Shawnic 2,977 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 So basically, "minimal formulas" is a term I coined to describe people who prefer remembering as few formulas as they can and avoid memorizing the ones that can clearly be derived from the few basic formulas you already remember. For example, Total Surface Area of a cylinder can be found by adding the areas of the two bases to the area of the curved part (so a "minimal formulas person would only remember how to find the curved part's area and the areas of the two circular bases). Another example would be just learning product rule without memorizing chain rule (for differential calculus). Obviously, I'm a "minimal formulas" person. What about you? (Math section FTW) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agent P 2,480 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I am kinda a minimal formulas person, but not really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, Agent P said: I am kinda a minimal formulas person, but not really. Cool. I think it saves a lot of time (and memory :P). Besides, being a minimal formulas person keeps you alert and your mind remains agile- that's something useful for math. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kanad 351 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Definitely a minimal person. Memorizing is for obsessed people. You remember those [x+a][y+b] formulas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, Kanad said: Definitely a minimal person. Memorizing is for obsessed people. You remember those [x+a][y+b] formulas? There's a formula for that? I just expand them when I come across them. Edited February 1, 2016 by Master Flap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David 563 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Anything you can find in a 10 second internet search is not worth remembering long term. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kanad 351 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 22 hours ago, Master Flap said: There's a formula for that? I just expand them when I come across them. Oh, there's a forumla for everything. I started Complex Numbers a few days back. You've done them, I presume? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Kanad said: Oh, there's a forumla for everything. I started Complex Numbers a few days back. You've done them, I presume? Yup. Learning ahead of school, I see? Just like me. No time to wait for those slowcoaches called teachers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kanad 351 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just now, Master Flap said: Yup. Learning ahead of school, I see? Just like me. No time to wait for those slowcoaches called teachers. We have three Maths teachers in our school, one [that teaches me] is sexist towards boys, one who sticks to the book, third one's a man in his mid-20s. Plus, my entire batch is regarded as the worst in the school, there's group punishment almost everyday; and they ask me "Why do you skip school so often?". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Serpent-Z 84 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Somewhat If the formulae are easy to derive I don't learn them much Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jade Maveric 26 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Minimal formula 'person'? I'm a crazy, uncontrollable minimal formula fan-boy! You should probably add a poll, if they're there. Edited February 2, 2016 by Jade Maveric typo and markdown doesn't seem to work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 24 minutes ago, Jade Maveric said: Minimal formula 'person'? I'm a crazy, uncontrollable minimal formula fan-boy! You should probably add a poll, if they're there. They are there. But there's no way for me to edit my post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jade Maveric 26 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, Master Flap said: They are there. But there's no way for me to edit my post. Are you sure. Cause we've got a poll on 'Which lang should I learn after Java' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, Jade Maveric said: Are you sure. Cause we've got a poll on 'Which lang should I learn after Java' I said that polls are there. But I can't edit my topic to add them. There's no way to edit topics at the moment for non admins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jade Maveric 26 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I don't think Light's an admin. : 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Mysterio 1,494 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Kanad said: My entire batch is regarded as the worst in the school Story of every batch according to its students. Teachers try to make the students feel ashamed, we take it as a title with respect! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kiba 374 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 kinda... yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rohan 364 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Yes yes But with constant application, you can't help remembering those formulas though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 19 hours ago, Rohan said: Yes yes But with constant application, you can't help remembering those formulas though. True. So you can please the education system and Albert Einstein at the same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agent P 2,480 Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 1/31/2016 at 3:53 PM, Agent P said: I am kinda a minimal formulas person, but not really. What the hell does this even mean Anyway it really depends, I find that I end up memorising formulae that can be derived anyway just because I do problems so often that the results stick in my head, even if I attempt to do them from "first principles". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jake1702 205 Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) I'm an "I avoid anything more complicated than 69+69" person. But in all seriousness, I found that in primary school I got much better at dealing with stuff when I got to the exact root of it. So a bare-bones formula such as Area of square = S2, I'd learn it as actually visualizing a square, and seeing where the lines cross each other, to actually make sense of what the formula means. That way even if I happened to forget the formula I could still work out the answer. So... by your definition, I guess yes? Edited February 26, 2019 by Im Dead Inside 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gramps 2,227 Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 10 hours ago, Im Dead Inside said: I'm an "I avoid anything more complicated than 69+69" person. But in all seriousness, I found that in primary school I got much better at dealing with stuff when I got to the exact root of it. So a bare-bones formula such as Area of square = S2, I'd learn it as actually visualizing a square, and seeing where the lines cross each other, to actually make sense of what the formula means. That way even if I happened to forget the formula I could still work out the answer. So... by your definition, I guess yes? Yes I'm similar but in more of a numbers way. If I can understand WHY a formula works the way it does, I am more likely to remember it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jazlyn 522 Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jake1702 205 Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 8 hours ago, Gramps said: Yes I'm similar but in more of a numbers way. If I can understand WHY a formula works the way it does, I am more likely to remember it. Yes finally someone understands. If they'd start doing this in school maybe I could pass some exams for once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnic 2,977 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 On 1/31/2016 at 3:52 PM, Master Flap said: So basically, "minimal formulas" is a term I coined to describe people who prefer remembering as few formulas as they can and avoid memorizing the ones that can clearly be derived from the few basic formulas you already remember. For example, Total Surface Area of a cylinder can be found by adding the areas of the two bases to the area of the curved part (so a "minimal formulas person would only remember how to find the curved part's area and the areas of the two circular bases). Another example would be just learning product rule without memorizing chain rule (for differential calculus). Obviously, I'm a "minimal formulas" person. What about you? (Math section FTW) OMG I was so cringe. What is this even? Math is math. You show up for exams without studying and math is that one paper you don't screw up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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