krisfx wrote:Honestly, just anything that will put me in a good position for final year and my future career, which I hope will be in F1
You have to do that part yourself...
I forgot to mention aiding, my mistake on the typo/quick reply front. I thought someone would be an arse about it
Back on topic, though. To express in proper terms: relevant mathematics in context to the real world, which can be used for reference through reading to further aid studies through University and the long term.
I'd still love to get more feedback on how to organize this, and what math methods and applications I'm missing. This will be a long term work in progress and I hope to one day have all these methods have at least one example.
Good work! I must say I found it a bit difficult to go back to these maths I used to do no more than 2 years ago, but when you don't use them, it fades away quickly. I still have my books and personal notes regarding all these integrals and you've done a good job. I hope I can have more time to participate, but even if you don't get much feedback, think that this could help you too in the sense that it is by practicing that you become better (whatever that means to you or anyone)!
MadMatt wrote:Good work! I must say I found it a bit difficult to go back to these maths I used to do no more than 2 years ago, but when you don't use them, it fades away quickly. I still have my books and personal notes regarding all these integrals and you've done a good job. I hope I can have more time to participate, but even if you don't get much feedback, think that this could help you too in the sense that it is by practicing that you become better (whatever that means to you or anyone)!
I'd love to have a little help. I have permissions I can give to certain users to allow them to publish these, then I'd go back and link them in. PM me the username you make and I can give you the permissions.
I'm certainly learning these things better. In fact, I didn't know how bad I was at this stuff until I had to start explaining it a bit.
KeithYoung wrote:I'm certainly learning these things better. In fact, I didn't know how bad I was at this stuff until I had to start explaining it a bit.
If you want to learn, study. If you want to understand, teach. In that sense, this is not wasted effort!
Rivals, not enemies. (Now paraphrased from A. Newey).
Nice column - it's been a few years since I graduated, and it's great to see someone doing what good teachers do: explaining things to those who want to know. I have to admit that, with the exception of actual Math class, I had the luxury of learning with examples similar to this (Fachhochschule Regensburg). That was the key for me to succeed, since the numbers broke the language barrier (I'm American, and studying in a foreign country shows where the loose ends of the language really are).
Keep it up, and if I happen to come across my old notebooks, I'll translate a few examples for you.
BTW, use "Imperial" instead of "English" - that is the official name of the "system".
“Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!” Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I tried tackling a somewhat advanced topic and I was wondering if it is explained at a level that's interesting and readable to those of you with different mathematical backgrounds.
I’ve pretty much lost my math ability through many decades of nonuse. However, short of imaginary numbers etc., I can qualitatively stumble through much of the math to gain a sense of what affects what and the sign and power of the variables. This gives me enough insight to make useful holistic comments so the people that work for me don’t know what a dummy I yam.
The point being that you shouldn’t worry about a good math presentation. If the subject matter is of interest, we’ll plow through.
olefud wrote:I’ve pretty much lost my math ability through many decades of nonuse. However, short of imaginary numbers etc., I can qualitatively stumble through much of the math to gain a sense of what affects what and the sign and power of the variables. This gives me enough insight to make useful holistic comments so the people that work for me don’t know what a dummy I yam.
The point being that you shouldn’t worry about a good math presentation. If the subject matter is of interest, we’ll plow through.
Thanks for the insight Olefud. I've noticed that the ones I write with shorter "less complete" math sections tend to do better in views etc. So far I've focused the math presentation on linking to a Khan Academy video which seems to work fairly well, but I can't be sure.
