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linear algebra... (pg. 5)
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
lol just wonedering. i was talking to Linze (PartEgurl) and she was saying that her bf at the time was an electrical engineer and i said "he's brown isnt he" and she said "lol yeah how did you know?"...
answer: "electrical engineers are all brown guys....." |
There's some truth to that. An exceptionally high percentage of engineering students in Germany are foreigners. I remember some prof explaining that along the lines of:
Engineering is amongst the most difficult subjects to study, and most Germans are just not willing to work hard for success anymore. They become lazy and useless bastards and can usually have a decent life without working too hard. Foreigners, on the other hand, can only establish themselves in our society by hard work and a good graduation in a science where there are lots of well paid jobs.
I remember a lot of guys quitting in the first year because they suddenly realized that you don't get a diploma for partying and hanging around for 5 years. :rolleyes: |
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| colonelcrisp |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
There's some truth to that. An exceptionally high percentage of engineering students in Germany are foreigners. I remember some prof explaining that along the lines of:
Engineering is amongst the most difficult subjects to study, and most Germans are just not willing to work hard for success anymore. They become lazy and useless bastards and can usually have a decent life without working too hard. Foreigners, on the other hand, can only establish themselves in our society by hard work and a good graduation in a science where there are lots of well paid jobs.
I remember a lot of guys quitting in the first year because they suddenly realized that you don't get a diploma for partying and hanging around for 5 years. :rolleyes: |
you need to find balance. Work Hard & Party Hard. thats the only way i could do it. you cant work like that for 5 years straight without an outlet to unwind.... |
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| Slylee |
| you had me at "sucks". no need to elaborate with a thread title like that lol |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | 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. :tongue2 |
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| tubularbills |
| dude, y=mx+b was a lot easier than d/dx(2x+1). calculus >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harder than >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> algebra |
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| PatMcGroin |
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.
| quote: | 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! ;) |
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| LeopoldStotch |
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. :) |
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| 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.
Outside of engineering, linear algebra could be useful to settle a few sports related bar arguments :clown: |
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| PatMcGroin |
| quote: | 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... :p |
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| Fpcookie |
| quote: | 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. |
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| varun |
For $50 incl. shipping / handling, I can send you 2 x annoying, hairy indian pocket calculators.
Have to deal w/ the accent though, deal? |
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