Could I say maths is my obbession?

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I just find myself doing and thinking about it constantly. Does that mean I like it?

Obession, possibly. Do you like it, only you would know that.

That's really cool, mathematics is such a vast category and it's used constantly in everyday life.
It's a good obsession i think.
I am glad for you, you could really make or do something with math in life.
It sounds like you love math! As long as you love the math, keep doing it, you never know you might even be able to solve
some of those problems never solved.

Many places offer reward money if you solve a math problem that is previously unsolved here's a wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenium_problems


Below is a list of unsolved problems in mathematics for you. It also came from Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_un ... athematics

You might even make your own math problems one day. I'm not too good in math at all, yet i do find it interesting.

Just because he's obsessed with it doesn't mean he's good at it

Practice makes perfect they say. As long as he enjoys it, he will likely get better and better at it!
There's so many different areas of mathematics that he could pick from, it's just so vast.
I can't do algebra at all, however i love to attempt to find patterns in certain types of math problems (i don't even the technical names of the math problems, yet they aren't the algebra ones)
Then there's geometry, calculous, whooo so many!

Irrelevant comments are not needed. But, I will say I'm average at it in my opinion. I'm no Gauss.

Nate I have been here and shared your pain for all of the threads you made about having math problems. I was just saying that you probably won't be know for any breakthroughs in math. I love math too but in a very narrow way so I'm in the same boat. *edit* $1 calculators have made me obsolete.

You do realise I teach myself math? Just because I ask for help doesn't mean anything. Again, your comments are very irrelevant. Besides, when I do ask for help on these forums. Most of the time, it doesn't actually help me and I eventually do it myself.You have no concept of my mathematical ability, only me exgerrating my anxiety I had about the subjects last year. I visualise blocks in my head to do long division, that's what makes me obsolete.

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My new year's resolution was not to get into 4 page debates on WP. So, on that note, I like your avatar

Yes, it seems arguing with people might be a bad habit of yours.

I suppose 3 pages wouldn't violate my new years resolution.

I really don't care about having an argument with you to satisfy your ego.

Sounds like it could be! Math is a very good interest to have.. There are so many subcategories of it.

I think most math majors have an obsession with math. Given how it's taught in schools, unless you're really committed to the subject you'll probably end up hating it (like I did).

I've been trying to overcome my aversion to math, but it's not easy. I have a lot of deep, unhappy feelings about how I was taught math, and I've unfairly associated them with the subject itself.

I think when people say it's the language of the universe, it truly is. Maths offers an abstract understanding of our universe which cannot be done by anything else. We can see the patterns, it's inner structure of logic from what appears to be erratic.

My interest with maths started when I wasn't doing very well at it at school. This was because in year 8, I had a dreadful teacher which affected my class and I. I would practice it for hours on end to catch up on the work from last year. From this type of mathematical spiritual journey, I learnt alot more about maths than just computational rules. From all these new concepts I was learning by myself, I saw patterns e.g. in my sleep when I was solving maths problems from practice tests, I would visualise the questions in my own geometric way. I'm doing better at school now, I managed to achieve an 8A at the end of year 9.

I spoke to a maths major about my growing interest for the subject. He offered me a book about Chaos theory to read,after briefly explaining to me about fractal geometry. The detailed pattern of the fractal repeating itself as you zoomed in amazed me, especially because it allows us to understand the complexity of the shape such as Britain.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brita ... -100km.png

As much as I enjoy Algebra, I would like to be finished with it quite soon. I've attempted a calculus course online and I understand some basics concepts such as functions, the limit of a function and the limit of a quotient. However, if I'm going to progress I need to cover the building blocks leading to it.

In my opinion, I find the subject by itself to be quite useless;however in application you see extraordinary things.

I think there are applied math majors some places. Concavity is a useful thing to understnad from calculus or other sources It truly makes the world seem different.