Today while I was sitting in my Calculus II class, I actually perked up at a few moments. I realized that all formulas that we use in math are derived somehow. Today my professor showed us the distance formula and Pythagorean theorem. It made me realize that everything I learned prior to college is just a simplification. Now we are going into detail of how they were derived. e.g., the distance formula was proved with vectors and the Pythagorean theorem is proved with 4 right triangles set up in a square arrangement. It was the only day I will find math interesting.
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lol. Didn't we learn a little of that in geometry, when we learned how some of the theorems and postulates were formed? the lesson sounded very cool, though.
yes, geometry is somehow interesting again
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