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ArishMell · 70-79, M
No I would not.
I would be impressed - though also envious because Maths was one of my weakest subjects so I could not have attained the technical career I'd once hoped for.
(Both science and engineering rely heavily on mathematics in almost all fields, though some much more so than others.)
Anyway I would be hypocritical to criticise you for that because I enjoy crosswords, even though some of their clues are so cryptic that when eventually reading the answers I fail to see the link or derivation!
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I have a mug commemorating the 18C English mathematician George Green. Its artwork depicts a windmill (milling was the family business) and one of his equations or identities, evidently quoted from a learned paper or book he'd written.
Well, I know it's calculus: integrals even. Three-dimensional integrals too (it cites [i]dx dy dz[/i]) - maybe relating areas and volumes. It even has a "4pi" term on both sides... What it's really all about though, I haven't the foggiest!
I would be impressed - though also envious because Maths was one of my weakest subjects so I could not have attained the technical career I'd once hoped for.
(Both science and engineering rely heavily on mathematics in almost all fields, though some much more so than others.)
Anyway I would be hypocritical to criticise you for that because I enjoy crosswords, even though some of their clues are so cryptic that when eventually reading the answers I fail to see the link or derivation!
+-x/
I have a mug commemorating the 18C English mathematician George Green. Its artwork depicts a windmill (milling was the family business) and one of his equations or identities, evidently quoted from a learned paper or book he'd written.
Well, I know it's calculus: integrals even. Three-dimensional integrals too (it cites [i]dx dy dz[/i]) - maybe relating areas and volumes. It even has a "4pi" term on both sides... What it's really all about though, I haven't the foggiest!