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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #30 on: October 18, 2010, 10:13:56 pm »
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I am a little disappointed tbh, because they didn't think of this:

Quantum Mechanics:
Find the exact position and velocity of an atom at a point in time. Generalize this for all atoms and predict the exact evolution of all events in time. Verify your results with history.
LOL why didn't they ask:

Mathematics:
Prove the Riemann Hypothesis.
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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #31 on: October 18, 2010, 10:36:30 pm »
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Because it's supposed to be a (good) joke.
Voltaire: "There is an astonishing imagination even in the science of mathematics ... We repeat, there is far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer."

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #32 on: October 18, 2010, 10:40:13 pm »
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but it has no mathematics questions :(
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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #33 on: October 18, 2010, 11:19:46 pm »
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but it has no mathematics questions :(

HAHAHAHAHA i love how that's your ONE SINGLE criticism of that exam

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #34 on: October 19, 2010, 09:10:54 pm »
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but it has no mathematics questions :(

We're trying to keep the overall quality high :P

Proving the riemann hypothesis is probably too blunt a question, needs to be something elegantly ridiculous. Hmm.
Perhaps: You have been provided with a set of Lego blocks. Prove Fermat's Last Theorem and then generalise your results to n dimensions.

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #35 on: October 19, 2010, 09:35:24 pm »
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but it has no mathematics questions :(

We're trying to keep the overall quality high :P

Proving the riemann hypothesis is probably too blunt a question, needs to be something elegantly ridiculous. Hmm.
Perhaps: You have been provided with a set of Lego blocks. Prove Fermat's Last Theorem and then generalise your results to n dimensions.
I like your style  :coolsmiley:
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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #36 on: October 19, 2010, 09:52:09 pm »
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Haha, I'm sure you could do better. My only interest in maths is for the theoretically fascinating stuff, I haven't studied it with much dedication since high school

But sometimes I do have daydreams about doing a maths major and getting to know all the cool stuff in there.

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #37 on: October 20, 2010, 01:33:42 pm »
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Mathematics:
Seeing as how just about everything in the universe can be described mathematically find the master equation for this universe and extend it for use in other universes. Feel free to play god for a little bit in another universe to test your equation.


Astrophysics:
Give a proper explanation of how intermediate mass black holes form () and find observable evidence for this type of black hole.
(Hint: They do not form like Stellar Black Holes or Super Massive Black Holes)


That's it. That's all I've got.

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #38 on: October 20, 2010, 01:38:57 pm »
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Bonus marks will be awarded for relating your answer to contemporary music (muse)

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #39 on: October 20, 2010, 01:54:50 pm »
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Bonus marks will be awarded for relating your answer to contemporary music (muse)
Unlike the super massive black hole which is formed by suffering and moaning(Muse, 2006) the intermediate mass black hole(IMBH) is formed by extreme moments of cutiness and can be explained by whole galaxies collapsing in on themselves whenever a couple gets too "cutsie wootsie". At the current rate of couples becoming this way[2] the milky way should collapse and form an IMBH within 1010 years which will give plenty of evidence for an IMBH. The discrepency in the mass of the galaxy being larger than a super massive black hole will not be a problem as according to Cthulhu's Law, which states that Dark Matter, which makes up 90% of the mass of the galaxy cannot become part of a black hole.

References
[1] Super Massive Black Hole, Muse, Black Holes and Revelations, Helium 3, Warner Bros, (2006), 3
[2]STFUCouples,2010


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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #40 on: October 20, 2010, 05:23:22 pm »
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Mathematics: Derive the Euler-Cauchy equations using only a straightedge and compass. Discuss in detail the role these equations had on mathematical analysis in Europe during the 1800s.

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Re: Think your exams are getting hard?
« Reply #41 on: October 20, 2010, 06:02:50 pm »
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the hardest one

" try to get rid of bill gates/steve jobs virginity in the next hour".
wouldnt be that hard
many women (and a few dudes who would 'go there') would do anything to get a good exam mark, if you know what i mean ;)