Lessons learned from grad school
Just a sample of the more interesting bits of wisdom I have acquired at grad school.
1. Always make minus sign errors in even multiples per term.
2. When in doubt, Taylor-expand it.
3. Any assignment that takes less than fifteen sheets of paper is short (nothing counts as record-breaking unless it is over twenty-five).
4. If the problem includes the phrases "near" or "far from," Taylor-expand it.
5. Professors and students do not often speak the same language.
6. If the problem includes roots in the denominator, Taylor-expand it.
7. Never do your own work if you can steal the book's work, your earlier work, or a mathematician's (hence the prominence of linear superposition applications).
8. If you're stuck, Taylor-expand it.
1. Always make minus sign errors in even multiples per term.
2. When in doubt, Taylor-expand it.
3. Any assignment that takes less than fifteen sheets of paper is short (nothing counts as record-breaking unless it is over twenty-five).
4. If the problem includes the phrases "near" or "far from," Taylor-expand it.
5. Professors and students do not often speak the same language.
6. If the problem includes roots in the denominator, Taylor-expand it.
7. Never do your own work if you can steal the book's work, your earlier work, or a mathematician's (hence the prominence of linear superposition applications).
8. If you're stuck, Taylor-expand it.