Anyone else here.....

---

Does anyone here think that taking Differential Equations and Analysis of Non Linear Systems is completly insane b/c I sure as hell do, but i will be taking it.

It can look nice on your record. I took some weird ass class like that about 2 years ago.

well unfortunately it is required. Life and education come way too fast, it seems like yesterday i was learning what 5x+3=3 would come out to be, and now I learning Diff Eq's. Too fast.

what's your major?

Major: Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering (aiming for PhD)Minors: Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics

so what do you plan on doing with it?

I took a lot of hardcore math in college since I was an engineering major. Differential equations have lots of real-life applications (at least engineering wise) which actually makes the class interesting because it is less abstract.

I plan on using the PhD to get me a nice high ranking position in Lockheed Marting or JPL or one of those big aerospace companies.

If you're going to do aeronautical engineering you'll find yourself wrestling with lots of nice complex differential equations.

oh great.

Just wait till you get into higher level calculus where you will be doing integrals to the n-th degree. Differential equations will look like a cake-walk.

well Calc III is the last Calculus, from there it goes to area specific math, at least for my major.

5x+3=3x=0

Here is a good one:Adapting the chain rule to work in a 3D rectangular coordinate system solve the following:z = (x^2)y + x(y^2) ; x = 2 + (t^4) , y = 1 - (t^3)i will give answer after 5 tries.

I know ^ means to the power of... but what does the semi-colon and comma stand for?

just seperate things you need to use.

He's seperating what the variables are.

@Walken:

That 5x+3=3 was hard for me, so I doubt I'll get that one.

hey that is cool, that is what taking math class if for. I remember when I had problems with that.

It's not cool, I'm supposed to be able to do that in my head in 1 second.

oh, what math are you in?