Monday, November 25, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Big Butts = Higher Intelligence?
Damn, some of these articles on Facebook are killing me.
My personal favorite: "Big butts = higher intelligence."
My rebuttal? Asians.
I rest my case.
My personal favorite: "Big butts = higher intelligence."
My rebuttal? Asians.
I rest my case.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Research of Bezier Curves
I want to start writing about the mathematical side of me. I don't really show my academic side, in a sense that I'm not the type to bring up my research or what I have learned in a social setting if the people I am with most likely would like to talk about something else (which is always okay by me!!). '
I need an outlet to record what I'm doing these days, so I can look back to see where I was in a certain period of my life, and I figure this should be the start of this type of recording.
Currently, I am taking the following classes: Numerical Analysis, Advanced Probability, and Probability (Stochastic Methods). This semester was self predetermined to be the semester in which I would pick an area to begin to start a research foundation. My internship in Berkeley helped immensely in the type of maths that I want to pursue, but I hadn't exactly honed in to one area.
I considered applications in business, computer science, software, engineering, but the fact that I most likely wouldn't be able to use the majority of maths that I learned in undergraduate/graduate school was disheartening. I do not like the fact that all the subjects and problems that I have learned to solve and spent so much time on would be forgotten at one point in time. Thus, the only career path that could provide that for me is the academic one.
And here in my year before graduating with a Masters degree in Math, I have decided that I would like to start exploring in the realm of Numerical Analysis. This type of math is used in industry and within many areas of applied mathematics courses as well, so it, for me, still has many options to explore within the field.
Currently, I am studying Bezier curves, and they are just as interesting as they sound. I don't want to go into detail yet, but the fact that straight-line curve drawings were my passion in middle school, and that these curves explain the math behind these elegant drawings fascinates me entirely.
I need an outlet to record what I'm doing these days, so I can look back to see where I was in a certain period of my life, and I figure this should be the start of this type of recording.
Currently, I am taking the following classes: Numerical Analysis, Advanced Probability, and Probability (Stochastic Methods). This semester was self predetermined to be the semester in which I would pick an area to begin to start a research foundation. My internship in Berkeley helped immensely in the type of maths that I want to pursue, but I hadn't exactly honed in to one area.
I considered applications in business, computer science, software, engineering, but the fact that I most likely wouldn't be able to use the majority of maths that I learned in undergraduate/graduate school was disheartening. I do not like the fact that all the subjects and problems that I have learned to solve and spent so much time on would be forgotten at one point in time. Thus, the only career path that could provide that for me is the academic one.
And here in my year before graduating with a Masters degree in Math, I have decided that I would like to start exploring in the realm of Numerical Analysis. This type of math is used in industry and within many areas of applied mathematics courses as well, so it, for me, still has many options to explore within the field.
Currently, I am studying Bezier curves, and they are just as interesting as they sound. I don't want to go into detail yet, but the fact that straight-line curve drawings were my passion in middle school, and that these curves explain the math behind these elegant drawings fascinates me entirely.
:edit: what a serious post!! More joy and laughter to fill future posts coming soon.
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