#10539

1113

May 5, 2022, 5:15 p.m.

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Schwartz: Administrative questions? //no questions Schwartz: Math questions? //no questions Schwartz: Questions about alien life in the universe? Ace: Why do we exist? Schwartz: To do this: *jumps in a little dance* Katz: Is that a Proof by Dance of something? Schwartz: It's a Proof by Dance that this is why we exist. Hadar: What is humanity? Schwartz: ... The ability to ask that question. Student: I'm tired today. Schwartz: Then you should try to sleep more. That doesn't mean it's possible, but it's a solution when it is. Schwartz: ... that wasn't really a question.

#10529

55

May 3, 2022, 5:20 p.m.

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//Schwartz discusses an analogy of walking in the forest of math as a representation of mathematical experience and skill, such that Analysis 1B students are now crawling Student 1: If we're crawling in the forest of math and you're hobbling, who's flying? Schwartz: I don't know. Might be Terry Tao, but I'm not qualified to assert that. Student 2: Kwu!

#10497

55

April 26, 2022, 5:48 p.m.

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Alex: So we could rewrite that fraction as csc^2(x), and then we could rewrite that with a Taylor series ... Schwartz: Rewrite it with a WHAT? I don't understand the words you're saying ... Schwartz: Tay-- Tay-- Taylor series? What's that?

#10481

1113

April 25, 2022, 5:57 p.m.

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//Rose writes the censored i-word on the board Rose: I know there are some trolls in this class, but if you know what this is, just keep your slimy mouths shut!

#10448

1515

April 20, 2022, 5:18 p.m.

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Schwartz: The day after the AP Exam, we will watch The Princess Bride. Schwartz: But I don't just show movies! We do math! Schwartz: There will be a Princess Bride worksheet.

#10447

04

April 20, 2022, 5:16 p.m.

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// In the middle of the Anal 1 quiz on series convergence Schwartz: I'm going to say this once, and only once. Schwartz: *cough* /Prereqs/.

#10436

1616

April 18, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

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// From a while ago Michael Wang: Weed slows you down. Schwartz: What? *Class goes silent* Schwartz: Suppose you're running through a field. The weeds slow you down. There we go.

#10434

1012

April 8, 2022, 4:07 p.m.

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Schwartz: On the one hand, obviously ridiculous. Schwartz: On the other hand, obviously ridiculous ... for a reason.

#10433

99

April 8, 2022, 4:04 p.m.

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Schwartz: As you watch your long, odd, ... I'm running out of descriptors. Schwartz: As you watch your long, odd, FLESHY mass of arm move ...

#10426

99

April 6, 2022, 5:46 p.m.

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Schwartz: Notice that I chose to talk about the Basic Comparison Test, because it means I get to say "Basic" a lot. Schwartz: Which will discourage the heathens here from calling it the "Direct Comparison Test". //later Schwartz: "Basic" is twice as good as "Direct", because B is two Ds stacked on top of each other. Katz: But "Direct" is twice as good, because the letter-index of D is twice that of B. Schwartz: Nooo! ... I have no immediate retort to that beyond shouting "nooo!"