Friday, January 16, 2015

Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism

The word Transcendental means "of or relating to a spiritual or nonphysical realm. Men such as Thoreau or Emerson focused their writings and theories on the world that was non physical, a world outside our ability to touch and directly interact with. In math, Transcendental Functions are functions that transcend algebra, that in one direction or multiple directions, go on to infinite. These functions cannot be limited to a finite sequence or list, and as such "transcend" our ability to really comprehend them. The reason for our studying these functions is because in calculus, we deal a lot more closely with such ideas as infinite, and we do so constantly. 

Yeah, every 2 weeks sounds good for due dates.