No, Davros, you do it the really easy way: you buy Mathematica, program what you need, go to lunch, then come back to see the answer on your screen. [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]
I agree, most people don't use anything about algebra in their daily life, but if we use that argument then school becomes nothing more than a job training center. Who would want that?
I don't use higher math in my daily life (one of life's little ironies), but I do enjoy a little analytic geometry now and then, as well as some numerical anaylsis. I designed a kiln for my psychotic ex using a hyperbolic cosine curve as the outer structure (think Gateway Arch in St. Louis; no lateral stress forces); one of the few things for which she was thankful during our time together.
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