Normal distribution, degrees of freedom, etc etc my brain is blue screening. How am I supposed to remember all this shit? HELP.

I'm bombarded with like 12 new complex terms in each lecture that I'm supposed to just fully understand. Gdhsjfbe fuck my ADHD brain.

    • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      Higher math is actually notorious for this. The notation someone uses is a product of when they went to school, where they learned stuff, and what the background of their teacher was. There's absolutely no standardization, despite what you'd naturally think. It's a mess.

          • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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            10 months ago

            Referencing this:

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            Edit: In all seriousness, though mathematicians should copy chemists and develop some kind of standardized notation.

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      10 months ago

      i vs j for the imaginary part always annoys me. if you're an electrical engineer, you're wrong - I'm sorry.

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      10 months ago

      OH MY GOD THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SYMBOLS THAT MEAN THE SAME THING, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IN MATHS?

      this is an anglo problem, it infects everything they touch