I am currently an undergrad student at uc Berkeley. I am taking a second year grad course, and it consists of all males in the course. Last semester I was taking functional analysis, and there was one girl out of like 20 men.
In my undergraduate degree in germany (math) we started out with roughly 50/50, but in semester 5 this has shifted more towards 30/70 or even 25/75 - more men than women. However in the math teaching degree it seems to be the opposite and maybe that's the explaination for the difference in experience: in germany math and math for teaching are two different degree with seperate modules. There is no such thing as identity based admission or quotas. This is simply the result of having applied, apparently roughly equal, and who made the cut in exams or sustained the pressure. In german university the selection process mostly doesnt happen during admission but in exams; 60 - 70% failure rates are the expectation for mathematics exams in undergradute. However this is isnt the story of all degrees. In fact other than math the story of more women than men you tell is similar in germany too. In life sciences, medicine and humanities women are far more numerous. In engineering, computer science and little bit also in math/ physics men are more often represented. Degrees that are roughly 50/50 apparently are economics or law. Overall there are more women getting a degree than there are men.
I hope I didn't misunderstand you at the end but if you want hints for the problem I can give you some (assuming my solution is correct). I didn't use the theorem you mentioned though. Below I have written a rough draft of my solution, please ignore if I misunderstood. 1. Observe that the set of alpha that satisfy the inequality for some are open intervals centered around q/k for all 0
handled that pretty well. i dont have numbers but in my experience it seems here in the UK that as you go up through education these differences between boys and girls in maths get less. now here at undergrad level its almost 50/50 and id have to say that the whole department is pretty balanced as well, definitely between 50/50 and 60/40
I have an opposite experience more or less. In first semester (germany - math bsc) we were roughly between 50/50 and 40/60, but the ratio seemed (i ofc havent counted) to get progressively tilted towards men (exams have a expected 60-70% failure rate so a lot of people have to quit or want to quit to not deal with the pressure anymore). I estimate that the ratio now is maybe 30/70 and in some seminars/ tutorials i see like 2 women among 10. This ratio seems flipped in the teaching math degree that is seperate from the regular math bachelor (reason for this is that math in germany starts with real analysis in 1st semester and this wouldnt be reaosnable for students that just want to teach at a gymnasium). In terms of staff its even more male dominated. I have had 1 female professor (and i am not so sure there even exist another one for math however i have seen some to many female names in research groups name lists) and among tutors to select each module maybe 2 out of 5 are women. All professor assistants also have been male so far. My university doesnt have any grand diversity departments or admission quotas. Latter also would be hard to implement as admission is open to anyone (in math) and the selection all happens during exams. There has been a survey where we were asked if we think female only tutorials are wished. I dont really see how this would change much. In tutorials you usually sit and work on some shorter proofs and sometimes ask for help from the tutor - the interaction between students is minimal. Women in germany are often found in medicine. A reason for this might be because medicine is very selective in admission based on your highschool grade (abitur in germany) where you have to have a near perfect score and women are performing significantly better in abitur than men. Thats where a lot of smart women go that maybe otherwise would try out math.
@@IsomerSoma very interesting. i think here most people doing a maths degree on its own do not know what job they want specifically so it is mainly people who actually enjoy doing maths. definitely more of my lecturers are men but there are more women in the department in other places. no major lack of women or men anywhere though. i do not like the idea of "wanting more women/men" etc as it is only unfair. the best thing is to just treat everyone equally.
huh. in my experience, my undergrad cohort is about 60/40 in favour of male. idk if i'd call it male dominated - it's not like there's only one or two women - but its not quite 50/50. (UK as well)
Nice video. Regarding the problem towards the end, density of the sequence exp(2*pi*n*alpha*i) on the unit circle should be enough to construct a suitable subsequence.
hey I want to you talk about problem solving.Suppose You are taking a graduate course on measure thoery,and we have a problem at hand,how to solve the problem.Man I really struggle with this.I know what is going on the class but when it comes solving problems it gets bad.In a single sentence it might be , How to solve graduate level math problems?How you do it?Your thought process.I would be really happy to know about this.Thank you
I'd say your best bet for solving problems at that level is simply... properly understanding the material (easier said than done of course... make sure to talk with your lecturers, they really are there to help) There's only so much general problem solving advice out there and it's all fairly generic (don't give up, assume for a contradiction the claim is false, add 0 and use the triangle inequality etc)
I’m a bit of a university journeyman, having spent some time at a private and public university as well as a summer internship at an Ivy League school. I’m a physics major. At the community college level, the math and science courses are very diverse, all types of people and ages (even in more advanced course for that level such as calculus etc). At the public state university, it was still fairly diverse but less women and less poc. For private unis, there are overwhelmingly more white and Asian people, at least in my experience. A lot of these people also came from money, and you could tell. Being from a poorer background as well as being brown , I definitely felt like the odd one out in these settings but this is all my personal feeling, there are plenty who reportedly felt otherwise.
seconded that women are underrepresented in computer science - at least in phd programs at my university (from what i've seen). it's very understandable, imo, because of how hostile the social dynamic can be for women. that's just my perspective tho.
Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say there are people bullying you? I understand if you're not comfortable making a video on that topic, though.
@@PhDVlog777 Where do you find the self-confidence to ignore those kind of people? I love math, but I'm afraid of PhD because I people say that "weak students" (like me) "shouldn't do phds" so certainly I cannot find any counter to that :(
@@mzg147 The self-confidence comes with time and accumulated experience; knowing your strengths and weakness. Whenever someone discourages you, you should ask yourself at least two questions: 1) Is this person worth listening to? 2) Does this person have a point? If the answer is no to both, then ignoring them is easy. Why would you let some ignorant opinions affect you? If the person has a point, then you can use the criticism to make yourself better. With respect graduate level math, I was once weak in the subject, but over long periods of time with lots of effort, I became stronger. And I think the same can be true for you. You just have to work for it. I hope this helps.
The EES program breaks down into three subfields of study but my major focused on public health and safety. For example, my classes included environmental law, air quality management, hazard waste management and emergency response, and risk assessment. Stuff to help businesses not break any environmental laws.
@@henrymccue2922 Presumably because diversity in (insert field of your choice here) is a convtroversial topic for a lot of people. However, I think the vast majority of people who watch this channel won't be upset.
Of all the stupid questions she could ask, she asked about "DEI" which is the most uninteresting and unimportant question you could ask. Not to mention it has nothing to do with mathematics and should not be addressed.
I’m a struggling Physics student and I really enjoy all your videos. Totally unfiltered, no polishing ,no editing.
have you already created the channel : "Struggling Physics Student" ? )))
@@noJobProgrammer I don’t have any inclination to…🤣🤣…
I am currently an undergrad student at uc Berkeley. I am taking a second year grad course, and it consists of all males in the course. Last semester I was taking functional analysis, and there was one girl out of like 20 men.
thank you for sharing :) as a woman, this was quite inspiring! You handled it perfectly and kindly :)
Happy birthday to your first video lol
In my undergraduate degree in germany (math) we started out with roughly 50/50, but in semester 5 this has shifted more towards 30/70 or even 25/75 - more men than women. However in the math teaching degree it seems to be the opposite and maybe that's the explaination for the difference in experience: in germany math and math for teaching are two different degree with seperate modules. There is no such thing as identity based admission or quotas. This is simply the result of having applied, apparently roughly equal, and who made the cut in exams or sustained the pressure. In german university the selection process mostly doesnt happen during admission but in exams; 60 - 70% failure rates are the expectation for mathematics exams in undergradute.
However this is isnt the story of all degrees. In fact other than math the story of more women than men you tell is similar in germany too. In life sciences, medicine and humanities women are far more numerous. In engineering, computer science and little bit also in math/ physics men are more often represented. Degrees that are roughly 50/50 apparently are economics or law. Overall there are more women getting a degree than there are men.
Happy channel anniversary!
I hope I didn't misunderstand you at the end but if you want hints for the problem I can give you some (assuming my solution is correct). I didn't use the theorem you mentioned though. Below I have written a rough draft of my solution, please ignore if I misunderstood.
1. Observe that the set of alpha that satisfy the inequality for some are open intervals centered around q/k for all 0
Happy anniversary❤
handled that pretty well. i dont have numbers but in my experience it seems here in the UK that as you go up through education these differences between boys and girls in maths get less. now here at undergrad level its almost 50/50 and id have to say that the whole department is pretty balanced as well, definitely between 50/50 and 60/40
I have an opposite experience more or less. In first semester (germany - math bsc) we were roughly between 50/50 and 40/60, but the ratio seemed (i ofc havent counted) to get progressively tilted towards men (exams have a expected 60-70% failure rate so a lot of people have to quit or want to quit to not deal with the pressure anymore). I estimate that the ratio now is maybe 30/70 and in some seminars/ tutorials i see like 2 women among 10. This ratio seems flipped in the teaching math degree that is seperate from the regular math bachelor (reason for this is that math in germany starts with real analysis in 1st semester and this wouldnt be reaosnable for students that just want to teach at a gymnasium). In terms of staff its even more male dominated. I have had 1 female professor (and i am not so sure there even exist another one for math however i have seen some to many female names in research groups name lists) and among tutors to select each module maybe 2 out of 5 are women. All professor assistants also have been male so far.
My university doesnt have any grand diversity departments or admission quotas. Latter also would be hard to implement as admission is open to anyone (in math) and the selection all happens during exams. There has been a survey where we were asked if we think female only tutorials are wished. I dont really see how this would change much. In tutorials you usually sit and work on some shorter proofs and sometimes ask for help from the tutor - the interaction between students is minimal. Women in germany are often found in medicine. A reason for this might be because medicine is very selective in admission based on your highschool grade (abitur in germany) where you have to have a near perfect score and women are performing significantly better in abitur than men. Thats where a lot of smart women go that maybe otherwise would try out math.
@@IsomerSoma very interesting. i think here most people doing a maths degree on its own do not know what job they want specifically so it is mainly people who actually enjoy doing maths. definitely more of my lecturers are men but there are more women in the department in other places. no major lack of women or men anywhere though.
i do not like the idea of "wanting more women/men" etc as it is only unfair. the best thing is to just treat everyone equally.
@@yoyoyogames9527 In germany its the same situation. Students dont usually start the degree with a specific free market economy field in mind.
huh. in my experience, my undergrad cohort is about 60/40 in favour of male. idk if i'd call it male dominated - it's not like there's only one or two women - but its not quite 50/50. (UK as well)
@@IsomerSomaidentical to Norway lol
congrats on a year!
how do you manage to keep the camera still while filming
Nice video. Regarding the problem towards the end, density of the sequence exp(2*pi*n*alpha*i) on the unit circle should be enough to construct a suitable subsequence.
Interesting vid!
I love your channel! I graduated with an applied maths degree 3 years ago and I miss it immensely.
Don't give up. I am in the same boat. I go in out of the mathematics.
Can you please mention some books for analysis and can i do analysis before going through calculus?
What do you think your plans are after completing your PhD? Would you consider pursuing academia or adjusting into finance?
I like teaching so I may just get a job working at a four year college.
nice video
Now I will start making videos and one year later I will come here to say mine❤❤
hey I want to you talk about problem solving.Suppose You are taking a graduate course on measure thoery,and we have a problem at hand,how to solve the problem.Man I really struggle with this.I know what is going on the class but when it comes solving problems it gets bad.In a single sentence it might be , How to solve graduate level math problems?How you do it?Your thought process.I would be really happy to know about this.Thank you
I'd say your best bet for solving problems at that level is simply... properly understanding the material
(easier said than done of course... make sure to talk with your lecturers, they really are there to help)
There's only so much general problem solving advice out there and it's all fairly generic
(don't give up, assume for a contradiction the claim is false, add 0 and use the triangle inequality etc)
What about ethnicity? , is there anything you can say in terms of the ethnic make up of the courses you take? (if disproportionately white, etc)
I’m a bit of a university journeyman, having spent some time at a private and public university as well as a summer internship at an Ivy League school. I’m a physics major. At the community college level, the math and science courses are very diverse, all types of people and ages (even in more advanced course for that level such as calculus etc). At the public state university, it was still fairly diverse but less women and less poc. For private unis, there are overwhelmingly more white and Asian people, at least in my experience. A lot of these people also came from money, and you could tell. Being from a poorer background as well as being brown , I definitely felt like the odd one out in these settings but this is all my personal feeling, there are plenty who reportedly felt otherwise.
seconded that women are underrepresented in computer science - at least in phd programs at my university (from what i've seen). it's very understandable, imo, because of how hostile the social dynamic can be for women. that's just my perspective tho.
Hostile? There are plenty of programs for women. If anything it's hostile to men
Happy birthday
In which university are you?
Too bad i struggled lot in algebra n analysis and left math
Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say there are people bullying you? I understand if you're not comfortable making a video on that topic, though.
I'd rather not go into detail but in any workplace you will work with rude people and it just makes life unnecessarily harder.
@@PhDVlog777 Where do you find the self-confidence to ignore those kind of people? I love math, but I'm afraid of PhD because I people say that "weak students" (like me) "shouldn't do phds" so certainly I cannot find any counter to that :(
@@mzg147 The self-confidence comes with time and accumulated experience; knowing your strengths and weakness.
Whenever someone discourages you, you should ask yourself at least two questions: 1) Is this person worth listening to?
2) Does this person have a point?
If the answer is no to both, then ignoring them is easy. Why would you let some ignorant opinions affect you? If the person has a point, then you can use the criticism to make yourself better.
With respect graduate level math, I was once weak in the subject, but over long periods of time with lots of effort, I became stronger. And I think the same can be true for you. You just have to work for it. I hope this helps.
2:23 i always thought environmental science was just a fancy name for geology. What was that program's structure?
The EES program breaks down into three subfields of study but my major focused on public health and safety. For example, my classes included environmental law, air quality management, hazard waste management and emergency response, and risk assessment. Stuff to help businesses not break any environmental laws.
@@PhDVlog777 my geology was just geology
February 9th 🍿🍿🍿
All these women. We should call you struggling chad student
What?
You have made an amazing video, but seeing the title I have to make say:
Here comes the cancel train , choo choo .
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@@henrymccue2922 Presumably because diversity in (insert field of your choice here) is a convtroversial topic for a lot of people. However, I think the vast majority of people who watch this channel won't be upset.
Oh god I was so afraid you were going on a bigoted rant.
he just really love math!
Of all the stupid questions she could ask, she asked about "DEI" which is the most uninteresting and unimportant question you could ask.
Not to mention it has nothing to do with mathematics and should not be addressed.