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I got pretty far in math (ms in cs with half of the classes being legit math classes) I never got the obsession either. in general it always felt to me like a b

• computerex 9y ago
  > I got pretty far in math (ms in cs with half of the classes being legit math classes) I never got the obsession either. Relative to the average Joe on the street you may have gotten "pretty far" in mathematics, but not relative to math majors. I'd expect undergrads to destroy you. And certainly nowhere near the prodigies of mathematics like Gauss or Euler. Since you got pretty far in mathematics, you must know of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity e^(ipi)+1=0 The fact that this one equation relates some of the fundamental constants is pretty profound, and some would say, beautiful. The fact that a human like you or me came up with this true assertion is also, beautiful. Have you heard of Srinivasa Ramanujan?
  • ice109 9y ago
    >I'd expect undergrads to destroy you destroy me? i was a math/physics undergrad and my ms was in SDEs. >e^(ipi)+1=0 this is the dumbest math trope ever. i bet you're the undergrad
    • gizmo686 9y ago
      >this is the dumbest math trope ever. i bet you're the undergrad. Undergrad math major here. Please don't insult us; even we know to cringe when this identity is mentioned as some amazing beauty of math.
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• joe_the_user 9y ago
  Well, most of your post involves insulting a fairly broad group of people.