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Reply 1180

mousy

14

Oxy

Isn't Professor Olsen a legend :p:

Oh have you got academic rents yet? I think I'm going to become an orphan :frown:

Professer Olsen is scary! And i am looking for children, where are all the freshers!

Reply 1181

M_E_X

14

sophie_c

You won't be an orphan, don't worry! You've got agesss yet! :wink:

mousy

Professer Olsen is scary! And i am looking for children, where are all the freshers!

Is it true he was born without the ability to regulate the volume of his voice?

Reply 1182

sophie_c

10

M_E_X

Is it true he was born without the ability to regulate the volume of his voice?

.......who?

sorry, I don't so maths :frown:

Reply 1183

M_E_X

14

sophie_c

.......who?

sorry, I don't so maths :frown:

Sorry! Must've quoted you by accident. I'm talking about Prof. Olsen.

Reply 1184

Bucky!

8

Oxy

Isn't Professor Olsen a legend :p:

Just remember - never add matrices of different sizes. Your paper will spontaneously self-construct :P

Have you looked at his lecture notes?!

I never need to attend one of his lectures again! :biggrin:

Reply 1185

Oxy

14

Bucky!

Just remember - never add matrices of different sizes. Your paper will spontaneously self-construct :P

Have you looked at his lecture notes?!

I never need to attend one of his lectures again! :biggrin:

Yeah, I got them. They're awesome :biggrin:

I love how he says equation lol.

mousy

Professer Olsen is scary! And i am looking for children, where are all the freshers!

*waves*

Reply 1186

Meteorshower

14

Oxy

Isn't Professor Olsen a legend :p:

Oh have you got academic rents yet? I think I'm going to become an orphan :frown:

I didn't like him to be honest!

Yeah my parents are the senior and deputy senior students of my hall :p:

It's awesome :cool:

Reply 1187

Oogamy

13

I must say that my introduction to the world of eccentric professors of mathematics was an enjoyable one.

Meteorshower

I didn't like him to be honest!

You just resent having to repeat the latter half of Advanced Higher: the guy's fantastic!

Reply 1188

Meteorshower

14

Oogamy

You just resent having to repeat the latter half of Advanced Higher: the guy's fantastic!

That may have a grain of truth to it :p:

A professor i'm really forward to potentially having in the future is Chris Hooley, I saw him at the debate on Tuesday and he is my kind of eccentric! Does physics too :cool:

Reply 1189

necessarily benevolent

14

This week has gone ridiculously fast in comparison to last.

Reply 1190

Meteorshower

14

necessarily benevolent

This week has gone ridiculously fast in comparison to last.

So true! I think having some structure with lectures existing now helps. I look forward very much to knowing when all my workshop/lab/tutorial times are though, so chaotic trying to fit everything in.

Reply 1191

PeterR

10

Meteorshower

I didn't like him to be honest!

You're scarier than him now.

Reply 1192

Meteorshower

14

PeterR

You're scarier than him now.

Well it doesn't matter, I switched to MT2001 so I don't get him any more :p:

Reply 1193

Oxy

14

Meteorshower

Well it doesn't matter, I switched to MT2001 so I don't get him any more :p:

They let you into that? :mad:

My american friend has done 2 years of university calculus and they still didnt let him skip 1002. Who did you ask?

Reply 1194

Meteorshower

14

Oxy

They let you into that? :mad:

My american friend has done 2 years of university calculus and they still didnt let him skip 1002. Who did you ask?

My advisor asked the prodean and he let me switch. My maths grades from last year were pretty good, maybe if your friend has just done calculus though he might have some blind spots? I dunno. I got the feeling switching to 2001, wasn't that big an issue, it was being allowed to keep doing astrophysics that was harder :p:

Reply 1195

Oxy

14

Meteorshower

My advisor asked the prodean and he let me switch. My maths grades from last year were pretty good, maybe if your friend has just done calculus though he might have some blind spots? I dunno. I got the feeling switching to 2001, wasn't that big an issue, it was being allowed to keep doing astrophysics that was harder :p:

Yeah maybe, he said his adviser was the one that wouldn't let him skip 1002. Hmm

Reply 1196

la_banane_verte

16

Talking to people I get the impression that if your advisor is a physicist, they're more likely to let you skip mt1002, but if your advisor is a mathematician you probably won't be allowed to.