Math Professors Be Like

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  • @classic8054
    @classic8054 4 роки тому +14606

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +845

      Hahahahahahaha love that so funny!!!!!

    • @kummer45
      @kummer45 4 роки тому +280

      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 4 роки тому +227

      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 4 роки тому +59

      It is easy to see his notes.

    • @nine_tang_two
      @nine_tang_two 4 роки тому +38

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

  • @Gordonias
    @Gordonias 4 роки тому +5104

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +226

      Haha

    • @apocalypticalkitty1
      @apocalypticalkitty1 4 роки тому +65

      This is right on the money

    • @sadface7457
      @sadface7457 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +160

      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 роки тому +4

      Question and suggestion particles just add extra clarity tbh.

  • @Ryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
    @Ryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 4 роки тому +9712

    “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”

  • @rodzila8314
    @rodzila8314 3 роки тому +1606

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 роки тому +64

      Lol

    • @dontknow709
      @dontknow709 3 роки тому +15

      Yes it just hurts

    • @zuesr3277
      @zuesr3277 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +8

      "Why didn't you pay attention!?"

    • @mathoresque2445
      @mathoresque2445 3 роки тому +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)

  • @ClemensAlive
    @ClemensAlive 3 роки тому +1727

    This whole video is trivial

    • @ZenoDovahkiin
      @ZenoDovahkiin 3 роки тому +23

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

    • @cavejohnson982
      @cavejohnson982 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @fabiano9395
      @fabiano9395 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @ulle3781
      @ulle3781 Рік тому +2

      Same in Germany, everything ist trivial

    • @therealteam1073
      @therealteam1073 Рік тому +3

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

  • @ampmjuku
    @ampmjuku 5 років тому +5079

    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  5 років тому +212

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

    • @sean9177
      @sean9177 4 роки тому +3

      @Mariah&WhitneyLamb lol

    • @agardy6679
      @agardy6679 4 роки тому +44

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

    • @Manuel-pd9kf
      @Manuel-pd9kf 4 роки тому +2

      @@medielijah ur cringe

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +5

      Hahahahaha

  • @Bekathepirate
    @Bekathepirate 4 роки тому +3842

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +97

      Lol

    • @inigo8740
      @inigo8740 3 роки тому +57

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

    • @FrogEnjoyer17
      @FrogEnjoyer17 Рік тому +4

      Most of my profs do this

    • @Fleato
      @Fleato Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

  • @mayankmathur3257
    @mayankmathur3257 4 роки тому +8080

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

  • @ThefamousMrcroissant
    @ThefamousMrcroissant 3 роки тому +283

    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 роки тому +3

      Same

    • @klb-og7cp
      @klb-og7cp Рік тому +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 Рік тому +2

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

  • @phitsf5475
    @phitsf5475 3 роки тому +680

    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 Рік тому +1

      If only it were a legitimate move 😢

    • @Kimbie
      @Kimbie 7 місяців тому

      "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."

  • @ZyTelevan
    @ZyTelevan 4 роки тому +5231

    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  4 роки тому +576

      Hahahahahaha yeah

    • @fuomag9
      @fuomag9 4 роки тому +266

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

    • @timothyaugustine7093
      @timothyaugustine7093 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +133

      That was extremely irritating.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 4 роки тому +41

      This comment gave me PTSD flashbacks

  • @ButiLao44
    @ButiLao44 4 роки тому +3568

    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 роки тому +155

      Lol

    • @dewman7477
      @dewman7477 4 роки тому +5

      Lol

    • @BlijVrouw
      @BlijVrouw 4 роки тому +58

      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 роки тому +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 роки тому +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.

  • @blackmesa232323
    @blackmesa232323 5 років тому +2754

    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  5 років тому +104

      hahahahahah

    • @sean9177
      @sean9177 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +12

      That’s every prof tbh

    • @annakareninacamara6580
      @annakareninacamara6580 4 роки тому +14

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

    • @Zero_Hour
      @Zero_Hour 4 роки тому +20

      "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"

  • @stephen6691
    @stephen6691 3 роки тому +1521

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  3 роки тому +63

      haha

    • @The666Ozz
      @The666Ozz Рік тому +10

      obviously

    • @Ten2378
      @Ten2378 Рік тому +19

      Thank u stephen

    • @EeveeTheQueen
      @EeveeTheQueen Рік тому +24

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

    • @flastable9842
      @flastable9842 Рік тому +23

      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.

  • @ddognine
    @ddognine Рік тому +60

    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.

  • @Laszlo_Panaflex
    @Laszlo_Panaflex 4 роки тому +1267

    Abusive Calculus should be a class that everyone takes.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +39

      Haha yes

    • @guitarttimman
      @guitarttimman 4 роки тому +14

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

    • @tylersagendorf1141
      @tylersagendorf1141 4 роки тому +22

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @EveryTimeV2
      @EveryTimeV2 3 роки тому

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

  • @lseul8812
    @lseul8812 4 роки тому +2907

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +52

      Haha

    • @soupalex
      @soupalex 4 роки тому +73

      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 роки тому +55

      @@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 роки тому +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 роки тому +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.

  • @SirKi-ef5vw
    @SirKi-ef5vw 4 роки тому +1508

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +54

      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 Рік тому +1

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

  • @johndoh1000
    @johndoh1000 Рік тому +84

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

  • @aidangarvey7049
    @aidangarvey7049 3 роки тому +217

    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 Рік тому +7

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

    • @KaisarReinhard
      @KaisarReinhard Рік тому

      @@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 Рік тому +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.

  • @VANTABL4CK
    @VANTABL4CK 4 роки тому +1556

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +38

      hehe

    • @jorandax9059
      @jorandax9059 4 роки тому +43

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +158

      It doesn't exist👍

    • @kylenason
      @kylenason 4 роки тому +13

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

    • @TheDannytaz
      @TheDannytaz 4 роки тому +218

      @@jorandax9059 It's a conceptual class, not an algebraic one.

  • @technoultimategaming2999
    @technoultimategaming2999 4 роки тому +913

    *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 роки тому +9

      Haha

    • @19Koty96
      @19Koty96 4 роки тому +22

      no, they just skip the 5

    • @laman012
      @laman012 4 роки тому +40

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

    • @19Koty96
      @19Koty96 4 роки тому

      @@laman012 damn right

    • @malu8710
      @malu8710 4 роки тому +3

      This is literally me today lmfao.

  • @FPrimeHD1618
    @FPrimeHD1618 5 років тому +2588

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  5 років тому +87

      LOL it is:)

    • @carcasapistacho
      @carcasapistacho 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +5

      Aka being lazy

    • @TheDannytaz
      @TheDannytaz 4 роки тому +13

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

    • @ematarkus4121
      @ematarkus4121 4 роки тому +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...

  • @George-ky2nv
    @George-ky2nv 3 роки тому +153

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

    • @simplym796
      @simplym796 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @simplym796
      @simplym796 3 роки тому +2

      Well, the video is good.

  • @TheBorkLaser
    @TheBorkLaser 3 роки тому +121

    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

  • @ri-oj1ul
    @ri-oj1ul 5 років тому +1354

    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  5 років тому +104

      LOL nuts!

    • @gabrielayala4900
      @gabrielayala4900 4 роки тому +42

      Did you manage to solve question 23 though?

    • @guitarttimman
      @guitarttimman 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +30

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

    • @deybinmendoza5524
      @deybinmendoza5524 4 роки тому +1

      @@ri-oj1ul 😂😂

  • @Nite_coder
    @Nite_coder 4 роки тому +869

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

  • @Boxsteam
    @Boxsteam 4 роки тому +374

    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 роки тому +13

      Lol!!!

    • @nikseptember317
      @nikseptember317 4 роки тому +1

      YES!

    • @Henrix1998
      @Henrix1998 4 роки тому +30

      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 роки тому +1

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

    • @Bollibompa
      @Bollibompa 4 роки тому

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

  • @karakniss524
    @karakniss524 3 роки тому +19

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

  • @filiformis
    @filiformis Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @meliodas4560
    @meliodas4560 4 роки тому +450

    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 роки тому +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.

    • @Karlleagueoflegends
      @Karlleagueoflegends 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому

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

  • @joeyGalileoHotto
    @joeyGalileoHotto 4 роки тому +739

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

  • @whatsgoingon07
    @whatsgoingon07 4 роки тому +2151

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

  • @StephenChapman
    @StephenChapman Рік тому +3

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

  • @vengeanceseville
    @vengeanceseville 10 місяців тому +3

    "And if you really want to be ready, just do every problem in the book." - Professor Dork,
    died laughing

  • @hitopsful
    @hitopsful 4 роки тому +943

    The most annoying thing is how he holds that marker

    • @jamesking2439
      @jamesking2439 4 роки тому +106

      I thought that was kinda impressive.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +50

      Thx

    • @pavankumar-ff9bo8zc5y
      @pavankumar-ff9bo8zc5y 4 роки тому

      Lol.

    • @noray2840
      @noray2840 4 роки тому +28

      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 роки тому +2

      You hate things that work?

  • @kawrno5396
    @kawrno5396 4 роки тому +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.'

  • @xostler
    @xostler 4 роки тому +409

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

  • @laurlore11
    @laurlore11 11 місяців тому +3

    Prof: "Anyone have questions?"
    Students: still frantically trying to copy everything on the board
    Prof: "Good, no questions? Moving on", erases the whole board

  • @rdhrtj3943
    @rdhrtj3943 Рік тому +2

    We had one math exam in high school and our math teacher told us, when she was asked what topics where important for the exam, that everything between the pages 29 and 229 will be relevant for our exam.

  • @hughjazz4936
    @hughjazz4936 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +16

      Lol

    • @divisix024
      @divisix024 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

  • @hayden3774
    @hayden3774 4 роки тому +296

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +5

      Haha

    • @abababa3542
      @abababa3542 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

      EVERY TIME.

    • @waifu_enjoyer_zubo
      @waifu_enjoyer_zubo 3 роки тому +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.

  • @annieadri1
    @annieadri1 Рік тому +6

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

  • @carultch
    @carultch Рік тому +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.

  • @DerangedAussieMan
    @DerangedAussieMan 4 роки тому +249

    > "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

  • @nexovec
    @nexovec 4 роки тому +126

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

  • @vedgsesh
    @vedgsesh 5 років тому +157

    "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.

  • @goldenlamb777
    @goldenlamb777 3 роки тому +28

    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 .

  • @robertwilsoniii2048
    @robertwilsoniii2048 3 роки тому +36

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

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 4 роки тому +416

    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  4 роки тому +58

      yeah books love to do that lol

    • @Balfour.
      @Balfour. 4 роки тому +32

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

    • @paulzapodeanu9407
      @paulzapodeanu9407 3 роки тому +49

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

    • @NegativeAccelerate
      @NegativeAccelerate 3 роки тому +2

      You probably read my physics book

    • @WayoftheFerret
      @WayoftheFerret 3 роки тому +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...

  • @columbus8myhw
    @columbus8myhw 4 роки тому +106

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

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +2

      Hahahahha

    • @lemon3rd800
      @lemon3rd800 4 роки тому +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."

  • @Taterzz
    @Taterzz 4 роки тому +320

    "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 4 роки тому +27

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

    • @absolutezero6190
      @absolutezero6190 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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...

    • @erentar2002
      @erentar2002 3 роки тому

      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 роки тому +2

      @@erentar2002 because it helps knowing others suffer as i had to, that i'm not alone.

  • @Kristielina
    @Kristielina 4 місяці тому +1

    I have no idea what's on the whiteboard but this is relatable. Usually, teachers and professors don't go in-depth with the material.

  • @colorx6030
    @colorx6030 3 роки тому +38

    The way he holds the marker sure is fascinating.

    • @Tubeytime
      @Tubeytime Рік тому +3

      Yep, this guy teaches math...

  • @1337strvids
    @1337strvids 4 роки тому +156

    "Fill in the gaps" Annoying how true that is

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +5

      yeah I know!!

    • @ArchietDev
      @ArchietDev 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @truebomba
      @truebomba 4 роки тому +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.

  • @MarkMcDaniel
    @MarkMcDaniel 5 років тому +232

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

  • @aeroboi2862
    @aeroboi2862 4 роки тому +68

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

  • @alexandraelenanegru1003
    @alexandraelenanegru1003 2 роки тому +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 :)

  • @amandamoushabek3955
    @amandamoushabek3955 3 роки тому

    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

  • @Zaya2499
    @Zaya2499 4 роки тому +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.

  • @zachchairez4568
    @zachchairez4568 4 роки тому +34

    The space time continuum skit had me on the floor.

  • @alextheskater
    @alextheskater 4 роки тому +72

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

  • @Chr1stColomb
    @Chr1stColomb Рік тому +4

    Didn't know that Jeff Bezos was a Math teacher before losing his hair.

  • @SaidThoughts
    @SaidThoughts Рік тому +2

    This is how class felt for me

  • @TheMattg345
    @TheMattg345 4 роки тому +375

    more like
    exams: 59%
    final: 39%
    assignments: 2%*
    *2 or more incomplete assignments will result in a course failure

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +9

      Lol!!

    • @charimuvilla8693
      @charimuvilla8693 4 роки тому +17

      Where I live it's just 100% finals :(

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +5

      Lol insane

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +2

      Where do you live?

    • @charimuvilla8693
      @charimuvilla8693 4 роки тому +14

      @@TheMathSorcerer Greece. You do get free university after some challenging exams but it's pretty bad. You go to 200-people lectures, sometimes sitting on the stairs, most of the teachers won't even give you homework and after all that you go to the finals. It's a pretty strong degree but you end up wasting +2 years on average just because you need to learn stuff on your own and answer your own questions.

  • @joshparks5575
    @joshparks5575 4 роки тому +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.

  • @rock374
    @rock374 4 роки тому +40

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

  • @222landon
    @222landon 3 роки тому +1

    great work dude, this was great haha

  • @joshuastucky
    @joshuastucky Рік тому +3

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

  • @joaqogc
    @joaqogc 4 роки тому +38

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

  • @privateprivate6459
    @privateprivate6459 4 роки тому +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.

  • @ykkrasaoz9748
    @ykkrasaoz9748 4 роки тому +17

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

  • @tristanchristensen5963
    @tristanchristensen5963 3 роки тому +18

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

    • @fishfeeder8098
      @fishfeeder8098 3 роки тому +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.

  • @BradleyG01
    @BradleyG01 Рік тому +4

    "If you have any questions, I will be in my office 2 weeks from Monday"
    That line killed me

  • @claireelizabeth2057
    @claireelizabeth2057 5 років тому +25

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

  • @dayneg337
    @dayneg337 4 роки тому +92

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

  • @lawliet2263
    @lawliet2263 4 роки тому +16

    3:33 get rid of the square root, hahahahaha if i wrote that in my exam, my teacher would get a stroke lmao

  • @jimkeen7674
    @jimkeen7674 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @serhiozdvk3261
    @serhiozdvk3261 12 днів тому +1

    1:09, its not a joke, in my first year of university, at finally exam of calculus firstly we had a proper exam where we had to solve problems, and after that in the end 5 minutes test of theoretical knowledge. We had just to write words in the gaps but it was just 5 minutes, i need 5 minutes to just remember a correct word.

  • @camwizemusic2802
    @camwizemusic2802 4 роки тому +18

    The bit at 3:27 about the square root is incredibly well done and relatable🤣🤣. "It's a conceptual move...not an algebraic one" - I can picture my undergrad Analysis professor saying and doing something like this and the portion with the inequality haha half of the time he ran through proofs we just went with it and then the converse was left to us as an exercise since it was "free lunch". Really enjoyed this video - great job 👍

  • @williamserrano9035
    @williamserrano9035 5 років тому +25

    I will use this when I become a teacher: "Hello class and welcome to Calculus 7......"

  • @Aio-Project
    @Aio-Project 4 роки тому +8

    2:05 *almost writes whole word examination, leaves the dot of the i and covers it with an open parenthesis*

  • @algebra8stats
    @algebra8stats 5 місяців тому +1

    Hahaha. This video made my day!!

  • @Moloch6666
    @Moloch6666 3 роки тому +6

    im taking a break and looking at something entertaining, but my parents don't know just by looking at my screen when they pass by

  • @steijnvanb4634
    @steijnvanb4634 4 роки тому +12

    one you may not have in america but in a lot of other countries, the professors alternate between the native language and English quite a lot which leads to confusing sentences

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +2

      haha wow very interesting

    • @loleroler1510
      @loleroler1510 4 роки тому

      Yep got a russian prof teaching physics with broken, barely understandable english on my university in germany

  • @bongwater3183
    @bongwater3183 4 роки тому +5

    Perfectly encompasses my pain in math. Great video

  • @kirillsleptsov1680
    @kirillsleptsov1680 4 роки тому +5

    i learnt so much from this lesson, those quadruples integrals are just brilliant

  • @shubhamwahal2662
    @shubhamwahal2662 2 роки тому +2

    Prof : dy/dx is just a notation and not a fraction
    Differential equations : hold my solution 💀

  • @sahar1213
    @sahar1213 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Carnezz
    @Carnezz 4 роки тому +16

    "If you really want to be prepared just practice every problem in the book" Actually how it is sometimes lol

  • @belowtwenty
    @belowtwenty 4 роки тому +7

    This was way too real. I've been out of university for 7 years and this gave me all sorts of flashbacks.

  • @FrostyNeavus
    @FrostyNeavus 4 роки тому +111

    The more you understand Calculus, the funnier this video become.

    • @TheMathSorcerer
      @TheMathSorcerer  4 роки тому +5

      Hehe

    • @nevermind2.09
      @nevermind2.09 Рік тому

      this is very true. About six months ago while i was nearly done with high school calculus I saw this video and didn't understand most of the math in it. Now as a first year engineering student, I laughed even harder cuz my teacher has so many of these same quirks whilst teaching these exact topics

  • @anushka826
    @anushka826 3 роки тому

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

  • @adecentdelinquent8986
    @adecentdelinquent8986 3 роки тому +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.

  • @sandrareynoso6789
    @sandrareynoso6789 4 роки тому +22

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

  • @kyoai
    @kyoai 4 роки тому +6

    My favourite from one of my algebra professors : "Welcome to Linear Algebra 1. Here you will learn the basics about vector- and matrix calculations. You should already know from school how vectors and matrices work, so we'll skip that trivial stuff and jump right into the advanced topics."

  • @pipinanaC8
    @pipinanaC8 4 роки тому +15

    Truer words have yet to be spoken. I have taken 6 math classes so far in college, so this is waaay too accurate. 😂

  • @blakemaths2469
    @blakemaths2469 3 роки тому +1

    "Any questions? ... no? guess everyone understands then"

  • @remy7406
    @remy7406 3 роки тому +1

    You forgot the one where the professor appears on time during a storm when half of the class is absent, anyways great video as always!!

  • @Dyllon2012
    @Dyllon2012 4 роки тому +21

    Plot twist: the book is the art of computer programming and many of the exercises are unsolved research questions.