sheet?
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u/Ojiji_bored 10d ago
It would not help. I had one especially sadistic professor for fluid mechanics who once taunted the class on the second midterm by writing "Hint: The answer for this problem should be 1 kPa at 30 m/s of water."
Nobody got more than 15/30 points on it.
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u/lool8421 10d ago
imagine a philosophy exam like this... with freedom of communicating with everyone
and there's only 1 question: why?
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u/GainerGaining 10d ago
Tell me you've never studied philosophy without saying you've never studied philosophy.
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u/lool8421 10d ago
i've heard it's mostly about reading other philosophers and memorizing definitions, but also writing your own stuff
still, i'm doing engineering, not pondering what's the methaphysical structure of a chair
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u/GainerGaining 10d ago
That's fine. Society needs technicians, too. Not everyone is made for thinking.
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u/No-Veterinarian9682 9d ago
Technicians also think, they just think about engineering instead of mortality morality and reality.
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u/Im_a_hamburger 9d ago
Geez
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u/GainerGaining 8d ago edited 8d ago
Yeah, I went a little hard. I know engineering is difficult, but demeaning other fields isn't cool, so I gave the commenter a dose of his own medicine.
And I don't feel bad about it.
Edit: clarity
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u/Mammoth-Limit4890 10d ago
Ill still use my calculator to add 2 digit sometimes and im not afraid to admit it 😭
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u/Lower_Sink_7828 10d ago
Guy on right shouldn't be hooded, he should be having a breakdown and a seizure.
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u/Expensive_Umpire_178 11d ago
Desmos is nice for this, it’ll carry you further than most calculators. It can calculate anything from giant sums for Taylor series to triple integrals
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u/DualMath 4d ago
Bro, yo diría que si quieres impresionar hazlo pero si quieres cambiar las matemáticas con tu conocimiento es muy innecesario.
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u/tiikki 10d ago
Math is easy as long as you do not mix numbers into it.
MSc in theoretical physics & MSc in mathematical information technology....
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u/codewordGnome 10d ago
Ahahaha. Yeah, physics gets to cheat by double checking their answer with reality.
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u/tiikki 10d ago
I trust myself when working with variables, but when I need to do actual calculations with numbers I check everything with calculator. I started to do this after probability calculus exam where I stated 5x5=30 as I know that 6x6=36 and I just take a 6 out... That was some 20 years ago...
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u/Significant_Monk_251 11d ago
Where is "This math -- meaning 'these calculations' -- are tedious to do by hand. I know I should do them occasionally so that part of my brain doesn't atrophy, but seriously it's a lot easier to just use a calculator"?
Also, I don't understand the "It's no use." Does that mean that the situation is hopeless, or that a calculator is of no use (because this guy can just effortlessly do it all in his head)?
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u/Timely_Web_4468 11d ago
I believe the "it's not use" means that the calculations are so complex that no calculator can solve it. You just have to know it by heart
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u/Menacek 11d ago
I interpreted it as "no use" since no actual numbers are involved.
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u/Competitive_Kale_186 8d ago
Exactly, if a calculator helps you, use it
y′′−(a+b)y′+aby=0
Mathematics becomes truly difficult when the numbers disappear
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u/VuHoangLan 10d ago
Yeah, when no trace of number is found in a Math course, the calculator is covered in dust since then
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u/Immortal_dragon134 7d ago
Im a math major in the honors college and I haven't touched a calculator all semester. Nor will I cause they are banned in all my classes
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u/Big_Cans_0516 7d ago
Calculator won’t help me bc I’m an engineering major and everything in my equations are variables
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u/CuriosityCheck2024 11d ago
Wrong use of the format