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I wanna be a student, too!

Started by LMNO, June 16, 2016, 03:46:44 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: LMNO on September 01, 2016, 05:25:26 PM
At least you're doing it for a degree.


It's not for a degree, though, is what I'm saying. Calculus doesn't apply to my Masters. I won't need it for my PhD. The only possible chance I could even have to take it is afterward, for funzies.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


LMNO

Yay!  I'm not alone!

LMNO
-totally forgot that a negative number squared has a positive answer.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: LMNO on September 06, 2016, 04:08:42 PM
Yay!  I'm not alone!

LMNO
-totally forgot that a negative number squared has a positive answer.

Maybe we can start a movement of middle-aged people taking math for fun!
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

I think I've mentioned it before, but one of my good friends started teaching herself math late in life, and loved it so much that now she's a math teacher.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


LMNO


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

This seems like the right thread to ask in; in your sig, why is the simplified expression on the left?
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


LMNO

I misread your initial question, so I deleted my answer as to not sound pedantic.

I believe the simplified expression is on the left because probabilities, for some reason, are read right to left.

Because this is Bayes' theorem, I believe it's interpreted as "The probability of the event happening is equal to the conditions relating to that event."

Jeez, I hope that was the answer you're looking for.

(makes a mental note to expand into statistics and probability classes)

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: LMNO on September 06, 2016, 07:14:33 PM
I misread your initial question, so I deleted my answer as to not sound pedantic.

I believe the simplified expression is on the left because probabilities, for some reason, are read right to left.

Because this is Bayes' theorem, I believe it's interpreted as "The probability of the event happening is equal to the conditions relating to that event."

Jeez, I hope that was the answer you're looking for.

(makes a mental note to expand into statistics and probability classes)

That is the answer to what I was wondering! Thank you.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."