Calculus Made Simple . . .

[HolyGuardianAngels]

IF

the :o AVERAGE Man stands approximately six feet TALL ( 6 )


Then how LARGE was the Trojan Horse

and how MANY MEN did it contain . . . INCLUDING WEAPONS & FOOD - - - -

 

[BushidoTexan]

i get the feeling there is not enough info in this question to answer accurately

 

[complexity]

There is not enough information to solve the problem

 

[arunma]

IF

the :o AVERAGE Man stands approximately six feet TALL ( 6 )


Then how LARGE was the Trojan Horse

and how MANY MEN did it contain . . . INCLUDING WEAPONS & FOOD - - - -

Woah, if that's calculus made simple, then I don't want to see it made moderately difficult.

About calculus, check this out. This is the longest mathematics derivation I've ever seen (well...that I've ever had to do for class, anyway).

Deriving the Laplacian in Spherical Coordinates

 

[lenac03]

I had to do the Laplacian in spherical coordinates last fall, too. Good times. And a waste of paper. Heh!

 

[BushidoTexan]

laplace transforms = nasty

 

[arunma]

laplace transforms = nasty

Oh, Laplace Transforms aren't nearly as bad. All you've got to do is take an integral. Heck, you can usually just use a table. The Laplacian is a vector differential operator invented by the same guy as the Laplace Transform, and when you have to do it in spherical coordinates...well, it's not pretty. And as you can see, deriving it is far, far worse!

 

[aunt_kelly]

gosh, this makes me NOT miss calculus a bit!

 

[arunma]

gosh, this makes me NOT miss calculus a bit!

Oh dear...you'll have to view my profile (or just look under my user name) to see why I vehemently disagree with this.

 

[aunt_kelly]

Oh dear...you'll have to view my profile (or just look under my user name) to see why I vehemently disagree with this.

oh man, if only you knew how much i disliked physics.

I actually liked calculus, it was my best class in high school and I got a 5 on the exam. For me, though, physics was hard. I couldn't get it! Luckily, I'll probably never have to take either class ever again. hehe.

 

[Fed]

It's really just a murderously long algebraic derivation.