What is “one over something”?
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In my physics class when the tutor talks a value of something, they say that will be "one over something", I'm not sure what this is and I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal, but I'm not sure why a reciprocal is used.
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In my physics class when the tutor talks a value of something, they say that will be "one over something", I'm not sure what this is and I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal, but I'm not sure why a reciprocal is used.
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Welcome to physics.SE. Yes, it sounds like a reciprocal, but we can't tell why a reciprocal is used in a particular situation without knowing what the physical situation is that is being discussed. Please edit your question to make it more clear what you're asking about.
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– Ben Crowell
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hi Jay. That does seems like a reciprocal, but I would highly suggest you ask the tutor. They will be delighted that someone is paying attention and wants to learn more, believe me
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In my physics class when the tutor talks a value of something, they say that will be "one over something", I'm not sure what this is and I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal, but I'm not sure why a reciprocal is used.
terminology definition mathematics
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In my physics class when the tutor talks a value of something, they say that will be "one over something", I'm not sure what this is and I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal, but I'm not sure why a reciprocal is used.
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Welcome to physics.SE. Yes, it sounds like a reciprocal, but we can't tell why a reciprocal is used in a particular situation without knowing what the physical situation is that is being discussed. Please edit your question to make it more clear what you're asking about.
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– Ben Crowell
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hi Jay. That does seems like a reciprocal, but I would highly suggest you ask the tutor. They will be delighted that someone is paying attention and wants to learn more, believe me
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Welcome to physics.SE. Yes, it sounds like a reciprocal, but we can't tell why a reciprocal is used in a particular situation without knowing what the physical situation is that is being discussed. Please edit your question to make it more clear what you're asking about.
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– Ben Crowell
6 hours ago
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hi Jay. That does seems like a reciprocal, but I would highly suggest you ask the tutor. They will be delighted that someone is paying attention and wants to learn more, believe me
$endgroup$
– aaaaaa
55 mins ago
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Welcome to physics.SE. Yes, it sounds like a reciprocal, but we can't tell why a reciprocal is used in a particular situation without knowing what the physical situation is that is being discussed. Please edit your question to make it more clear what you're asking about.
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– Ben Crowell
6 hours ago
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Welcome to physics.SE. Yes, it sounds like a reciprocal, but we can't tell why a reciprocal is used in a particular situation without knowing what the physical situation is that is being discussed. Please edit your question to make it more clear what you're asking about.
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– Ben Crowell
6 hours ago
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hi Jay. That does seems like a reciprocal, but I would highly suggest you ask the tutor. They will be delighted that someone is paying attention and wants to learn more, believe me
$endgroup$
– aaaaaa
55 mins ago
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hi Jay. That does seems like a reciprocal, but I would highly suggest you ask the tutor. They will be delighted that someone is paying attention and wants to learn more, believe me
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– aaaaaa
55 mins ago
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I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is
talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal
It may be true that everyone else knows what your tutor is talking about. But it could be true that most are thinking like you and so won't ask either.
Try asking this: "To be sure, when you say one over something, you are referring to a reciprocal, correct?"
I recall an anecdote from a professor for a junior level EE class I took long ago. He said that he had once taught a class on EE fundamentals to non EE majors. About halfway through the quarter, someone in the class finally had the courage to ask "but what is $j$?" I'm sure almost everyone else in the class was relieved that someone finally asked that question.
From the comments:
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to
answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
I thought it was clear enough but, given DavidZ's prodding, I'll explicitly state here that I agree with the OP's belief that the tutor is referring to a reciprocal. On the other hand, only the OP's tutor can actually answer the OP's question.
answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
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$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
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– JEB
4 hours ago
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This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
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– David Z♦
3 hours ago
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“One over $r$” is spoken English for the mathematical expression $1/r$, and similarly for “one over” anything else. More generally “$a$ over $b$“ means $a/b$.
You will learn a lot more more if you are not embarrassed to ask about things you don’t understand. If you don’t want to ask in front of the whole class, ask the teacher after the class. Or ask this site.
answered 5 hours ago
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I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is
talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal
It may be true that everyone else knows what your tutor is talking about. But it could be true that most are thinking like you and so won't ask either.
Try asking this: "To be sure, when you say one over something, you are referring to a reciprocal, correct?"
I recall an anecdote from a professor for a junior level EE class I took long ago. He said that he had once taught a class on EE fundamentals to non EE majors. About halfway through the quarter, someone in the class finally had the courage to ask "but what is $j$?" I'm sure almost everyone else in the class was relieved that someone finally asked that question.
From the comments:
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to
answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
I thought it was clear enough but, given DavidZ's prodding, I'll explicitly state here that I agree with the OP's belief that the tutor is referring to a reciprocal. On the other hand, only the OP's tutor can actually answer the OP's question.
answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
48.2k350150
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$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
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– JEB
4 hours ago
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This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
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– David Z♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is
talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal
It may be true that everyone else knows what your tutor is talking about. But it could be true that most are thinking like you and so won't ask either.
Try asking this: "To be sure, when you say one over something, you are referring to a reciprocal, correct?"
I recall an anecdote from a professor for a junior level EE class I took long ago. He said that he had once taught a class on EE fundamentals to non EE majors. About halfway through the quarter, someone in the class finally had the courage to ask "but what is $j$?" I'm sure almost everyone else in the class was relieved that someone finally asked that question.
From the comments:
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to
answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
I thought it was clear enough but, given DavidZ's prodding, I'll explicitly state here that I agree with the OP's belief that the tutor is referring to a reciprocal. On the other hand, only the OP's tutor can actually answer the OP's question.
answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
48.2k350150
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$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
$endgroup$
– JEB
4 hours ago
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This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
$endgroup$
– David Z♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is
talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal
It may be true that everyone else knows what your tutor is talking about. But it could be true that most are thinking like you and so won't ask either.
Try asking this: "To be sure, when you say one over something, you are referring to a reciprocal, correct?"
I recall an anecdote from a professor for a junior level EE class I took long ago. He said that he had once taught a class on EE fundamentals to non EE majors. About halfway through the quarter, someone in the class finally had the courage to ask "but what is $j$?" I'm sure almost everyone else in the class was relieved that someone finally asked that question.
From the comments:
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to
answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
I thought it was clear enough but, given DavidZ's prodding, I'll explicitly state here that I agree with the OP's belief that the tutor is referring to a reciprocal. On the other hand, only the OP's tutor can actually answer the OP's question.
answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
48.2k350150
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I cannot ask because it seems like everyone else knows what he is
talking about. I think he's talking about a reciprocal
It may be true that everyone else knows what your tutor is talking about. But it could be true that most are thinking like you and so won't ask either.
Try asking this: "To be sure, when you say one over something, you are referring to a reciprocal, correct?"
I recall an anecdote from a professor for a junior level EE class I took long ago. He said that he had once taught a class on EE fundamentals to non EE majors. About halfway through the quarter, someone in the class finally had the courage to ask "but what is $j$?" I'm sure almost everyone else in the class was relieved that someone finally asked that question.
From the comments:
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to
answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
I thought it was clear enough but, given DavidZ's prodding, I'll explicitly state here that I agree with the OP's belief that the tutor is referring to a reciprocal. On the other hand, only the OP's tutor can actually answer the OP's question.
answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
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edited 1 hour ago
answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
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answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
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answered 5 hours ago
Alfred CentauriAlfred Centauri
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$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
$endgroup$
– JEB
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
$endgroup$
– David Z♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
$endgroup$
– JEB
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
$endgroup$
– David Z♦
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
$endgroup$
– JEB
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
$j$ is $i$, so they should have been confused.
$endgroup$
– JEB
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
$endgroup$
– David Z♦
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
This is an interesting anecdote but it doesn't actually appear to answer the question. Would you consider editing to fix that?
$endgroup$
– David Z♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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“One over $r$” is spoken English for the mathematical expression $1/r$, and similarly for “one over” anything else. More generally “$a$ over $b$“ means $a/b$.
You will learn a lot more more if you are not embarrassed to ask about things you don’t understand. If you don’t want to ask in front of the whole class, ask the teacher after the class. Or ask this site.
answered 5 hours ago
G. SmithG. Smith
6,0181021
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“One over $r$” is spoken English for the mathematical expression $1/r$, and similarly for “one over” anything else. More generally “$a$ over $b$“ means $a/b$.
You will learn a lot more more if you are not embarrassed to ask about things you don’t understand. If you don’t want to ask in front of the whole class, ask the teacher after the class. Or ask this site.
answered 5 hours ago
G. SmithG. Smith
6,0181021
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$begingroup$
“One over $r$” is spoken English for the mathematical expression $1/r$, and similarly for “one over” anything else. More generally “$a$ over $b$“ means $a/b$.
You will learn a lot more more if you are not embarrassed to ask about things you don’t understand. If you don’t want to ask in front of the whole class, ask the teacher after the class. Or ask this site.
answered 5 hours ago
G. SmithG. Smith
6,0181021
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“One over $r$” is spoken English for the mathematical expression $1/r$, and similarly for “one over” anything else. More generally “$a$ over $b$“ means $a/b$.
You will learn a lot more more if you are not embarrassed to ask about things you don’t understand. If you don’t want to ask in front of the whole class, ask the teacher after the class. Or ask this site.
answered 5 hours ago
G. SmithG. Smith
6,0181021
edited 4 hours ago
answered 5 hours ago
G. SmithG. Smith
6,0181021
answered 5 hours ago
G. SmithG. Smith
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answered 5 hours ago
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Welcome to physics.SE. Yes, it sounds like a reciprocal, but we can't tell why a reciprocal is used in a particular situation without knowing what the physical situation is that is being discussed. Please edit your question to make it more clear what you're asking about.
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– Ben Crowell
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hi Jay. That does seems like a reciprocal, but I would highly suggest you ask the tutor. They will be delighted that someone is paying attention and wants to learn more, believe me
$endgroup$
– aaaaaa
55 mins ago