I on a Game-Programming school and they teached us some necessary math needed in (2D) games like Sine and the likes. But i didn't remember everything they said, so i started reading some wikipedia pages, but they start 'throwing' with symbols that look like a Z or a 0 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine for example)
my question is: does /sci/ has a nice webpage where they explain what all those symbols mean? This way i can help myself further on.
I'm shit with greek letters. I always call get psi and phi and omega mixed up. It's shitty.
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Anonymous2008-03-26 20:39
alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega. 24 proper letters in two cases, degenerate characters include digamma (looks like an F) and sampi.
It pays to know it cold.
We're about to do contour integration so I'm about to find out what the fuck is up with that integral sign with the circle through the middle (I know it's integrating around regions of the plane or some shit, but still).
Every branch of math has its own ad hoc symbols, and the only way to learn a language is to read, speak, and write it, over and over.
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Anonymous2008-03-26 20:52
>>6
[quot]Every branch of math has its own ad hoc symbols, and the only way to learn a language is to read, speak, and write it, over and over.[/quot]
So true, so true. It's not really necessary to learn the Greek alphabet in order, really, but if you call angular velocity "w" instead of "omega," you're going to look like a retard in front of people who know what they're talking about.
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Anonymous2008-03-26 20:53
>>7
Ah, fuck, that's apparently not how you do quotes.
Great.
Now I look like a retard in front of people who know what they're talking about.
Game-Programming school and they teached us some necessary math needed in (2D) games like Sine and the likes
HAHAHAHAHAHAH, wow, you are wasting your money
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4tran2008-03-26 23:13
>>15,16
Looks like I phail. Nothing is highlighted on mouseover though.
>>27
not OP here
I learn by myself too and I agree it's the best.
However, OP isn't just some moron, proof is he tries to learn by googling & searching.
Not all students do that shit, so give him a break.
>>29
BE THAT AS IT MAY
IT IS STILL REGRETTABLE
THAT SUCH A MIND
MAY BE WASTED
IN LOW PRODUCTIVITY LEARNING
AT A GAME-DESIGN COLLEGE
WHEN THE MATERIAL COULD JUST AS EASILY
BE LEARNED ON ONE'S OWN
AND LIKELY TO GREATER EFFECT.
>>32
I WASN'T ACTUALLY JUDGING A PERSON
SO MUCH AS I WAS JUDGING
IN GENERAL
THE USEFULNESS OF A DEGREE
AND ITS ASSOCIATED PROGRAM
RELATIVE TO LEARNING THE MATERIAL
ON ONE'S OWN
OR THROUGH SOME OTHER MEANS.
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD READ AGAIN
AND NOTE THAT I ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THIS PERSON IS
IN FACT
NOT A MORON,
OR YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
CHANGING YOUR ASSERTION
AS YOUR CURRENT ONE
IS INACCURATE.
Anyway, was the question just about the greek letters? They're just used to show a variable, it's even marked on the drawing, so in general if you don't recognize a symbol assume it's a variable, and look for a drawing to explain it as such.
Don't know if that's the best advice, but it's at least some.
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Anonymous2008-03-31 17:43
>>33
Who are you to judge the "..usefullness of a degree and its associated program.."?
I don't think you heard me...
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TO JUDGE USEFULLNESS?!?!
Well,.. WHO ARE YOU?! PUNK!!
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Anonymous2008-04-01 12:17
>>36
I'M A MEMBER OF
AN ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
WHO HAS SEEN THE FUTURE
THE PRESENT
AND THE PAST
I HAVE SEEN WHAT WILL BECOME
OF THIS DEGREE AND
ITS ASSOCIATED PROGRAM
AND I TELL YOU KINDLY
OUT OF THE GOODNESS
OF MY HEART
THAT IT IS USELESS
BECAUSE ONE COULD
IF ONE WERE SO INCLINED
LEARN THIS ON ONE'S OWN
FASTER
AND FOR MUCH LESS.
TRUST ME,
I'VE ALSO SEEN
THE ALTERNATE FUTURE
ALTERNATE PRESENT
AND ALTERNATE PAST.
>>39
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT
IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL
IN FACT I GET THAT A LOT
WHEN I'M TRAVELING
THROUGH TIME
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Anonymous2008-04-01 23:40
Hey I'll hire you man
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Anonymous2008-04-04 23:04
GUYS, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THE POSTS HERE, BUT I HOPE I'M NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY THIS:
OP, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE SYMBOLS MEAN? DID YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL?
WAIT, NEVERMIND THAT, I KNEW WHAT THOSE SYMBOLS MEANT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ALSO, FUCK GAME PROGRAMMING SCHOOL? I LIKE THE VIDYA, AND THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'D GO TO A PLACE LIKE THAT.