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- Nov 07, 2020
Differential Quotes
Equations, height gaps, and imperfect predictions
Partial differential equations anchor this set — one voice calls them their real passion over computers, another jokes about a cookbook built entirely around them.
- Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schroedinger and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two apparently dissimilar approaches were proved to be mathematically equivalent.
- Equations
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tom and I didn't have a problem with the height differential but Paramount did, so we tried to hide it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It must be admitted that science has its castes. The man whose chief apparatus is the differential equation looks down upon one who uses a galvanometer, and he in turn upon those who putter about with sticky and smelly things in test tubes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.
- Graduate Student
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became an atheist because, as a graduate student studying quantum physics, life seemed to be reducible to second-order differential equations. Mathematics, chemistry and physics had it all. And I didn't see any need to go beyond that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a three hour differential in performances because the sponsor insisted it be done live for California. You would go on at 8 pm in New York but you would also have to go on at 8 p.m. in California. That meant coming back in to do the show at 11 p.m.
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- Nov 07, 2020