[quote]TriGWU wrote:
I later learned the Fibonacci sequence and its amazing applications–fantastic.
what are the applications?
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The golden Sequence which exists pretty much everywhere. From magazine layouts to conch shells, to alligator skin. It’s freakin everywhere.
Very simply, the Fibonacci Sequence is made by starting with 1, and then creating additional numbers by adding the previous 2 numbers together, so…
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144, et bloody cetera.
Once you get past 3, the ratio of any two consecutive numbers is approximately 1:1.6
This ratio is found in the “Golden rectangle” of Greek art and architecture. And, if you take a Golden Rectangle and draw a line in it to turn part of it into a square, the remainder is also a GR; continue to draw lines making squares and smaller GRs, and you create a spiral of squares. This pattern and ratio are found in the measurements of a nautilus’ shell.
The ratio is found in the patterns of flower petals, where you count petals in the different rings of petals.
The Universe is built on math.
God is a mathematician; explains the sense of humor.
P1v+(V1^2)/2+gZ1 = P2v+(V2^2)/2+gZ2
Bernoulli’s equation for steady incompressible flow gets my vote. Fluid dynamics ftw!
[quote]Billberg wrote:
TriGWU wrote:
I later learned the Fibonacci sequence and its amazing applications–fantastic.
what are the applications?
The golden Sequence which exists pretty much everywhere. From magazine layouts to conch shells, to alligator skin. It’s freakin everywhere.[/quote]
Don’t forget credit cards!
[quote]TShaw wrote:
The Universe is built on math.
God is a mathematician; explains the sense of humor.[/quote]
Guess thats why he is God… and I’m… human
[quote]PharmD Pete wrote:
y=mx+b[/quote]
Isn’t he a rapper?
I feel like a huge dork. I recognize and have actually used most of these.
Guess I will get that minor in Math.
The quadratic formula! Bwuahahahaha!
J/k, what an awful, awful formula.
(radius*degrees)/57.3 = distance along an arc
[quote]Jeff Parsons wrote:
Gotta agree with good old Newtons equation of motion:
Force=mass*acceleration
So many equations are derived from this basic principle![/quote]
Or if you want to get crazy anal about this stuff…
Force = (Change in Mass) x A
Mass is usually considered to be a constant. However when dealing with things such as rocket propulsion, the overall mass decreases with time. That’s why the NASA shuttles crawl off the pads initially but reach their greatest speed at the top of the ascent.
Am I the only one who got that?
Anyway, math is like death, necessary in the universe, but only weirdos surround themselves with it 
Here’s one I hate less than others
v=lambda/frequency
this is more of a derivation than an equation, but this is what you get when going for your phd in math :-/
girls=moneytime (1)
time=money (2)
(1) and (2) => girls=moneymoney=money^2 (3)
money = the root of all evil = square root[evil] (4)
(3) and (4) => girls = (square root[evil])^2 … hence
girls = evil
my only defense is i didnt make this up
[quote]Proteinpowda wrote:
ProteinPowda = Sex Machine[/quote]
whereas in this equation, Sex Machine = Loser
Q: what Is the Square Root Of 69?
A: 8 something…69 ate something…Ok sorry I’ll go away now.
The height of the flight is inversely proportional to the mass of the ass.
Only a gymnast would understand it.
Seriously. P = F x d/t It’s what rules in sports performance.
TNT
[quote]ToShinDo wrote:
integral of E to the X equals to the Function sub U of N.
Am I the only one who got that?
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hahaha i get it now
My vote (along with Einstein’s) goes to the time value of money equation, or the compund interest formula.
FV= PV (1 + i )^N
Albert E. labled the law of compound interest “the most powerful in the universe”. It also has application in life, training, etc.
old dogg
I got about half way through this thread before blood started shooting out of my nose. I tried to press on and finish it but i passed out. Im just now starting to think clearly again.
Stop! You are digging up very bad memories of my engineering degree that I have tried to suppress for the last 6 years! Some of those equations seem familiar but I can’t remember what the hell they were used for.
BTW, from a T-man perspective F=ma is VERY important to what we do in the gym, it also explains why oly lifts can really knock you around after a few sets with a light weight compared to other exercises.
Then there’s always math jokes:
Q: Why is 6 afraid of 7?
A: Because 7 8 9!
(…and a more subtle one, that works better out loud, I think:)
Q: What comes between fear and sex?
A: Funf.
(Deutsch speakers will see it as a math joke.)
Geek on, brothas!
(Geez. And my degrees are in Medieval Studies. Where’d this number crap come from?)