Math Professors Be Like

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  • @classic8054
    @classic8054 4 года назад +14483

    When the prof says "it is easy to see" then he looks at his notes

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +837

      Hahahahahahaha love that so funny!!!!!

    • @kummer45
      @kummer45 3 года назад +274

      When any good math teacher uses that phrase "it is easy to see" prepare for hell because the real math IS in the details. Refinement.
      Rewriting the proofs of the studied theorems with all the details is revealing and beautiful. It shows that math is literally HARD WORK. Geniuses spends days perfecting the thoughts on their arguments. That's why they are so flexible writing proofs of premises they haven't seen before.
      There is a difference between doing exercises and doing MATH PROBLEMS. Training is super fundamental. Looking at books doesn't provide the magic. It happens when the practitioner holds pencil and paper in hand all the time.

    • @talesfigueiredo9534
      @talesfigueiredo9534 3 года назад +226

      My calculus professor was savage
      He never looked at his notes
      I don't even think he had notes, but still teaches for 2h straight.

    • @murilopereira9816
      @murilopereira9816 3 года назад +59

      It is easy to see his notes.

    • @nine_tang_two
      @nine_tang_two 3 года назад +38

      cause it's actually easy to 'SEE' so that's why prof watched his notes

  • @mayankmathur3257
    @mayankmathur3257 4 года назад +8007

    Felt like a real class. Didn't pay attention.

  • @ClemensAlive
    @ClemensAlive 3 года назад +1710

    This whole video is trivial

    • @ZenoDovahkiin
      @ZenoDovahkiin 3 года назад +24

      "Well, *_NOW_* I wanna hear you explain it."
      -Prof in oral exam

    • @cavejohnson982
      @cavejohnson982 3 года назад +6

      THATS the word. I love it. its tivial do we will skip it

    • @fabiano9395
      @fabiano9395 3 года назад +6

      Holy crap, I'm from Brazil and the math teachers here say the same thing in portuguese!

    • @ulle3781
      @ulle3781 8 месяцев назад +2

      Same in Germany, everything ist trivial

    • @therealteam1073
      @therealteam1073 7 месяцев назад +3

      I'm from Quebec and I learned the world " trivial " this semester cuz of my math teacher. He averages 10 trivials per classes

  • @rodzila8314
    @rodzila8314 3 года назад +1545

    Prof: “Don't be ashamed of asking anything”
    Student ask question.
    Prof: “You should know that already!”

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +61

      Lol

    • @dontknow709
      @dontknow709 2 года назад +13

      Yes it just hurts

    • @zuesr3277
      @zuesr3277 2 года назад +7

      Again depends on the person some are just like that and also its the institutional structure which doesnt permit them time and multiple factors

    • @bengtbengt3850
      @bengtbengt3850 2 года назад +7

      "Why didn't you pay attention!?"

    • @mathoresque2445
      @mathoresque2445 2 года назад +7

      My experience is that usually professors are nice when you ask them questions (it means you re following and paying attention).
      It happened once that a professor didn't like that I asked about clarification for a part a proof but I persisted till he stopped to answer. (he got a bit angry but still lol)

  • @Gordonias
    @Gordonias 4 года назад +5070

    Bonus points for english being the lecturers second language, and the lecturer randomly making annecdotes in their first language.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +223

      Haha

    • @apocalypticalkitty1
      @apocalypticalkitty1 4 года назад +65

      This is right on the money

    • @sadface7457
      @sadface7457 4 года назад +79

      @@TheMathSorcerer You should attempt to formal introduce concepts for the whole class and end the lesson without time for supporting examples.

    • @MrGotickiller09
      @MrGotickiller09 4 года назад +159

      Holy shit this is so on point. The Russian professor who talks to the 3 Russian students in the class during his lecture

    • @jacobkoel5285
      @jacobkoel5285 4 года назад +4

      Question and suggestion particles just add extra clarity tbh.

  • @Bekathepirate
    @Bekathepirate 3 года назад +3805

    “The proof is left as an exercise for the reader” is such chaos energy

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +98

      Lol

    • @inigo8740
      @inigo8740 3 года назад +57

      My entire Calc syllabus was filled with this wherever they could cram it in.

    • @FrogEnjoyer17
      @FrogEnjoyer17 10 месяцев назад +4

      Most of my profs do this

    • @Fleato
      @Fleato 10 месяцев назад +8

      my teacher does this..... every..... time.... he'll talk about it in vaguerys then to a real light example and assign homework problems that look nothing like what we have done...

    • @Skall-ex
      @Skall-ex 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Fleatolol exactly. Man it pisses me off 😄

  • @stephen6691
    @stephen6691 3 года назад +1490

    "If you really want to be prepared, just do every single problem in the book"
    I've tried this, it works 🤓

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +61

      haha

    • @The666Ozz
      @The666Ozz 10 месяцев назад +10

      obviously

    • @Ten2378
      @Ten2378 10 месяцев назад +18

      Thank u stephen

    • @EeveeTheQueen
      @EeveeTheQueen 10 месяцев назад +21

      Lowkey it's the only stress free way to learn calc, throw yourself into it

    • @flastable9842
      @flastable9842 10 месяцев назад +20

      You can also get away with doing the odd no problems with worked solutions in the student solutions manual. That also will get you a good grade. But you might also have zero social life and have absolutely no free time.

  • @ThefamousMrcroissant
    @ThefamousMrcroissant 3 года назад +273

    I can feel my blood beginning to boil more with each "so it's easy to see"/"you can clearly see"/"you should check yourself". The amount of pain these few sentences have caused me over the years is unimaginable.

    • @pasta3166
      @pasta3166 3 года назад +3

      Same

    • @klb-og7cp
      @klb-og7cp 8 месяцев назад +3

      I literally started to question whether I want to go to uni because of this video bringing up trauma I did not know I had

    • @tomekk.1889
      @tomekk.1889 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@klb-og7cpHahah don't worry it's not that bad. If you study dilligently then you'll never have any problems in uni

  • @ampmjuku
    @ampmjuku 4 года назад +5035

    Just forgot the one where, the student asks a question and the professor explains using the exact same example without really clarifying anything lol

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +211

      haha sooo funnny, what a good idea, love it:)

    • @sean9177
      @sean9177 4 года назад +3

      @Mariah&WhitneyLamb lol

    • @agardy6679
      @agardy6679 4 года назад +43

      @@medielijah if a professor doesnt give you another explanation he either dont care or also doesnt understand it

    • @Manuel-pd9kf
      @Manuel-pd9kf 4 года назад +2

      @@medielijah ur cringe

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +5

      Hahahahaha

  • @Ryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
    @Ryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 4 года назад +9654

    “Don’t worry about this proof, you’ll cover it next semester so we’ll skip over it for now”
    Next semester: “you should know this proof from last semester, so we’ll skip over it”

  • @phitsf5475
    @phitsf5475 3 года назад +660

    Prof Astrid: "It's a conceptual move, not an algebraic one"
    Today I found out that jokes can literally make one's sides hurt

    • @alirezased2673
      @alirezased2673 8 месяцев назад +1

      If only it were a legitimate move 😢

    • @Kimbie
      @Kimbie 2 месяца назад

      "Hey didn't you promise to make tuna salad for dinner?"
      "It was my initial idea, but I decided to make greek giouvetsi. It was a conceptual move, not a culinary one."

  • @johndoh1000
    @johndoh1000 9 месяцев назад +73

    “Exams are 70% final is 30% and the HW is just good to do.”
    Had me rolling!

  • @ZyTelevan
    @ZyTelevan 3 года назад +5222

    prof: dy/dx is not a fraction and you shouldn't think of it as a fraction, it's just a notation
    prof later: just multiply both sides of the equation by dx, which leaves us with just dy..

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +576

      Hahahahahaha yeah

    • @fuomag9
      @fuomag9 3 года назад +265

      that's literally how you solve cauchy and I hate them for that

    • @timothyaugustine7093
      @timothyaugustine7093 3 года назад +135

      It's the "d/dx" that is the notation and is also a "fraction" lol since you can't just split "d" from "x" and you have to multiply them to the other side together as "dx". Very much used a lot in differential equations.

    • @35571113
      @35571113 3 года назад +133

      That was extremely irritating.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 3 года назад +42

      This comment gave me PTSD flashbacks

  • @ButiLao44
    @ButiLao44 4 года назад +3554

    Not to forget
    Student: "I believe you made a mistake there"
    Teacher: "I just wanted to see if you're paying attention"
    Yeah when I get something wrong in my tests I just want to see if you're correcting it thoroughly too

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +153

      Lol

    • @dewman7477
      @dewman7477 4 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @BlijVrouw
      @BlijVrouw 4 года назад +57

      lol :) To be fair, I haven't had a maths teacher in upper levels take marks off for an error with arithmetic. Also haven't gone without a teacher making at least one multiplication error in class per day. The numbers just don't matter as much as finding a solution. Maths people are nice people.

    • @ButiLao44
      @ButiLao44 4 года назад +18

      @@BlijVrouw Here you do get some points taken when you make a mistake because in the end the solution is wrong, but it's usually just one point and if the rest of the equation is correct that's it. That's why I just used to keep going even if I had numbers like the squareroot of 4246 times three divided by 7 and knew it was wrong :D

    • @VesperLoveReal
      @VesperLoveReal 4 года назад +18

      @@BlijVrouw yeah my upper division professors were super chill about being corrected and actually happy if people spot a mistake they make. I find it funny how it felt like my upper division math classes were easier and more lenient than my lower division classes.

  • @ddognine
    @ddognine 9 месяцев назад +58

    True story: My senior year in college I took a Physical Chemistry class which was actually taught by a physics professor. Anyway, at some point, he spent nearly an entire lecture deriving the spherical Laplacian from the Cartesian one. It was like watching Michelangelo sculpt. He made quantum mechanics so easy, and i will never forget him. Wish more profs were like him.

  • @aidangarvey7049
    @aidangarvey7049 3 года назад +215

    Man I remember my first attempt taking Discrete Math, and a lot of it really was like this video, except I was so unsure of my abilities that I actually DID nearly every question in the textbook and still failed. Just goes to show that it's all about grasping concepts in math, not memorization. Practice is great but you have to know __why__ you're doing what you're doing, and the best teachers are the ones that do that.

    • @sinless
      @sinless 10 месяцев назад +7

      Did you ever pass discrete math? I'm stressing about this class hard as a CS major

    • @KaisarReinhard
      @KaisarReinhard 9 месяцев назад

      @@sinless I took it last year and passed by using ChatGPT as a study tool to clarify concepts. As long as you don't become too dependent on it, it works really well for the class.

    • @ZycL0n33
      @ZycL0n33 9 месяцев назад +22

      @@sinless he did not. He now lives under an interstate overpass. He has no purpose in life and has realized life has no meaning. When he dies, he will be alone and nobody will miss him.
      Oh wait, that's me.

  • @lseul8812
    @lseul8812 3 года назад +2903

    “Everyone Understand?
    No one:
    “Ok! Great Moving on!”

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +51

      Haha

    • @soupalex
      @soupalex 3 года назад +71

      with my lecturers, they flip it:
      lecturer: "anybody have any problems with this?"
      everybody: [don't want to speak up, people will think i'm dumb]
      me: [is okay with exactly zero of what the lecturer just said but don't want to have them just say the exact same thing all over again]

    • @alisonlaett9625
      @alisonlaett9625 3 года назад +54

      @@soupalex I know what people don't realize is that you have to have a certain level of comprehension to even be able to formulate a question to ask in the first place.

    • @thundergod6503
      @thundergod6503 3 года назад +16

      @@alisonlaett9625 yeah, having a genuine problem takes time, coz you actually have to go over that shiz in your head first

    • @hj2479
      @hj2479 3 года назад +8

      If you don't speak up then we can't elaborate, we don't have mind-reading powers. A funny joke though really happens all the time when you teach. I think the best thing to do is ask, move on, and then repeat with smaller concepts until you are moving to an unrelated concept or activity so that you can open for a forum of questions on the general topic and all the smaller concepts that may have had some time to solidify in your students' minds and allowed them to formulate good questions.

  • @Laszlo_Panaflex
    @Laszlo_Panaflex 4 года назад +1255

    Abusive Calculus should be a class that everyone takes.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +39

      Haha yes

    • @guitarttimman
      @guitarttimman 4 года назад +14

      Multivariate can be a monster if you don't have a good foundation in analytic geometry.

    • @tylersagendorf1141
      @tylersagendorf1141 3 года назад +22

      @Laszlo Panaflez Did you mean “the regular multivariable calculus course that I took in college?”

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад

      Lol

    • @EveryTimeV2
      @EveryTimeV2 3 года назад

      Yeah it is an okay substitute for real predictive power and control.

  • @TheBorkLaser
    @TheBorkLaser 3 года назад +117

    The whole "you can figure it all out on your own time" hit harder than it should.
    I had some teachers that relied H E A V I L Y on that function :D

  • @George-ky2nv
    @George-ky2nv 3 года назад +151

    When Jeff Bezos decides he wants to be a math professor:

    • @simplym796
      @simplym796 3 года назад +6

      I just entered this video to see if I was the only one who thought that 😂

    • @simplym796
      @simplym796 3 года назад +2

      Well, the video is good.

  • @technoultimategaming2999
    @technoultimategaming2999 4 года назад +912

    *Comes in first day of University*
    Math teacher: We are already behind by 5 chapters, we need to come in Saturday and Sunday for a full day...

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +9

      Haha

    • @19Koty96
      @19Koty96 3 года назад +23

      no, they just skip the 5

    • @laman012
      @laman012 3 года назад +41

      @@19Koty96 and then put it on the final.

    • @19Koty96
      @19Koty96 3 года назад

      @@laman012 damn right

    • @malu8710
      @malu8710 3 года назад +3

      This is literally me today lmfao.

  • @VANTABL4CK
    @VANTABL4CK 4 года назад +1557

    "This is calculus 7"
    "Today we'll be doing some mathematics"

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +38

      hehe

    • @brennanherring9059
      @brennanherring9059 4 года назад +43

      What even is Calc 7? Is that like complex PDEs or something?

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +158

      It doesn't exist👍

    • @kylenason
      @kylenason 4 года назад +13

      The Math Sorcerer I was about to ask if it exists.

    • @TheDannytaz
      @TheDannytaz 4 года назад +218

      @@brennanherring9059 It's a conceptual class, not an algebraic one.

  • @robertwilsoniii2048
    @robertwilsoniii2048 2 года назад +35

    I love how you never actually do anything but talk, make mistakes and be unavailable for students 😂. Which is very accurate.

  • @colorx6030
    @colorx6030 3 года назад +38

    The way he holds the marker sure is fascinating.

    • @Tubeytime
      @Tubeytime 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yep, this guy teaches math...

  • @SirKi-ef5vw
    @SirKi-ef5vw 3 года назад +1511

    Prof: so this next theorem is the most important part of this entire course, make sure you really understand it.
    Also Prof: *erases the theorem 2 seconds after writing it down*

    • @sferrin2
      @sferrin2 3 года назад +79

      I have literally seen an instructor with an eraser in his left hand erasing what he'd just written with his right hand. I guess he was afraid the dry erase ink might dry. SMH.

    • @nickmagrick7702
      @nickmagrick7702 3 года назад +56

      YEAH WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THAT!!! I play video games regularly but I don't have the dexterity and reaction time to write all those fucking notes and weird symbols down before they start moving onto the next damn thing!

    • @itskittyme
      @itskittyme 9 месяцев назад +1

      i hate it when they ererase !!
      i was always a slow writer 😞

  • @Nite_coder
    @Nite_coder 3 года назад +873

    Didn't realize my calc 3 professor put his lectures on youtube.

  • @annieadri1
    @annieadri1 10 месяцев назад +5

    He really captures the feeling of a professor saying something so confidently, but you just can't wrap your head around it.

  • @StephenChapman
    @StephenChapman 9 месяцев назад +3

    You immediately won me over with the comedic pause into "dork", lol. Excellent video; I had quite a few healthy chortles.

  • @FPrimeHD1618
    @FPrimeHD1618 4 года назад +2591

    "It's a conceptual move, not an algebraic one" omfg lol

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +87

      LOL it is:)

    • @carcasapistacho
      @carcasapistacho 4 года назад +98

      That had me in tears. I'm sick of the sorcery they all do in calculus, it's so messed up

    • @TheDannytaz
      @TheDannytaz 4 года назад +5

      Aka being lazy

    • @TheDannytaz
      @TheDannytaz 4 года назад +13

      @@carcasapistacho it gives me anxiety on when I should do the same

    • @ematarkus4121
      @ematarkus4121 4 года назад +10

      when derivating on this 2d function, it does not matter at which height the resulting line is "started"... omg i think i understand the professor without studied math...

  • @whatsgoingon07
    @whatsgoingon07 3 года назад +2148

    Prof: “and the bottom score was 2% and we all know who that was”
    Student who scored 2%: 😎

  • @ihspan6892
    @ihspan6892 Год назад

    I go back to this video every now and then. It's brilliantly funny. I love it!

  • @goldenlamb777
    @goldenlamb777 2 года назад +27

    Calculus 2 was my favourite subject ! Calculating donuts 🍩 volume was amazing and the fact that I was in total understanding and in sync with the professor was so energizing for me .

  • @blackmesa232323
    @blackmesa232323 4 года назад +2747

    Me: Hey professor, when are your office hours? Professor: Sure, absolutely! 2:13 A.M to 3:01 A.M every other Wendsday when the moon is between waning and waxing gibbon, and Mercury is in retrograde.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +102

      hahahahahah

    • @sean9177
      @sean9177 4 года назад +17

      All my professors were just as easy to get a conference with. Nailed it. I'm only off work Tuesdays and Thursdays, no one seems to be in office then and I live in a different city then school (25min away)

    • @TobiBaronski
      @TobiBaronski 4 года назад +11

      That’s every prof tbh

    • @annakareninacamara6580
      @annakareninacamara6580 3 года назад +14

      You're lucky to have such an available teacher! Mine usually work only in leap years...

    • @Zero_Hour
      @Zero_Hour 3 года назад +19

      "Tell ya what, just shoot me an email and I'll get back to you as soon as possible aka in 3 weeks when you remind me about the email for the 9th time"

  • @ri-oj1ul
    @ri-oj1ul 4 года назад +1348

    I loved Calc 3.... my professor was a useless nightmare though...
    Student: Professor... how do you do question 23 on the homework assignment? Nobody in the class was able to get it right...
    Professor: Oh...23... well that is a variation of problem 74 on page 492
    Student: Yes, but what is the answer?
    Professor: You likely have to use the theorem in chapter 19 section 6
    Student: ... we tried that but that does not work...
    Professor: The theorem in section 6 states: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, does that answer your question?
    Student: Not really, can you go over the solution?
    Professor: Don't worry about it... it is beyond the scope of this class
    45 minutes later...
    Professor: The exam will include all of the material from the last homework set...
    Student: except #23?
    Professor: Class, pay special attention to number 23, it will be on the exam and worth 25 points.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +104

      LOL nuts!

    • @gabrielayala4900
      @gabrielayala4900 4 года назад +42

      Did you manage to solve question 23 though?

    • @guitarttimman
      @guitarttimman 4 года назад +42

      Multivariate is usually the most difficult one. The trick is in learn how to understand level curves and projections for the purpose of determining where your bounded axis variable is and then make the function simple in terms of that variable.

    • @ri-oj1ul
      @ri-oj1ul 4 года назад +30

      @@gabrielayala4900 yes, I never worked so hard for an A in my life.

    • @deybinmendoza5524
      @deybinmendoza5524 3 года назад +1

      @@ri-oj1ul 😂😂

  • @amandamoushabek3955
    @amandamoushabek3955 3 года назад

    Omg when you said this is left as an exercise for the reader. So relatable. This is my new favorite channel. I was laughing the whole video

  • @karakniss524
    @karakniss524 3 года назад +18

    the "if you really want to be ready, do all of the problems in the textbook" really got me lmao

  • @hitopsful
    @hitopsful 4 года назад +943

    The most annoying thing is how he holds that marker

    • @jamesking2439
      @jamesking2439 3 года назад +106

      I thought that was kinda impressive.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +51

      Thx

    • @pavankumar-ff9bo8zc5y
      @pavankumar-ff9bo8zc5y 3 года назад

      Lol.

    • @noray2840
      @noray2840 3 года назад +29

      what? i liked how he held his marker, esp useful as a professor who needs to write on the board while teaching

    • @phitsf5475
      @phitsf5475 3 года назад +2

      You hate things that work?

  • @joeyGalileoHotto
    @joeyGalileoHotto 3 года назад +740

    Prof: "I have 25+ years experience in this field of Mathematics and my research is in...."
    Also Prof: *doesn't know how to teach*

  • @harsh9023
    @harsh9023 8 месяцев назад

    Saved it to a playlist.
    Hope I relate to this some day.

  • @sahar1213
    @sahar1213 17 дней назад +1

    "If you really want to be ready, just do every problem in the book" that hit home

  • @meliodas4560
    @meliodas4560 3 года назад +448

    You forgot the "mandatory textbook that I wrote, 22nd edition". It's $300 and all the profit goes to me. Oh you have the 21st edition used from last year? Nope, you need to buy the 22nd edition because all the homework questions are different. Otherwise you can't do the homework and you fail. If you photocopy someone else's textbook I'll find out and you'll face academic suspension.

    • @meliodas4560
      @meliodas4560 3 года назад +14

      @Literature-Look I got around a lot of textbook expenses by doing group study homework sessions with classmates. Everyone bought one of the required textbooks for each of the five courses each semester, and then the five of us would do homework questions together. This also made it invaluable since if we got stuck on a hard question, we could immediately work through it together. We got called out for cheating numerous times, but the profs couldn't do anything about it since we all worked independently on most of the questions, and only had basically the "exact same answer" for the few hard questions that came up. This also only worked because my engineering program had a very strict course tree, we all took the same courses at the same time.

    • @jichanglin654
      @jichanglin654 Год назад +4

      @@meliodas4560 my school’s math department actually don’t want to scam math students at all lol. The textbooks we need are always available online with free PDF download. Meanwhile all the textbooks required by economics needs to be purchased…

    • @justadude8716
      @justadude8716 Год назад

      All my math textbooks were free pdf (written by prof even), but the physics…

  • @hughjazz4936
    @hughjazz4936 4 года назад +524

    Maths prof "So last time we discussed how 1+1 may or may not be 2, today we're gonna proove that the standart Brownian motion is alpha-Hölder continuous for every real and positiv alpha less than 1/2."
    Students "?!"
    Prof "Don't worry, it's trivial."

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +16

      Lol

    • @divisix024
      @divisix024 4 года назад +50

      Also "Here we assume 1+1=2, erm no, I'll phrase it differently, we assume 1+1 is not 0."

    • @Merlin1908
      @Merlin1908 3 года назад +3

      @@divisix024 An actually legitimate assumption at times, though usually phrased 'We're working in a field with characteristic not equal to 2.'

  • @tristanchristensen5963
    @tristanchristensen5963 3 года назад +18

    I never thought I'd miss graded homework until I took Calc 2

    • @fishfeeder8098
      @fishfeeder8098 3 года назад +2

      I just did my BC exam this morning and I wish that I'd had more incentive to do the homework as I was learning it. Probably would've done better.

  • @jacobmartinez4182
    @jacobmartinez4182 Год назад

    This channel is so great, he gives me so much ispiration for my math career. On that hes funny asf xD

  • @hayden3774
    @hayden3774 4 года назад +297

    "Okay wait, how did you do that?"
    "Practice."

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +5

      Haha

    • @abababa3542
      @abababa3542 3 года назад +4

      I’ve had a teacher say this
      ...”I wouldn’t have expected you guys to solve this because you would only know how to do this from experience”

    • @cricticalthinking4098
      @cricticalthinking4098 3 года назад +16

      @@abababa3542 Yep. "Once you do about a 1000 of these, you'll start to get them correct 4/5 of the time." He pauses. "I've done at least 10,000 of these."
      Poor guy.

    • @gavins9846
      @gavins9846 3 года назад +2

      EVERY TIME.

    • @waifu_enjoyer_zubo
      @waifu_enjoyer_zubo 3 года назад +1

      The prof. who says practice is the key, then evaluates their students with only one midterm exam, and a final exam that are worth 50 points each.
      And of course he gets to be called as a professor.

  • @kawrno5396
    @kawrno5396 4 года назад +171

    "The problem needs 10 important steps. I shall explain 1 step to you, the rest is like the example on your book."
    On book: 'The 10 steps are from 10 different theorems you studied two courses ago, so it is self explanatory.'

  • @222landon
    @222landon 3 года назад +1

    great work dude, this was great haha

  • @alexandraelenanegru1003
    @alexandraelenanegru1003 Год назад +3

    I will forever be grateful for the kind and gracious soul my calculus II professor has, she goes pretty fast but she would go over everything concept again if you were to ask and also integrated a revision of previous classes concepts so we're all on the same page; bless that woman :)

  • @DerangedAussieMan
    @DerangedAussieMan 4 года назад +248

    > "I'm using abusive notation here, don't write this on the exam."
    > Continues to teach nothing but abusive notation the entire semester, to prepare us for the exam

  • @Boxsteam
    @Boxsteam 4 года назад +370

    Lecture Examples: 1+1=2
    Homework: find the interval domain of this function without a calculator
    Exam: I want you to find the circumference of the sun via only using the Pythagoras theorem and use that answer divided by 22nd and 23rd digit of pi to then be used as the speed of a fighter jet traveling from Florida to Tennessee and use that total time to calculate approximately how many rounds of golf can be played in that time

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +13

      Lol!!!

    • @nikseptember317
      @nikseptember317 4 года назад +1

      YES!

    • @Henrix1998
      @Henrix1998 4 года назад +28

      4 379 000 000 m / 26 = 168 423 076,92308 m (note: this is not speed). The distance between Florida and Tennessee is 994 000 m or 16 943 971,521437 times less than the previous result. Treating the first result as m/s, the time would be 5,9018040649e−8 s. So, my final answer is 0. Now thinking about the question it is obviously 0 but of course you get no points just for the answer.

    • @kelvinchan2286
      @kelvinchan2286 4 года назад +1

      who'd use a calculator for “without a calculator“ problem?

    • @Bollibompa
      @Bollibompa 4 года назад

      @@Henrix1998
      Why would you answer a joke question seriously? Are you a tool?

  • @jimkeen7674
    @jimkeen7674 3 года назад +3

    That backhanded marker technique is clutch. I'll be practicing this.

  • @anushka826
    @anushka826 3 года назад

    the last matrix tho ...this video made my day ...keep up the good work cheers

  • @xostler
    @xostler 4 года назад +406

    1:35 “annnd we all know who that was.” *briefly looks at camera*
    Me: *sobs intensely from flashbacks*

  • @killking72
    @killking72 3 года назад +89

    This actually stressed me out so bad I almost had an anxiety attack

  • @Odijis
    @Odijis 3 года назад +1

    This hits home, in so many ways

  • @johnmariano1775
    @johnmariano1775 7 месяцев назад

    Okay you can tell this man is a professor or atleast a teacher. The way he writes on that board so effortlessly

  • @SmellsLikeHippo
    @SmellsLikeHippo 4 года назад +144

    "The proof is left as an exercise to the student" is one of my favorites. Also got "The Navier-Stokes equations are represented here as a matrix for your convenience" a couple semesters back.

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 3 года назад +417

    I remember some physics book that constantly used the word "obviously" in all its explanations - I swear I saw that word AT LEAST 10 times in one single course. I felt insulted by that, because I felt as if the book was assuming that absolutely everything was crystal clear right away, which of course it isn't.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 года назад +58

      yeah books love to do that lol

    • @Balfour.
      @Balfour. 3 года назад +32

      Vectorial Calculus by Marsden-Tromba.
      All freaking example exercises are simplified because the procedure "'is trivial". Dammit.

    • @paulzapodeanu9407
      @paulzapodeanu9407 3 года назад +49

      It took the brightest people that ever lived millenia to figure this out, so it should be obvious!

    • @Gaeisok
      @Gaeisok 3 года назад +2

      You probably read my physics book

    • @WayoftheFerret
      @WayoftheFerret 3 года назад +3

      This semester (the one that ended for me today, hooray) I had a professor who said, "This is not very hard." almost every...single...lecture...

  • @joshuastucky
    @joshuastucky 9 месяцев назад +3

    As a mathematics professor myself, I really enjoyed this. Very good caricature!

  • @crisprtalk6963
    @crisprtalk6963 3 года назад

    Love this guy!

  • @columbus8myhw
    @columbus8myhw 4 года назад +104

    My office hours are between 1:15 and 1:16 every other Friday the 13th

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +2

      Hahahahha

    • @lemon3rd800
      @lemon3rd800 3 года назад +8

      And half the time they'll be like: "Ah, geez, I've got an important appointment today, I'm sorry (not!!!). But you can see me when Saturn and Neptune align and the spirit of the holy Mary is visible on top of Mount Rushmore."

  • @1337strvids
    @1337strvids 4 года назад +156

    "Fill in the gaps" Annoying how true that is

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +5

      yeah I know!!

    • @ArchietDev
      @ArchietDev 4 года назад +3

      Is every maths teacher lazy? that they don't proceed on calculations not even a single time

    • @truebomba
      @truebomba 4 года назад +6

      @@ArchietDev It is quite time-consuming to prepare the full proofs and the lecture in general. Even when you master the ideas, making all the steps in a straightforward manner needs time and some memorization before the class. Writing the proof in the class with the student will take a lot of time and may cause confusion to a lot of students, the program of the semester is long and doesn't allow such a thing. So as teaching is not highly motivated in university by the system altogether in contrast to research, it leads eventually to this lazy attitude.

  • @ryanfitzpatrick6557
    @ryanfitzpatrick6557 2 года назад +2

    This deserves a sequel

  • @abdumalikfayziev7148
    @abdumalikfayziev7148 3 года назад

    You have a great sense of humor 😅

  • @nexovec
    @nexovec 4 года назад +127

    "what does that mean?"
    prof: *repeats the last sentence
    AAAAaaaahhhh!!!!!

  • @Taterzz
    @Taterzz 3 года назад +322

    "The proof is trivial and left as an exercise to the student (see problem 42)."
    you cannot fathom just how much i hate when a text book says that. i'm supposed to be learning and you leave out the crucial proof to show me how to get from A to B. good to see this scourge isn't just in physics courses.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 3 года назад +27

      Higher education is rife with such issues and then there's people wondering why students complain about our education system.

    • @absolutezero6190
      @absolutezero6190 3 года назад +6

      I have a calculus book that does that. It’s not too bad though because usually it’s in an “if and only if proof” where they prove one direction and leave you to prove the other direction

    • @elijahaustin7454
      @elijahaustin7454 3 года назад +5

      I mean, I only taught myself two calc textbooks, but in my limited experience, the proofs they don't bother to show you are really hard to wrap your head around, and wind up distracting me from whatever I was actually trying to learn. If just stating proofs was a good way to learn things, we would all just link each other to math papers to casually sift through and acquire all human knowledge...

    • @gayxor
      @gayxor 3 года назад

      good to see? what's wrong with you man, why would you be glad that *other people* also are hurt everyday by this unfortunate curse?

    • @Taterzz
      @Taterzz 3 года назад +2

      @@gayxor because it helps knowing others suffer as i had to, that i'm not alone.

  • @elleb751
    @elleb751 3 года назад +41

    In Linear Algebra: And we all remember this principle (that you haven't used since) from Calc 1, right?
    *furiously looks for notes taken by your little-lost-freshman self... in a bookbag... in a closet... in a trashcan.... at your moms house.

  • @JelloHamster
    @JelloHamster Год назад

    LOL love your videos!

  • @alextheskater
    @alextheskater 3 года назад +73

    "The bottom score was 2% and we all know who that was."
    *entire class looks at me*

  • @epalegmail
    @epalegmail 4 года назад +149

    0:25 let's change the order of integration
    *doesn't change the order of integration*

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 года назад +7

      Hahahahahhaahah

    • @guitarttimman
      @guitarttimman 4 года назад +6

      For four semesters straight, I was the dominating demon in my calculus classes. The other students: "Tim. Lighten up man. You're making that curve ridiculously difficult for us." LOL. They wanted to kill me.

  • @pencestreams9103
    @pencestreams9103 3 года назад

    Coming back to this after multivariable calc and everything makes so much sense now

  • @Slarti
    @Slarti 10 месяцев назад +2

    This reminded me of the first year of maths on my computer science degree in 1988 - it brought back all the horrified anxiety I felt at the time - thanks 🤣

  • @joshparks5575
    @joshparks5575 4 года назад +76

    I remember asking my calculus 2 Professor if we had a review for the final. She replied the entire semester has been your review.

  • @MarkMcDaniel
    @MarkMcDaniel 4 года назад +234

    You need to collaborate with Andrew Dotson on one of these, he's the best at them.

  • @abhisheksathe123
    @abhisheksathe123 3 года назад +1

    Just like a real math prof., Reading the question and directly giving the answer without thinking

  • @adecentdelinquent8986
    @adecentdelinquent8986 3 года назад +22

    This is gonna sound absurd but the way he explains things as a joke in this video makes sense than any math teacher who has ever taught me.

  • @pisspoorvision
    @pisspoorvision 3 года назад +38

    I used to watch this kind of videos and not understand what was on the board.
    Now that I actually know what's going on, I just have the biggest smile on my face while watching this :)

  • @zachchairez4568
    @zachchairez4568 4 года назад +34

    The space time continuum skit had me on the floor.

  • @innertuber4049
    @innertuber4049 10 месяцев назад

    I love how he seems to have a talent for just writing the wrong answer every single time

  • @raopsepol
    @raopsepol 3 года назад

    this really re-trigger my school ptsd

  • @joaqogc
    @joaqogc 4 года назад +38

    My Galois theory professor be like: the homework is a moral activity, 100% is the exams.

  • @aeroboi2862
    @aeroboi2862 4 года назад +68

    **integrates**
    **Ends the world**

  • @vincigates1321
    @vincigates1321 3 года назад +1

    You wildin man😭🤣❤

  • @ItsJustyceVids
    @ItsJustyceVids 2 года назад +1

    I remember commenting last year before my calc 2 final! Now I’m up to my differential equations final (Which is my last mathematics class because I’m in a science major)! Just wanted to say thank you for all of the math help from calc 2, calc 3, and differential equations because my professors love to throw some of the most difficult topic examples on exams, yet I have managed to ace all of those courses! Wish me luck for my final tomorrow!

  • @Zaya2499
    @Zaya2499 3 года назад +25

    Numberphile is really the antidote to this style of math class that we all have been subjected to where half of it was finding values without discussion the concepts themselves and why they are awesome. Math classes should be a story we can play with. great job reminding me of school lol.

  • @rock374
    @rock374 3 года назад +40

    The smoothness of the doodling makes me think that he knows what he is writing

  • @filiformis
    @filiformis 10 месяцев назад +2

    3:16 Thank goodness he clarified that we would be doing mathematics. I had previously believed that anything beyond calculus 6 you leave math and enter analytic philosophy.

  • @hazh9936
    @hazh9936 3 года назад +11

    This not about math specifically, but I love how in my Chemistry class the professor teaches concepts and then proceeds to make an exam/homework about math problems he didn’t teach us at all expecting us to magically solve them.

  • @sandrareynoso6789
    @sandrareynoso6789 4 года назад +22

    "If you really want to be prepared... do every single problem in the book...." 😳😳🙄🙄🤯🤯🤯

  • @tarmizi2005
    @tarmizi2005 4 года назад +96

    "in other words, the end of the world" XD

  • @wedomusic9451
    @wedomusic9451 8 месяцев назад

    Dude nailed the math prof look

  • @ykkrasaoz9748
    @ykkrasaoz9748 4 года назад +17

    "it's a conceptual move, not an algebraic one"
    Smooth

  • @SyberMath
    @SyberMath 4 года назад +3

    You are a great professor! I love your sense of humor.

  • @jorgedominguez496
    @jorgedominguez496 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hilarious. Brought back some memories for sure lol

  • @nuggrcrunch
    @nuggrcrunch 5 месяцев назад

    Man this gave me a serious laugh when I really wasn't expecting it

  • @dayneg337
    @dayneg337 4 года назад +92

    It’s so accurate, you’d think these are over exaggerations, but they’re not

  • @claireelizabeth2057
    @claireelizabeth2057 4 года назад +25

    Me: Can you please clarify this for me? Prof: It's in your notes.

  • @carultch
    @carultch Год назад +4

    1:05:
    I can suggest a real world significance of the quadruple integral.
    Thermal energy. Given a region of space containing a material with a known temperature distribution that is not uniform. It also has a specific heat capacity that significantly varies with temperature. Integrating across this region of space, and from a reference temperature to the temperature at each point within the body, will tell you the total thermal energy of the body.

  • @jackieclaps5575
    @jackieclaps5575 2 года назад +1

    “We end up with the space time continuum and the end of the world”
    I understand now.

  • @privateprivate6459
    @privateprivate6459 3 года назад +57

    Lol it’s so funny because it’s relatable. I liked how you portrayed the unrealistic expectations of professors even if it was a bit exaggerated. The quad integral joke also made my inner nerd laugh.