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you had me at "sucks". no need to elaborate with a thread title like that lol

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Originally posted by Slylee you had me at "sucks". no need to elaborate with a thread title like that lol

Doesn't surprise me that your comprehension ends at sucking.

dude, y=mx+b was a lot easier than d/dx(2x+1). calculus >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harder than >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> algebra

well for the record there are A LOT of chinese and indian people at my school too... but many of them are just on student visas and when they do finish their masters of phds (i have none of them in my classes i am only going for my bachlors atm), they will be sent back to india or china to earn next to nothing. i dont know why but i was talking to one of the kids and he was telling me that the companies dont even accept his resume because hes on a student visa. i ended up feeling bad for him.

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Originally posted by tubularbills dude, y=mx+b was a lot easier than d/dx(2x+1). calculus >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harder than >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> algebra

uhhhh....

algebra: y=mx+b

linear algebra:
Suppose A, B, and C are nxn similar matrices. Show that if A is similar to B and B is similar to C then A is similar to C.

Answer:
A is similar to B means B=S^-1AS
B is similar to C means C=S^-1BS
as S is an arbitrary matrix.
Now suppose P and Q exist, and they are nonsingular and have inverses.
So, B=P^-1AP and C=Q^-1BQ
Therefore C=Q^-1P^-1APQ which is the same as C=(PQ)^-1APQ
Now let PQ=S, therefore
C=S^-1AS and A is similar to C.

this was actually a question on my final and the way i wrote this right now with the "now" and "suppose" and "therefore" and "let" is how you are supposed to answer these questions.

so college algebra and linear algebra are two totally different things!

indeed.
linear algebra isn't just about slopes and and simple equations. i covered some linear algebra when i was studying graphics programming. i remember doing some 2,3, and 4 size matrices. didn't go too far.

and congratulations.

I remember the professor in my computer machine perception class used linear algebra and mathematically proved that England's controversial goal against Germany in the 1966 World Cup was not a goal.

Outside of engineering, linear algebra could be useful to settle a few sports related bar arguments

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Originally posted by verndogs I remember the professor in my computer machine perception class used linear algebra and mathematically proved that England's controversial goal against Germany in the 1966 World Cup was not a goal.

id love to see the reasoning behind that...

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp just a quick question, you said you were taking electrical engineering? are you per chance of east indian or asian decent? just currious if the trend holds true at FSU as it does at any major engineering shcool in canada.

trend holds true here at my uni in Melbourne. In the School of Electrical and Computer Eng, in my approximation, at least 80% of the students are of Asian/Indian decent.

For $50 incl. shipping / handling, I can send you 2 x annoying, hairy indian pocket calculators.
Have to deal w/ the accent though, deal?

pfft, whatev. you got a B+ so that's all that matters!

Yeah, really. It's over and done with, and you seem pretty happy with it.

Congrats. =)

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp Linear algebra was probably the easiest of the 123412341235161346 math courses i had to take for my engineering degree, and i have used none of it since i graduated. I found discrete and finite element much more of a bitch than linear algebra, perhaps it was because i learned how to get maple to work on my ti-83....

Freakin' finite element method. Those matrices can be huggeee. I'm studying to be a structural engineer still working on my bachelors and we got a taste of that in my Structures class when solving for forces and deflections on a beam or frame truss. The actual Finite Element class is a graduate course at my university so I will never see it again unless I go for my masters degree.

do geology instead!

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Freakin' finite element method. Those matrices can be huggeee. I'm studying to be a structural engineer still working on my bachelors and we got a taste of that in my Structures class when solving for forces and deflections on a beam or frame truss. The actual Finite Element class is a graduate course at my university so I will never see it again unless I go for my masters degree.

yeah i did 3 finite element classes.....the last one was the easiest......since it was all in SAP2000. the first two were bitches tho with all the hand calcs......... they were the worst in redundant suport systems... space frame with 18 ridgid fixed support points.......

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