Day9 on Math Education

Day9 on math education in America
Excerpt taken from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnNBM-1b54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Sean Plott
• Mathematics Education
• day9
• education
• america
• daily
• funday
• monday
• funday monday

[terrait]

Did he study mathematics

[TrueEmergence]

@terrait He has a master's in statistical math.

[terrait]

@TrueEmergence Thanks for making that clear

[TrueEmergence]

@terrait I totally lied, sorry, "Day[9] holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College and a Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California."

day9.tv/about/

He said at some point he was shooting for a masters in statistical math, I was just a bit confused.

[forumrabbit]

In America, your English teachers facepalm your math teachers as it's shortened to maths from mathematics.

[TrueEmergence]

@forumrabbit I've never heard it refereed to as "maths" by teachers where I'm from.

[SuuupaSugoi]

Why do they do that? Because they're dumb and they don't know how to explain it without confusing the crap out of the kid. That's why.

[Kitty4Catz]

Professor[9], god, I wish my maths teacher were like him! :D <3

[Adu767]

I really wish they didn't say things like that. Instead of saying "you can't do it", they should say "that's further along" or "you'll get to that later". If they insist, then you can tell them how to do it. If they find it confusing as hell, then they'll be happier to work with simpler concepts. If they do understand it, then you have a very precocious child on your hands...

[FrontyardFlatground]

@starkiller187  southern california*

[BrotherOfFlamingMeal]

@katsumorymoto it's +isin(x), not -isin(x)

[katsumorymoto]

the latest horizon of math involves taking the square root of negative numbers.

the farthest we've explored this dynamic is with something like: e^ix=cos(x)- isin(x)

so performing imaginary compound interest formulas that would seem like they go on into infinity are actually just a synchronized cycle with which numbers as a concept shift in and out of existing. it's this type of math horizon that can probably be used to "solve" music one day.