Topic: Math Nerds... (Read 28795 times)

grep · « **Reply #25 on:** July 07, 2011, 04:48:53 pm »

Well, I've got a master degree in algebra ~15 years ago, but currently forgot most of it.

guided · « **Reply #26 on:** July 07, 2011, 06:37:12 pm »

Quote from: lefaiison on July 06, 2011, 06:44:58 pm

Wow. I'm like the Canadian version of you.... eh? It would be extremely freaky if you were working in a certain semi-conductor company...

Canada, eh? Well, if you work for the (formerly) Red company, I work for the Green company.

Superdad · « **Reply #27 on:** July 08, 2011, 09:41:52 am »

Quote from: Donald X. on June 26, 2011, 03:42:48 pm

I know fifty digits of pi, although, not the fifty right after the three.

Wow that absolultely killed me too. Funniest thing I've read in a LONG time.

I know literally thousands of digits of Pi, I just have no idea where they go.

Myself, I suppose I am a big math nerd too - that is, if the mere understanding of post-graduate math means you are a nerd. I lead a normal life with a job/wife/kids and am very active, but I certainly associate best with "nerdy/intellectual types".

OKAY FINE, I'M A NERD, I ACCEPT IT, IN ALL IT'S GLORY!

Razzishi · « **Reply #28 on:** July 08, 2011, 10:21:02 am »

I have a master's degree in (pure) mathematics, although with no particular area of study. I'd like to get a PhD, but it's not financially or emotionally feasible at this time. In the meantime, I have kept studying "recreationally", looking for an area of mathematics I would really enjoy doing research in. I have used Michigan's state-wide inter-library service (Melcat) to request textbooks from universities be sent to my local library to help do that. In the past couple months I've been enjoying algebraic number theory. It arrives at some truths about the natural number system that I find highly intriguing and sometimes quite profound.

lefaiison · « **Reply #29 on:** July 08, 2011, 10:42:24 am »

Quote from: guided on July 07, 2011, 06:37:12 pm

Canada, eh? Well, if you work for the (formerly) Red company, I work for the Green company.

I do... Markham campus. That's such a crazy coincidence... I'll have to keep an eye out for you on Isotropic.

^_^_^_^ · « **Reply #30 on:** July 08, 2011, 01:22:50 pm »

How is it that on a community as small as this you ended up in the same one o.O

guided · « **Reply #31 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:14:30 pm »

Small world.

^_^_^_^ · « **Reply #32 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:38:39 pm »

Small world. LOTS of people.

Axe Knight · « **Reply #33 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:05:02 pm »

Quote from: ^_^_^_^ on July 09, 2011, 09:38:39 pm

Small world. LOTS of people.

Since I've been on here, two gaming friends of mine (who are lurkers) have recognized me from my Introductions thread, saying that most of my posts are only things I would write. I'm not quite sure how to take that...

ksf_ · « **Reply #34 on:** July 17, 2011, 11:03:57 pm »

Ph.D. in chemical physics - although they pay to me to be an engineer. Funny how that works.

Part of the boredom that was public education was being forced to take a full year of Trig. But the teacher had a poster of pi to 75 digits, which I committed to memory and retain to this day. Could have gone much further if the poster had had more digits.

timchen · « **Reply #35 on:** July 23, 2011, 05:08:16 am »

http://timchen1017.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/murmur-between-papers-%E9%96%92%E8%81%8A%E7%B7%B4%E7%AD%86/

A lengthy blog post I just wrote to prove that I am a nerd. Frankly speaking I would be very surprised that anyone can finish reading it... It also happens to only have very very marginal connection to Dominion.

heatthespurs · « **Reply #36 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:08:40 am »

Quote from: Axe Knight on June 24, 2011, 10:54:57 pm

I was a Mathematical Statistics major who recently passed Actuarial Exam P

Me from actuarial too

mrdirt73 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:51:25 am »

Well, I have a degree in Mathematics but I haven't used any of it professionally in 15 years.

GendoIkari · « **Reply #38 on:** January 12, 2012, 03:01:44 pm »

Math (and computer science) major here!

Axxle · « **Reply #39 on:** January 12, 2012, 05:46:00 pm »

Quote from: Kirian on June 27, 2011, 01:14:28 am

Quote from: Donald X. on June 26, 2011, 03:42:48 pm
I used to give mathematical dance lessons. The square dance, the rhumbus, the cotango... And I know fifty digits of pi, although, not the fifty right after the three.

Where, oh where is the thumbs-up button?

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Definitely a math fan, did very well in a few AMC's in high school. I graduated with a Computer Science degree though and am now working in video game development.

chogg · « **Reply #40 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:22:45 pm »

Quote from: Personman on June 26, 2011, 04:09:48 pm

*whoosh*

But also, http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/details/luchao.html

I'm number 55 on that list. I also used to hold the top spot on the list for 'e'. A world record for almost 2 months. Woohoo! (It was a low-hanging fruit, so I went for it.)

PhD in physics now, still love math. Oh, and I gave up the memorizing random digits (otherwise I never would have got the PhD!).

Jorbles · « **Reply #41 on:** February 02, 2012, 03:49:13 pm »

Only just saw this thread, but I've wondered the same thing myself before. I majored in Computer Science and now edit math and science textbooks for high school students, so one more nerd here.

Kirian · « **Reply #42 on:** February 02, 2012, 04:57:49 pm »

Quote from: chogg on January 12, 2012, 07:22:45 pm

Quote from: Personman on June 26, 2011, 04:09:48 pm
*whoosh*

But also, http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/details/luchao.html

I'm number 55 on that list. I also used to hold the top spot on the list for 'e'. A world record for almost 2 months. Woohoo! (It was a low-hanging fruit, so I went for it.)

Pi is so 2010. Start memorizing tau, and be the first!

jonts26 · « **Reply #43 on:** February 02, 2012, 05:08:02 pm »

If you have pi memorized you should be able to do the conversion to tau on the fly.

WanderingWinder · « **Reply #44 on:** February 02, 2012, 05:25:43 pm »

Quote from: jonts26 on February 02, 2012, 05:08:02 pm

If you have pi memorized you should be able to do the conversion to tau on the fly.

It's not too hard. But not so easy. Like, you can't just double digit by digit.

jonts26 · « **Reply #45 on:** February 02, 2012, 05:30:58 pm »

Well you can, you just need to add 1 if the next digit (in pi) is 5 or greater. So yeah, not the easiest thing ever, but anyone who bothers memorizing pi to 1000 digits is probably good enough to do that without much problem.

Graystripe77 · « **Reply #46 on:** February 02, 2012, 08:27:59 pm »

Axxle · « **Reply #47 on:** February 02, 2012, 10:23:10 pm »

Quote from: Kirian on February 02, 2012, 04:57:49 pm

Quote from: chogg on January 12, 2012, 07:22:45 pm
Quote from: Personman on June 26, 2011, 04:09:48 pm
*whoosh*

But also, http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/details/luchao.html

I'm number 55 on that list. I also used to hold the top spot on the list for 'e'. A world record for almost 2 months. Woohoo! (It was a low-hanging fruit, so I went for it.)

Pi is so 2010. Start memorizing tau, and be the first!

Tau > Pi

jonts26 · « **Reply #48 on:** February 02, 2012, 10:24:29 pm »

Quote from: Axxle on February 02, 2012, 10:23:10 pm

Tau > Pi

Tau > Pi
Tau = 2*Pi
2*Pi>Pi
2>1

Yep, the math checks out.

RisingJaguar · « **Reply #49 on:** February 02, 2012, 11:52:02 pm »

Quote from: jonts26 on February 02, 2012, 10:24:29 pm

Quote from: Axxle on February 02, 2012, 10:23:10 pm
Tau > Pi

Tau > Pi
Tau = 2*Pi
2*Pi>Pi
2>1

Yep, the math checks out.

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