Tuesday, November 16, 2010

I ♥ Math!

    \zeta(2)=\sum^\infty_{k=1} \frac{1}{k^2} = \frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} + \cdots\!

   Hi! Today I'm going to tell you all about how much I math!!! I know some people hate math, but personally I find it fascinating! This week I learned that when the determinant of coefficients of a system of linear equations has a value of zero, the system does not have a unique solution! And did you know that when we translate the graph of a relation h units horizontally and k units vertically, the equation of the translated graph is the equation of the original graph where x is replaced by x - h and y is replaced by... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... oops, sorry, I fell asleep. Well, anyways, I love math because I get to memorize all sorts of cool stuff like the region of interest, normalized polynomial equations, matrix algebra (which sounds cool, but really all you do is try to find inverse matrices), double-angle identities, and my favourite - imaginary numbers!!! I like imaginary numbers so much because of their immense practical application to everyday life. Why, just the other day an imaginary unicorn pranced across my lawn and I had to use imaginary numbers to calculate it's height, surface area, and volume!
   *Sigh* Oh well, I guess I never will like math. But I'm in high school and even though I've been doing math for over a decade now, I am still required to get bored to death day by day until numbers and the letter x eventually take over my brain. On the bright side, though, I can make a squiggly line on a graph!