
Originally Posted by
DrRocket

Originally Posted by
William McCormick
Hey don't feel bad, I do not even know what a polynomial is, but I don't want to know.
Sincerely,
William McCormick
I cannot imagine a more revealing statement in a mathematics forum.
I can make or build almost anything on earth, and almost have. Ha-ha.
But I have yet to hear of these polynomials as such.
I have found that whenever I hear of something that is not easily understood. Or lack of its knowledge is "so revealing".
That when I do get to the bottom of it. It either has no use in the real world. Or is in use already under other much simpler terms. Or its actual term used in industry is something comically simple.
And you know in a real math forum, if there is something great. Someone is instantly happy to share it. Not try to puff it up or make it bigger then what it is.
I had hit on this subject already, and I was directed to Wikapedia. Not to put down the intended purpose of Wikapedia. However they are often far to deep and do not properly put the worth of the information in proper perspective. And usually omit the simple information needed to understand it.
Like I said there is nothing I cannot build, so why would I want to know what it is? If it is all this complicated?
Math is not about math. Math is about applying math to real things in real life, to make them better. Usually in a math forum the members cannot do that. Math is not supposed to be a distraction from real life. That often kills people. Sudoku is an honest distraction from life using math.
If you said to me "Bill tomorrow I am going to be rolling an offset in a none transition elbow, and someone was saying that I had to roll it like a frustum".
And I said that is very revealing. I would go and hang up.
I would just say it is not a big deal, it just gets rolled along its center. That you line up perpendicular to the roller. And that would be it.
Or you would ask another question. That would probably be my fault, that you had to ask it. Because I had not relayed simple information to you, the beginner or novice. That I should be able to relay with brevity and simplicity, if I am any good.
There are some that would give you miles of confusing information. Or direct you to information that I cannot even understand. And I successfully make them all the time.
So it is revealing actually.
Sincerely,
William McCormick