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To: TEDennis who wrote (2751)12/23/2022 11:02:23 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (1) of 2770
 
I used to be intimidated by those large math formulas as well. It wasn't until I attended a math seminar at a local art center called MFA (Math as a Fine Art) did I finally learn how to decipher them. Think of these complex formulas as the equivalent of poetry for scientists. That is, they are only intended to have meaning to the person who writes them; if people don't automatically get what you are trying to convey, it's pointless to try to explain. Only when you've filled your first blackboard with all sorts of random numbers and symbols do you really get to understand the beauty of math. These days, for some reason I'm really keen on tossing in Greek letters.

BTW, I often run across all sorts of cool looking formulas on the net. I love your Sharpie suggestion. Why not print out a few giants cardboard posters of the more famous ones, then go to town altering them with a Sharpie to make them my own? Fair use and all that, right?

- Jeff
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