I don’t know why it appears here or why I feel this way, but pictures the box bouncing off the wall and back feels intuitively round to me.
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cll7793@lemmy.world 1 year agoPlease feel free to ask any questions! Math is a wonderful field full of beauty but unfortunately almost all education systems fail to show this and instead makes it seem like raw robotic calculations instead of creativity.
Math is best learned visually and with context to more abstract terms. 3Blue1Brown is the best resource in my opinion for this!
Here’s a mindblowing fact for you along with a video from 3Blue1Brown. Imagine you are sliding a 1,000,000 kg box and slamming it into a 1 kg box on an ice surface with no friction. The 1 kg box hits a wall and bounces back to hit the 1,000,000 kg box again.
The number of bounces that appear is related to Pi. Crazy right? Why would pi appear here? If you want to learn more here’s a video from the best math teacher in the world.
JustZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
BourneHavoc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thanks! I appreciate the response. I’ve seen some videos on 3blue1brown and I’ve really enjoyed them. I think if I were to go back and fill in all the blank spots in my math experience/education I would enjoy math quite a bit.