I hate mathI'm in algebra 2 rn, at it sucks :[ i have no freaking clue what's happening, i'm just copying my friend bc i have no idea what's happening. Someone send help to get me out of this dam class.
A number gameTake any positive whole number. Call it x. If x is even, divide it by two. If x is odd, triple it and add 1. Your result is the new value of x. Repeat the steps above. Keep doing it. This process appears to always reach the number 1. But nobody... See More »
Does it really take a mathematician to concludethat 'we're not as young as we used to be'?? I hate that phrase...
The distance between the two foci of an ellipse is called... what?I know all about the axes, both minor and major, about eccentricity, the semi-latus rectum (no, that's got nothing to do with Uranus), and all else there is to know; except this. What's it actually called? Not how to calculate it, nor the symbol for... See More » (1)
exp(x) can't reach 0 but exp(exp(x)) can reach 1If you work with complex numbers and don't just take the principle branch of ln, you can find a solution: (Quote) We can rewrite 1 as exp(2πk*i) with k being any integer. With that we get: (Quote) Now we can take the complex ln on both sides and... See More »
