18 Jan 06
Originally posted by pythagoras.... so you understand tensor analysis
Well I hardly think it's my fault if my teachers have been neglegent. If this is any compensation, I know all about Einstein's theory of relativety, and I understand it too. I did a speech on it at school once.
18 Jan 06
Originally posted by RavelloIt seems so often when I blunder away a game - or conversely when I find myself coming back from a game I thought I'd lost - it all hinges around a knight either lining up a forked attack on two rooks as in your case, or taking a rook after placing the king in check with the knight. I'm vigilant for that every time but I still fall for it too frequently. Knights are tricky that way.
Speaking of embarassing games,I feel very bad about this game.
I played a good game against a strong opponent but I thrashed the game with a stupid rook move done without thinking of the outcome.
This is embarassing,throwing away good games because of superficiality.
Game 1685923
18 Jan 06
Originally posted by prosoccer....those are greek letters ... delta and mu .... used as operators or variables ... or whatever ur imagination can come up with
It is also amusing that pythagorus has a picture of triangles and related things under her name when posting
18 Jan 06
Originally posted by Balla88.....ah, who needs triangles or their properties when dealing with differential geometry and topology or the partial derivitive functions that frequently occur in upper level math especially when applied to graduate level physics .... you go girl 😏
Yes well it's natural that a 14 year old would understand Einstein's Theory of Relativity and his Field Equations, but not the Pythagorean Theorem. I guess your teachers decided to skip geometry and trignonometry and jump straight into partial differential equations. Very curious indeed.
18 Jan 06
Originally posted by Papyn ChaseYes he was, but just because I know all about his findings and can explain them doesn't mean I'm bad at maths. I am very good at maths. Since you guys have razzed me for not knowing maths to do with Pythagoras, I have gone to the library and read up about it. I spent about 2 hours there today, reaserching. I am now proud to say that I am one of the many who understands Pythagoras!
Hey, remember that Einstein was bad at maths when he was in high school.
18 Jan 06
Originally posted by acubed123thanks! You go too!
.....ah, who needs triangles or their properties when dealing with differential geometry and topology or the partial derivitive functions that frequently occur in upper level math especially when applied to graduate level physics .... you go girl 😏
18 Jan 06
I really wonder how much you really understand. If you understand the basic idea, namely that matter cause space to curve and this curvature in turn dictates how matter moves, then a 1st grader could understand it. Mathematically spreaking, it is anything but basic. It took 70 years to come close to solving the equations behind it. I highly doubt she understands what these equations represent. What exactly is your knowledge of calculus? There's a reason that most schools teach geometry, then algebra, then calculus and stats. For example, many problems in calculus include trignometric functions. If you didn't know the pythagorean theorem, you certainly can't know much of trignonometry.
Back to Einstein's field equations or to be exact his coupled hyperbolic-elliptic nonlinear partial differential equations ... what can your understanding of them be?
19 Jan 06
Originally posted by pythagorasVery good for you. BTW, have you figured out WHY you are being teased? It's not that you didn't know the Pythagorean Theorem....it's that you NAMED yourself after Pythagoras and when someone posted his theorem, you didn't recognize it.
Since you guys have razzed me for not knowing maths to do with Pythagoras, I have gone to the library and read up about it. I spent about 2 hours there today, reaserching. I am now proud to say that I am one of the many who understands Pythagoras!
That's what is a bit amusing. Even so, I'm sure if it was known that you were a young girl, even the mild teasing you received would not have happened.
To your original question: I loose to people rated much lower than me, however, many times they are people who are higher rated players who have taken time away from the board and timed out a bunch of games.
Lee
19 Jan 06
Originally posted by Balla88conceptual understanding is not the same as technical comprehension, i.g., faraday conceptual ..... maxwell technical as he mathematized faradays laws and concepts .... faraday didnt have the mathematical ability that maxwell did just as einstein didnt have minkowski's hence the similarity as faraday/maxwell
I really wonder how much you really understand. If you understand the basic idea, namely that matter cause space to curve and this curvature in turn dictates how matter moves, then a 1st grader could understand it. Mathematically spreaking, it is anything but basic. It took 70 years to come close to solving the equations behind it. I highly doubt she underst ...[text shortened]... lliptic nonlinear partial differential equations ... what can your understanding of them be?
19 Jan 06
Originally posted by Balla88Lighten up Dude, you're really coming off as a real dick. And you are impressing no one. You are a psuedo-intellectual.
I really wonder how much you really understand. If you understand the basic idea, namely that matter cause space to curve and this curvature in turn dictates how matter moves, then a 1st grader could understand it. Mathematically spreaking, it is anything but basic. It took 70 years to come close to solving the equations behind it. I highly doubt she underst ...[text shortened]... lliptic nonlinear partial differential equations ... what can your understanding of them be?
Or perhaps you're a chick, and what would that make you?
It's quite obvious this young lady has taken the time to look into the things previous posts have taken her to task for. I say pythagoras rocks!