(December 6, 2017 at 3:28 am)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: CIJS,
I think I've come to the end of my journey in mathematics: as I've dug deeper into the subject, I've realized just how tiny I am compared to the great mathematical minds of history and the current, brilliant math minds in the field. As a result, while I'm grateful for the knowledge that I've gained (initially, I only wanted to learn calculus 1 and gain some kind of an understanding of it ), I've finally accepted that I don't have the brains to accel and grow at math: any kind of continued mathematical study on my part, would only amount to a hobby, and realistically, I lack the brilliance, originality, and talent to be somebody in the math field; I'm somewhat disappointed in myself for being arrogant enough to think that I could be one of these people.
Well, with that said, I'd like to apologize to all of the math aficionados on this forum for all of my math related posts here: I sincerely hope that my ideas and posts were not too elementary and vacuous .
No, you're doing fine. I read where one can tell a real mathematician by looking at the amount of balled up paper in the waste basket. Or something to that effect. At one time I had the idea that I could improve on Einstein's work. It took less than one semester as a physics major for me to realize what a grandiose idea that was.
Also, when I took junior level E&M class, we had a homework problem that was a real toughie. The prof said that this was no surprise, as it was some physicist's master's thesis. So, now it's now a problem in a textbook that is given out for a junior-level university student's homework? Are we any smarter than that guy? Hell, no. But we get to stand on the shoulders of giants! FWIW, I think you are probably ahead of me in the level of proofs you can handle. No regrets, man!
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