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ein

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QUICKLY! Decision Time
« on: April 05, 2010, 11:26:10 pm »
So for math tonight I have a lesson involving iterates.
While not hard, it is lots of work.
I do not like work.
I have a get out of homework free card.
Should I go ahead and use it or save it for a hard (hah!) assignment?
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Re: QUICKLY! Decision Time
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2010, 11:30:48 pm »
What the hell is an iterate?

Also, save it.
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Re: QUICKLY! Decision Time
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2010, 11:32:13 pm »
You don't know what iterates are?
Iterations.
Find f(x), plug it into f(x), repeat however many times the assignment calls for.
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 11:37:53 pm »
Quote from: ein on April 05, 2010, 11:32:13 pm
You don't know what iterates are?
Iterations.
Find f(x), plug it into f(x), repeat however many times the assignment calls for.

Uh

Okay

That's cool, I guess.  But why the hell would they have you do that?  It makes no sense.
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Re: QUICKLY! Decision Time
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2010, 11:38:33 pm »
Don't do it!
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2010, 11:42:42 pm »
Wikipedia can explain it much better than I.

I guess I have to do it because it's part of the textbook.
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2010, 11:43:36 pm »
Quote from: ein on April 05, 2010, 11:42:42 pm
Wikipedia can explain it much better than I.

I guess I have to do it because it's part of the textbook.

No, no.  I understand the concept.  I just don't see why it's considered "a thing to do as special homework."
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Re: QUICKLY! Decision Time
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2010, 11:47:12 pm »
The whole lesson is called Compositions of Functions.
It covers iterates, f of g, and g of f.
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2010, 11:51:06 pm »
Quote from: ein on April 05, 2010, 11:47:12 pm
The whole lesson is called Compositions of Functions.
It covers iterates, f of g, and g of f.

... I think I need to sit down, now.  On the other hand, I'm thinking back to my sophomore year of high school and how much I hated that section of the textbook.

American mathematical education is ludicrous.
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2010, 11:53:26 pm »
Quote from: Vector on April 05, 2010, 11:51:06 pm
American mathematical education is ludicrous.

You speak the truth.
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2010, 11:58:18 pm »
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2010, 12:06:15 am »
I've noticed that I never like the teachers who go with the system. I like the ones who let me do math my way. Proofs are especially difficult, because oftentimes the teacher only knows ONE way to solve it, although there are many.
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2010, 02:04:48 am »
Quote from: Vector on April 05, 2010, 11:58:18 pm
Quote from: ein on April 05, 2010, 11:53:26 pm
Quote from: Vector on April 05, 2010, 11:51:06 pm
American mathematical education is ludicrous.

You speak the truth.

Lockhart's Lament.

Ye gods, that thing will give me nightmares. D:
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Re: QUICKLY! Decision Time
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2010, 07:23:30 am »
I say do it. Functions are not that hard, and you will eventually have something much harder, the end of the year and all.
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Re: QUICKLY! Decision Time
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2010, 08:51:15 am »
I mean "don't do it" as in "don't use the pass", not "don't do the homework, e.g. use the pass".
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