ok so i think i’ve noticed a trend between preferences for types of math and science while talking to other people so i want to try and test out a hypothesis
obviously there are more types of science and math but i want to test the correlation between these specifically
legit, it wasn't necessary for graduation at my school so i never took the class
Basically, it deals with integrals and derivatives, which is tough to explain but I can try.
Remember in earlier math you learned about slope? You know, y=mx + b? If you don’t recall, a slope is basically how steep a line is. Now if you’re looking at a straight line, then it’s pretty easy to determine the slope. Just look at how steep the line in question is and boom. There ya go.
For example take this red line up here. Every time it moves to the right by 1, it moves up 2 and vice versa. So this line has a slope of 2. Simple, right?
But what if we have a line that isn’t as straightforward? Like this curvy boy down here
What’s the slope of this line? A little tougher because how steep the line is different depending on where you are on the line.
That’s where derivatives come in. A Derivative will tell you what the slope of a line is at a given point in time. For example, at the dead center of the graph, the curvy boy has a slope of zero (since it’s flat right there). Once it hits the first square to the right it’s already reached a slope of 2. And at the second square, it’s reached a slope of 4!
How do I know this? Well because I have played you! The red line we looked at earlier is actually a graph of the derivative for the curvy line! So you can use that one to determine how steep the curve is at any given point! So like at -2, the slope is -4, etc.
Integrals are simiar, but in reverse, where you take a look at a derivative and draw out what the original would look like.
I’m being super reductive right now for obvious reasons but thats the bread and butter of calculus. You can do some really really wacky things especially with integrals and as you get further into calculus you use detivatives and integrals to do some dark magic. It’s pretty neat.
I’m so obsessed with visual calculus as a skill I need to rant about it!!!!
The game description of the skill is “Reconstruct crime scenes. Make laws of physics work for the Law.” And it’s “Cool for: Forensics Scientists, Tactical Fighters, Math-Minded People”
But it’s not just math!! It’s not even a lot of math at all!! Its about seeing the near past and the near future through the physical the rational and the tangible!!! I like shivers and inland empire as much as the next de fan but, there’s just something SO COOL about seeing successful viscalc checks highlight the environment around you in a way that is unique to any other skill. I really wish there were more of those moments in the game
Viscalc can tell you about the crime you committed before you woke up and the crime you are there to investigate and the crime that would be committed in a moment during the tribunal. It is the MOST FOUNDATIONAL layer of abstraction that Harry’s brain puts on reality. It is the only skill that speaks FROM THE TANGIBLE WORLD, but ABOUT HYPOTHETICALS. It is the skill that connects the baseless intuition of inland empire/shivers and the contextless empiricism of encyclopedia/perception. I just. AUGH!
Also the art is so good
Visual Calculus my beloved. I want to be you and what you represent
I used transparent/translucent paper to color the numbers of pascal"s triangle.
Each color represents a prime number:
Red: 2
Orange: 3
Yellow: 5
Green: 7
Blue: 11
Violet: 13
For each layer (and the according prime number) I colored the numbers of pascal"s triangle if the pascals triangle number is divisable by that prime number.
The advantage of this transparent/translucent paper I used:
You can hold multiple layers against the light (and see the overlapping colors):
2 and 3:
^For instance: if you look at the 6 in the 5th row it is a combination of red and orange - 2 and 3 - as 6 is built up by the primes 2 and 3 (2*3)
2 and 3 and 5:
3 and 5 and 7:
[Afternote: I just realized I forgot to color some numbers in the modulo 2 sheet (red). ]
people who do STEM or administration as a career full time and continue to do art as a hobby, I am scared of you but like in a hot way. youre like if we were allowed to have cold drinks in winter. i look at you and think of miles morales with his two cakes. do you want to make out sometime