On 13/05/2013, at 12:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 1. On Doing Maths in Chinese ([email protected])
I have trouble remembering what I learnt when, but I think learnt in high school (I got first class honours in maths 1 in the NSW leaving certificate) Differential calculus Trigonometry Series expansions Euclidean and Cartesian Geometry and a heap of algebra At university I picked up Matrix algebra Vector algebra Differential equations Partial differential equations Finite geometry Boolean logic Number theory Mathematical statistis Operational research and a heap of other stuff I've forgotten For a while I had thought I'd be a mathematician but the really, really bright students chose maths for their honours year (one has a branch of maths named after him - Segal algebras) so I did physics instead. So did Bruce McKellar who is Professor Emeritus in theoretical physics an Melbourne University last I checked. I ended up a pretty good librarian but crikey the maths I knew always helped in my understanding of complex situations. OK Question What maths did you all do at school? Did it help? Is maths logic writ large? Tony _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
