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TQU: I really liked geometry in high school, because math makes more sense when illustrated by pictures, and graphs to me. Algebraic proofs seemed hard at first, because I was not used to do proofs algebraically, but once I got enough practice, they are ok. | TQU: I really liked geometry in high school, because math makes more sense when illustrated by pictures, and graphs to me. Algebraic proofs seemed hard at first, because I was not used to do proofs algebraically, but once I got enough practice, they are ok. | ||
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| + | All math does not seem the same to me. Not at all. I think this basically comes down to the difference between pure and applied. I think the more advanced concepts in pure math get a lot more abstract and seem less applicable. Advanced algebra and topology seem to have less applications. Discrete math and differential equations can be used in a lot of situations. Discrete math seems like the branch of math that most teaches to you to think in such a way as to solve logical puzzles. And so it seems most interesting to me. It gets less interesting to me when you I am thinking in terms of power rings and what not. I prefer a lower level of abstraction. Numerical analysis seems fun too. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 19 February 2010
Does all math seem the same to you? If not, try to describe which different types you perceive and whether there are some you like better than others.
TQU: I really liked geometry in high school, because math makes more sense when illustrated by pictures, and graphs to me. Algebraic proofs seemed hard at first, because I was not used to do proofs algebraically, but once I got enough practice, they are ok.
All math does not seem the same to me. Not at all. I think this basically comes down to the difference between pure and applied. I think the more advanced concepts in pure math get a lot more abstract and seem less applicable. Advanced algebra and topology seem to have less applications. Discrete math and differential equations can be used in a lot of situations. Discrete math seems like the branch of math that most teaches to you to think in such a way as to solve logical puzzles. And so it seems most interesting to me. It gets less interesting to me when you I am thinking in terms of power rings and what not. I prefer a lower level of abstraction. Numerical analysis seems fun too.
