I was slightly suspicious of this posting at first. But I don't see what damage replying would do. My only reservation is that I find many of the "SUBJECT" titles too vague for proper analysis. After all, "discrete" mathematics covers quite a lot. So I'll just go through it bit by bit...
I know I'll regret this, but... I've seen a lot of comments by folks that indicates a high level of mathematical sofistication <sic - pkm... sorry :-) >. So I'm curious.
Please e-mail me as follows: SUBJECT: nomath If you've not had some Discrete Math course. SUBJECT: discrete If you've had Discrete Math.
Well, yes... I have had quite a bit of discrete mathematics. However I wouldn't be able to categorize it into one snappy word entry. I am mainly interested in group theory (and am in fact doing my B. Sc. on it). Other interests: combinatorics, digital communications, set theory, and of course, everyone's favourite: cryptology and number theory. Oh... does this section include high-school as well?
SUBJECT: algebra1 If you've had semester course on algebra. SUBJECT: algebra2 If you've had a year-long senior level course based on Fraliegh or some such.
Assuming that "algebra"="discrete Maths", I have had ~10 odd little subjects concerning this. Only the first 2 fell into "algebra1". As for "algebra2", yes, we did use Fraleigh for it, but we packed it into a semester.
SUBJECT: grad If you've been to grad school in math.
At the U. of Q. (and a lot of other Australian Universities), the B.Sc. (and B.A.) is a flat three year course. Doing Honours takes an extra year, and is classified as postgraduate). So I guess I fall into the "yes" category.
SUBJECT: firstcourse If you've had the prelim algebra course. (Hungerford or such) SUBJECT: prelim If you've passed your algebra prelim.
I think I answered this above.
SUBJECT: orals If you've passed your oral exam. SUBJECT: orala If your oral had a significant algebra component
I've never actually done any oral exams. Just a few seminar presentations.
SUBJECT: candidate If you are a candidate in algebra. SUBJECT: phd If you have a phd in math. SUBJECT: research If you have published in number theory.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
I'm an "orala".
Thanks!
No Problem. However, as there seems to be some misunderstanding on my part (due to the different curriculum), I guess that if anyone posts this quiz in future, there would have to be some redesigning for people from different edu- cational systems. For example, Engineering is a separate course from Science down here. I think this is not true in the U.S. (I could be wrong). Peter.