Any mathematicians?

[Pale]

To distract myself from work, and to stop my brain leaking out my ears, I was wondering whether there were any other mathematicians in the PS community. Am I the such foolish person here?

[nightstalian]

I know math but wouldn\'t do it as a job

[Celebrimor]

I have a mathematician friend... sort of... he\'s kind of crazy actually...

No, I do have a friend who\'s studying Mathematics at university, I wouldn\'t do it myself though. I AM fond of physics though.

[Cha0s]

Math is fun. Taking BC Calc and Statistics now (2 fun courses ). Here\'s a nice little problem for those so-inclined:

What is i^i? (answer \"nicely,\" not with a decimal that you pulled off your graphing calculator ). For those not-so math inclined, i = sqrt(-1).

[nightstalian]

Originally posted by Cha0s
Math is fun. Taking BC Calc and Statistics now (2 fun courses ). Here\'s a nice little problem for those so-inclined:

What is i^i? (answer \"nicely,\" not with a decimal that you pulled off your graphing calculator ). For those not-so math inclined, i = sqrt(-1).

only in pre-ap alg 2

[eggplantboy]

Hi there,

I\'m not a mathematician, but a physicist. I do know several mathematicians, though. You folks sure are weird!

EDIT:
About ChaOs\'s problem... Let\'s see...

The answer is certainly a complex number. i^0=1, i^1=i, i^(i*i)=i^(-1)=1/i=some-other-complex-number-whose-
absolute-value-is-one. All of these numbers lie on the unit circle in the complex plane which is centered at the origin. It seems to me i^i likely also lies on that circle, though I\'m not sure where... Now I\'m off to take a look at this with Mathematica.

[nightstalian]

Originally posted by nightstalian
I know math but wouldn\'t do it as a job

epidemiologist

[steuben]

physists think mathies are weird...?
eng math. now there is some odd stuff. and you know what we though the eng phys kids, man they were odd.

and that reminds me of a math joke. you know there are three kinds of mathematians. those who can\'t count and those who can.

[nightstalian]

Originally posted by steuben
physists think mathies are weird...?
eng math. now there is some odd stuff. and you know what we though the eng phys kids, man they were odd.

and that reminds me of a math joke. you know there are three kinds of mathematians. those who can\'t count and those who can.

know whats easy parametric equations

[steuben]

know whats easy parametric equations

now try doing diferential equations with them...
/me curls up into a little ball.

[nightstalian]

Originally posted by steuben

know whats easy parametric equations

now try doing diferential equations with them...
/me curls up into a little ball.

in my ied class I did a complete bottle that had every equation as a parametric equation but one because I based everything off of it.

[Ghostslayer]

Not a mathematician either, but I\'m studying Chemical Engineering so I deal with a lot of math... Never ceases to amaze me how they can put integrals & differential equations into nearly every subject I study (exceptions are options and writing courses )
Needless to say, I get a lot of surprised looks from my friends whenever I do \"hard\" math in my head

[nightstalian]

I\'m happy I\'m going to picked a career with limited math.
well I\'m off to workout and go to bed goodnight.

[Pale]

Just returned with a meeting with my supervisor. After several months of no-progress, we are back on track. Hooray!

For Chao0s: Using Euler\'s formula for complex numbers (recall for some complex number z, if we take the modulus and the argument, we\'ve z=|z|e^(i*arg(z))), we know i=e^(i*pi/2).

So i^i=(e^(i*pi/2))^i

Using exponential laws (eg. (x^2)^3=e^(2*3)), we now have:

...=e^((i^2)*pi/2)=e^(-pi/2) which can be evaluated on your calculator and is a real number. (0.207879576...)

So that\'s that If none of the above makes sense, try writing it down on paper without all the ^ and ()

[Cha0s]

Nice, Pale.

Coolest equation ever, btw:

e^ipi = -1

Look at how many important math constants/numbers are in there, mmm? And if you really want to round it out, add \"+0\" and then you\'ve got almost everything.