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MATHEMATICS PURITY TEST
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Count the number of yes's, subtract from 60, and divide by 0.6.
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The Basics
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1) Have you ever been excited about math?
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2) Had an exciting dream about math?
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3) Made a mathematical calculation?
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4) Manipulated the numerator of an equation?
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5) Manipulated the denominator of an equation?
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6) On your first problem set?
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7) Worked on a problem set past 3:00 a.m.?
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8) Worked on a problem set all night?
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9) Had a hard problem?
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10) Worked on a problem continuously for more than 30 minutes?
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11) Worked on a problem continuously for more than four hours?
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12) Done more than one problem set on the same night (i.e. both
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started and finished them)?
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13) Done more than three problem sets on the same night?
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14) Taken a math course for a full year?
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15) Taken two different math courses at the same time?
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16) Done at least one problem set a week for more than four months?
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17) Done at least one problem set a night for more than one month
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(weekends excluded)?
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18) Done a problem set alone?
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19) Done a problem set in a group of three or more?
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20) Done a problem set in a group of 15 or more?
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21) Was it mixed company?
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22) Have you ever inadvertently walked in upon people doing a problem set?
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23) And joined in afterwards?
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24) Have you ever used food doing a problem set?
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25) Did you eat it all?
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26) Have you ever had a domesticated pet or animal walk over you while you
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were doing a problem set?
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27) Done a problem set in a public place where you might be discovered?
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28) Been discovered while doing a problem set?
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Kinky Stuff
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29) Have you ever applied your math to a hard science?
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30) Applied your math to a soft science?
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31) Done an integration by parts?
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32) Done two integration by parts in a single problem?
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33) Bounded the domain and range of your function?
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34) Used the domination test for improper integrals?
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35) Done Newton's Method?
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36) Done the Method of Frobenius?
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37) Used the Sandwich Theorem?
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38) Used the Mean Value Theorem?
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39) Used a Gaussian surface?
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40) Used a foreign object on a math problem (eg: calculator)?
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41) Used a program to improve your mathematical technique (eg: MACSYMA)?
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42) Not used brackets when you should have?
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43) Integrated a function over its full period?
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44) Done a calculation in three-dimensional space?
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45) Done a calculation in n-dimensional space?
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46) Done a change of bases?
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47) Done a change of bases specifically in order to magnify your vector?
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48) Worked through four complete bases in a single night (eg: using the
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Graham-Schmidt method)?
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49) Inserted a number into an equation?
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50) Calculated the residue of a pole?
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51) Scored perfectly on a math test?
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52) Swallowed everything your professor gave you?
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53) Used explicit notation in your problem set?
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54) Puposefully omitted important steps in your problem set?
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55) Padded your own problem set?
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56) Been blown away on a test?
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57) Blown away your professor on a test?
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58) Have you ever multiplied 23 by 3?
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59) Have you ever bounded your Bessel function so that the membrane
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did not shoot to infinity?
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69) Have you ever understood the following quote:
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"The relationship between Z^0 to C_0, B_0, and H_0
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is an example of a general principle which we have
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encountered: the kernel of the adjoint of a linear
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transformation is both the annihilator space of the
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image of the transformation and also the dual space
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of the quotient of the space of which the image is
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a subspace by the image subspace."
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(Shlomo & Bamberg's _A "Course" in Mathematics for
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Students of Physics_)
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