User:PhilipLauFaiWong
Hello everyone, my name is Philip.
(Analytic geometry_Distance Formula)
The Math topic i would like to talk about is the Analytic geometry_Distance Formula. Distance Formula is created by Euclid, Pythagoras and Descartes. Euclid, father of Geometry, contributes most of the concepts and states that it is possible to construct a circle with any point as its center and with a radius of any length with a circle formula re-arranged. Pythagoras invents the pythagorean theorem, which explains the three size angles theory and created this formula: a^2+b^2=c^2 to define triangle with right angel.However, Descartes discovers that the relationship between algebra and geometry from the works of Euclid and Pythagoras, and creates the coordinate system.
D=(X2-X1)+(Y2-Y1)
Descartes states that by giving only two points on the graph, we can calculate the distance between two points.
I am interested in math that involve with Mathematical finance and computer science. Mathematical finance tries to explain why a company may have a sudden sharp price in the market, and then attempts to compute the derivative of the stock. Mathematical finance also talks about the risk management, derivative securities analysis and portfolio design, which are all required advance calculus. In computer science programming, recursion is the basic function in most of the software. Recursion can reduces a huge amount of unnecessary coding and time for software to run, which in return saves a lot of resource and money. In order to perform a more advanced art of recursion, one may concern learning lambda calculus and Computability theory. Besides programming, graphic designing also involves calculus. One of our UBC professors, Robert Bridson, has co-invented the technology of Fluid Simulation. It generates realistic animations of water, smoke, and explosions. This technology has combined with the physic of diffusion, heat dissipation, and law of gravity to simulate practicals movement in three dimensional space. As we can see, calculus is everywhere. I believe the calculus we are learning right now, it will serve as cornerstones for any kind of career we pursue in the future.
