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[-] Rognaut@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

Trig is not bad at all. Couple dozen rules to memorize and you're golden.

Now Calculus... Integrals...

[-] Liz@midwest.social 18 points 3 months ago

Calculus is intuitive and sexy. Linear algebra, on the other hand...

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 11 points 3 months ago

Quoting a relatively famous mathematician, linear algebra is one of the few branches of math we've really truly understood. It's very, very well behaved

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

I've not heard that quote, who said it?

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

It wouldn't have been published, and he's only relatively famous if you're a topologist, but it was Charlie Frohman. Not that it must carry the same weight for you, but I value his insight highly, even if it's just a quip.

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