Comment on Comments:
If I had to define what physics was I would say it was an application of applied math. Physics tries to give explanation for the way physical objects behave. However, math is different in the fact that sometimes it doesn't protain to a physical object. Sometimes math is used for theoretical problems. I doubt that there would be a physics problem that had to deal with proofs or the probability of something occuring. Math can be used as an application for engineers and physicists. Math is just so broad that it can apply to everything. The other day in my art history class, we learned that math and religion were very intertwine in the medieval ages. They viewed math as eternal like god and thought that math came before the world was created because god used math to create the world. It was really interesting how their theology could relate back to math. However, it just shows how math can be seen as influential towards everything.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Week Two
Comments on the Speakers:
I thought that Gloria gave an accurate description of all the main things we learned in lab, but I thought that the physics student after her expressed "the research expierence" with more appeal to the audience. He kindof touched upon all different scenarios that could happen in researching and how different ones could mean to be expressed as different traits for a potential employeer. The aspect he brought up that I found to be the most interesting was doing research for a different institution. I enjoy doing research but so far the only research expierence I have is in Delaware so now I'm considering different possibilities for next summer because he was right when he said that it looks good that you do research but if you only did research in one place then how is the employeer going to know if you can handle a different area. Besides, I kindof find it as a good excuse to go to a different place. I like to travel and being able to stay in one place for a long time and really get to know it while doing research is the best. Last summer when I was here, I really felt like I could do more and find out more things about the department and Delaware that I wasn't able to find out when I was just taking courses during the semester and that was really fun. Enough so that I wouldn't mind going to a new place just to see what other interesting things can be learned from doing a summer away.
I thought the projects were really interesting too. I thought Dr. Braun's project on eye lids looked interesting. Isn't is also suppose to be true that you never actually close your eye completely when you blink? The biology project is interesting too.
What is mathematics? :
I think that matematics is a tool used to descibe most things in the world. It is a broad enough subject that majority of the fields of study use mathematics for projects and explanations. However, mathematics is not just about definitions that are used to come to a conclusion of a problem. It is a subject that have been built upon since mathematics was first discovered being used in the Orient in 2000 B.C. by the Babylonians. It is also a subject that will be continued to be built upon long after too. Mathematics is the study of using the knowledge from the past and discovering new knowledge to explain or better understand situations.
I thought the text was interesting. It kindof makes me want to take Math308.
I thought that Gloria gave an accurate description of all the main things we learned in lab, but I thought that the physics student after her expressed "the research expierence" with more appeal to the audience. He kindof touched upon all different scenarios that could happen in researching and how different ones could mean to be expressed as different traits for a potential employeer. The aspect he brought up that I found to be the most interesting was doing research for a different institution. I enjoy doing research but so far the only research expierence I have is in Delaware so now I'm considering different possibilities for next summer because he was right when he said that it looks good that you do research but if you only did research in one place then how is the employeer going to know if you can handle a different area. Besides, I kindof find it as a good excuse to go to a different place. I like to travel and being able to stay in one place for a long time and really get to know it while doing research is the best. Last summer when I was here, I really felt like I could do more and find out more things about the department and Delaware that I wasn't able to find out when I was just taking courses during the semester and that was really fun. Enough so that I wouldn't mind going to a new place just to see what other interesting things can be learned from doing a summer away.
I thought the projects were really interesting too. I thought Dr. Braun's project on eye lids looked interesting. Isn't is also suppose to be true that you never actually close your eye completely when you blink? The biology project is interesting too.
What is mathematics? :
I think that matematics is a tool used to descibe most things in the world. It is a broad enough subject that majority of the fields of study use mathematics for projects and explanations. However, mathematics is not just about definitions that are used to come to a conclusion of a problem. It is a subject that have been built upon since mathematics was first discovered being used in the Orient in 2000 B.C. by the Babylonians. It is also a subject that will be continued to be built upon long after too. Mathematics is the study of using the knowledge from the past and discovering new knowledge to explain or better understand situations.
I thought the text was interesting. It kindof makes me want to take Math308.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Week One
Name: Lucero Carmona
Year: Sophmore but Junior by credit
Major: Mathematical Sciences BS
Minor: Computer Science, Art History, Spanish
Math Courses:
Math242 - Calculus II
Math243 - Calculus III
Math210 - Discrete Math
Math302 - Differential Equations
Math349 - Linear Algebra
Favorite Math Course:
I liked Differential Equations the most so far because I liked how it related to real world situations. I liked how I could see a purpose for everything we did.
Aspirations:
I would like to have a further idea of what to do after undergraduate studies by learning more about what is available for a math major. I would like to know what I should do with the rest of my life, and I hope to see other possibilities and alternatives.
Least Favorite Math Course:
My least favorite math course was Discrete Math because I like applied applications more than theoretical situations. I don't like proofs that much.
Year: Sophmore but Junior by credit
Major: Mathematical Sciences BS
Minor: Computer Science, Art History, Spanish
Math Courses:
Math242 - Calculus II
Math243 - Calculus III
Math210 - Discrete Math
Math302 - Differential Equations
Math349 - Linear Algebra
Favorite Math Course:
I liked Differential Equations the most so far because I liked how it related to real world situations. I liked how I could see a purpose for everything we did.
Aspirations:
I would like to have a further idea of what to do after undergraduate studies by learning more about what is available for a math major. I would like to know what I should do with the rest of my life, and I hope to see other possibilities and alternatives.
Least Favorite Math Course:
My least favorite math course was Discrete Math because I like applied applications more than theoretical situations. I don't like proofs that much.
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