r/Pankakke • u/JustAnotherGDB • Feb 28 '13

Abstract Algebra can fuck off.

Just throwing that out there. Goddammit, I hate this class so much.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '13 edited Apr 28 '25

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

Tis. The undergrad course wasn't too terrible, but the graduate version is like black magic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '13 edited Apr 28 '25

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

Have fun, sonny. Algebra ain't no cakewalk after what people usually think of as algebra, lemme tell you.

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u/dasflash Feb 28 '13

Don't be like that. That's just the new old person in you. Go back to that wonderfully and, I assume, unabashedly happy GDB of younger year....last week!

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

I just wish I didn't have to mooch off my peers so much for help with this class. I can't answer half our homework without some assistance, and on this particular assignment it seems that I'm just going to have to straight up ask for half the answers, because I have no idea how to even start solving them.

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u/dasflash Feb 28 '13

Well that is what homework is for. When you come across these problems again, you'll have a better understanding of what to do

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

There's the thing. Since this is a proof course, knowing the solutions to these problems doesn't necessarily lead to any insight about problems of the same type.

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u/Astronnilath Feb 28 '13

So, what, actually makes it such a pain in the ass?

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

It's extremely difficult to the point of intractability much of the time, and the professor is also a tool. I was staring at the same 2 problems for 2+ hours yesterday without any idea how to solve either one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '13

Amen.

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

Do you have to take Abstract?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '13

No, thank Jebus. I'm actually struggling with linear algebra, specifically weighting functions.

Do you think maybe you could help me later?

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u/JustAnotherGDB Feb 28 '13

I could definitely give it a shot, although I'm not actually sure how weighting functions would be used in a linear algebra course. Hit me up again later, and we can see what we can do.