The lady you mentioned probably _insisted_ that the answer was zero and that was her doom. I'm sure she was given every opportunity to reconsider; I doubt these committees are out to fail people. Get some rest and good luck. You're prepared and used to giving presentations since you teach.
I can totally see myself in the tragic story about the woman who failed her candidacy. Brain farts will be the end of me. Anyway, I hope the presentation went well!
Good luck! I got my Ph.D. a couple years ago but I’ll say, unless your committee is overly hardcore and won’t except too much, I made a couple mistakes during my candidacy exam but overall I passed. Just do your best through the questioning but they’re really there to see if you can problem solve well, handle difficult situations, and ensure you’re making strides into being an expert.
good luck dude! I'm sure you'll do great, as you said it's rare to get this far without having what it takes to pass. Hope you can get some sleep tonight!
This is a lot different than my oral exam in chemistry. There were 2 parts to present, my research and an original research proposal. No notes, and they basically could ask anything. The committee was 4 from the department and one from outside, which we got to choose. It was horribly stressful. I slept for a week after I passed. Also, it wasn’t a forgone conclusion that you would pass. People did not pass and got one other chance. I passed the first time. Whew. 😅 This is too late but good luck!
When I did mine in electrical and computer engineering...you knew you would "pass" but the committee did their due diligence to challenge me and I felt like I didn't pass. I realized it was better to just admit that I didn't know something rather than try to make up an answer on the spot. If you have sufficient content in your presentation, any questions you will get will be minimal.
Good luck! I think you'll be fine. It is in the interest of the school that you pass. I'm certain they have to justify to their funders why they have to fail people at PhD level (as it is seen as a waste of money). They shouldn't be making it super difficult.
Hey Struggling grad student, I recently got accepted into the PhD program at your university. I am visiting next Wednesday and wanted to see if it was possible to pick your brain on the program if you’re free.
Or e^4 like expected. Hard to believe a PhD student didnt know that, when the definition of e is introduced in like the third chapter of Rudin(undergrad).
I cant understand how people in the us graduate without knowing euler limit, or even being a masters student without caring about going through the basics
Also no offense to the creator, he makes very good videos, but some of the topics he covers (like questions he deals with) are so very much undergrad, it seems odd to me sometimes
@@einbatixx4874 When you study something in great detail over many years, you can forget the proofs or details of some "basic" things that undergrads regularly learn. Forgetting one of the definitions of 'e' is not some terrible crime. Especially when you have to recall it during a verbal exam when you don't use that definition of 'e' very often. It would be very easy for this channel's creator to make every video a lot more difficult for you to follow, and to only consider the hardest problems they know instead of the easiest. As for the comment about education in the US - I would love to know what country you think has a comparable research output to the United States.
@@normancraytor6749 I still disagree with you on the first paragraph. It is true one might forget basic definitions, but there is a limit to it. Especially since 0 makes no sense more so. I guess you are right about the second paragraph. I was definitely too harsh. However I still find it interesting, but whatever. On research output one shouldn't forget on the other hand, that the US has the biggest budget by far and is an enormous country to be fair.
Are you sure she said the answer was 0 and not 1? 0 is completely unreasonable, but I could see someone saying it is 1, which is still a pretty elementary mistake but more likely.
Both are pretty absurd claims, but a none math student would easily see that its bounded below by 1 and possibly mistake the limit for being 1. I just find it kind of ridiculous that a math grad student doesnt recognize e(the limit is e^4 btw).
The lady you mentioned probably _insisted_ that the answer was zero and that was her doom. I'm sure she was given every opportunity to reconsider; I doubt these committees are out to fail people. Get some rest and good luck. You're prepared and used to giving presentations since you teach.
I can totally see myself in the tragic story about the woman who failed her candidacy. Brain farts will be the end of me. Anyway, I hope the presentation went well!
Good luck! I got my Ph.D. a couple years ago but I’ll say, unless your committee is overly hardcore and won’t except too much, I made a couple mistakes during my candidacy exam but overall I passed. Just do your best through the questioning but they’re really there to see if you can problem solve well, handle difficult situations, and ensure you’re making strides into being an expert.
Being nervous is good sometimes, it makes you vigilant. For sure it will turn out all good, best wishes and luck!
good luck dude! I'm sure you'll do great, as you said it's rare to get this far without having what it takes to pass. Hope you can get some sleep tonight!
Go get it man, you totally deserve it. I hope you got some rest to get into your grooves.
This is a lot different than my oral exam in chemistry. There were 2 parts to present, my research and an original research proposal. No notes, and they basically could ask anything. The committee was 4 from the department and one from outside, which we got to choose. It was horribly stressful. I slept for a week after I passed. Also, it wasn’t a forgone conclusion that you would pass. People did not pass and got one other chance. I passed the first time. Whew. 😅
This is too late but good luck!
goodluck, been following your journey here on UA-cam since the start. Best wishes.
When I did mine in electrical and computer engineering...you knew you would "pass" but the committee did their due diligence to challenge me and I felt like I didn't pass. I realized it was better to just admit that I didn't know something rather than try to make up an answer on the spot. If you have sufficient content in your presentation, any questions you will get will be minimal.
Good luck! I think you'll be fine. It is in the interest of the school that you pass. I'm certain they have to justify to their funders why they have to fail people at PhD level (as it is seen as a waste of money). They shouldn't be making it super difficult.
You got it man, wish you all the best!!
Hey Struggling grad student, I recently got accepted into the PhD program at your university. I am visiting next Wednesday and wanted to see if it was possible to pick your brain on the program if you’re free.
Congratulations and good luck!
You do sound nervous, hope it went well❤
He's prolly sleeping rn
We are all with you ☺️
Good luck spot! You"ll be fine!
Good luck man! Let us know how it goes
It seems that the sequence converges to approximately 54.59815.
Good luck with the candidacy exam-you’ll do great!
e^4 to be exact (i think)
Or e^4 like expected. Hard to believe a PhD student didnt know that, when the definition of e is introduced in like the third chapter of Rudin(undergrad).
@oresthavrylenko5171 It is indeed. e is (1+1/n)^n as n goes to infinity, so we can easily generalise e^k.
Hope all went well!
I can understand, I went into a pair of wild goose chases before finding a fruitful project for my PhD
good luck man keep us updated
Good luck brother
Thank you for posting under trying times. Good luck.
Good luck ^ - ^
sending all the best luck!
THE SUCCESSION SIMPLY CONVERGES TO e^4 !!!
Indeed
does it actually?
@alexzhukovsky8361 Indeed it does, e= the limit as n goes to infinity of (1+1/n)^n and using this we can easily generalize to e^k.
Best of luck!
Good luck and congratulations
Good luck 🤞🏽
best of luck with the presentation
Good luck man
best of luck!
Dude, need an update. People are waiting.
People shd be writing on tablets that use HDMI display on a large 4K monitor
good luck on the lecture
you have a champion mentality
The random lady watching this: 👁👄👁
Hope you do well
Good luck.
Have a good luck ;)
Can you tell us what will you present ?
I hate to hear you so down and frustrated. We all know you are prepared and ready for this challenge.
You got this !!
Good luck
4:39 if one really says that at that stage, they might really deserve to fail ngl
I cant understand how people in the us graduate without knowing euler limit, or even being a masters student without caring about going through the basics
what country are you from
Also no offense to the creator, he makes very good videos, but some of the topics he covers (like questions he deals with) are so very much undergrad, it seems odd to me sometimes
That limit could definitely be found by an undergrad e is defined(as a limit) in like chapter 3 of baby rudin.
@@einbatixx4874 When you study something in great detail over many years, you can forget the proofs or details of some "basic" things that undergrads regularly learn. Forgetting one of the definitions of 'e' is not some terrible crime. Especially when you have to recall it during a verbal exam when you don't use that definition of 'e' very often.
It would be very easy for this channel's creator to make every video a lot more difficult for you to follow, and to only consider the hardest problems they know instead of the easiest. As for the comment about education in the US - I would love to know what country you think has a comparable research output to the United States.
@@normancraytor6749 I still disagree with you on the first paragraph. It is true one might forget basic definitions, but there is a limit to it. Especially since 0 makes no sense more so.
I guess you are right about the second paragraph. I was definitely too harsh. However I still find it interesting, but whatever.
On research output one shouldn't forget on the other hand, that the US has the biggest budget by far and is an enormous country to be fair.
Good Luck
Wow…the answer is exp(4). Maybe she was just nervous like you said.
You got this!
You can do itttt
believe in yourself and trust that your advisors won't steer you wrong, if they are at all competent
e^4
Good morning
Aaand?
Are you sure she said the answer was 0 and not 1? 0 is completely unreasonable, but I could see someone saying it is 1, which is still a pretty elementary mistake but more likely.
It is 1. e^0= 1.
@@Airops-td4qs It’s e^4.
(1 + 1/n)^4n = ((1 + 1/n)^n)^4 = e^4 as n tends to infinity
@@Airops-td4qs it's e^4 actually
@@Airops-td4qs No it is not. It doesnt go to e^0.
Its hard to believe a grad student in mathematics wouldnt recognize the definition of e.
Dude you're cooked
I can MAYBE understand she said it tends to 1, but 0? 🫠
Both are pretty absurd claims, but a none math student would easily see that its bounded below by 1 and possibly mistake the limit for being 1. I just find it kind of ridiculous that a math grad student doesnt recognize e(the limit is e^4 btw).
@@dewah7775 yeah I thought like wtf when I saw this