@Exilarch I'm autistic.

Archimedes was autistic

you seem useful autistic though, not dumb autistic

usefl is in the eye of the logistics engineer

I've met plenty of spergs who can't do 1% what you are doing

I do things like you are doing with simpler math and with finance applications in mind

Anyways what's in the gif is me using vector algebra to map the coordinate of an image pixel of a 2d image onto a warped shape that I've mathematically figured out how to define.

I forgot anything past calc 2

Math was never a strong suit of mine.

You could use the equation in image processing to correct lens distortion in photos.

sounds pretty interesting, going into the realm of topology there

never bothered doing differentials, kindawish I had, mean to pick up a book on it but I can't make myself tism hard enough for it

yeah that looks tight, you can map between non euclidean and euclidean geometries that way

how flexible is it?

And if you add more dimensions you can have the bezier surface to represent 3d-CAD models if it's in 3d.

In higher dimensions than that you could probably apply it to machine learning.

i would've thought you'd have to do loads of differential calc. in finance

I do it at a hobby level, not by degree

ah right

@Exilarch it's just a surface you can move around it's been invented before it's really old.

yeah but you derived it yourself

I mean it's a really old method of representing surfaces.

that's important

Yeah I'm proud of that 😃

But it's like the natural progression really.

you only truly understand something if you can derive it

I haven't got a good grasp on calculus yet.

in my field I am notorious for being the guy who actually digs up the first papers on the subject and traces the chain of discovery from the beginning, questioning basic assumptions along the way. I think it's really important to do that

yeah and even more, if you understand why it needed to be derived

Agree!

calculus is amazing, i would recommend learning it

I wish I had more of a reason to finish learning it

so far I haven't really encountered any problem I need it to solve in my own life though, for better or for worse

Yeah I will learn it because I need it for my projects.

for whatever reason my life has taught me to be attentive to quality and big picture/situation/context more than precise quantity

hoo boy I am screwed up today

morning migraine, now coked up on an assload of caffeine, stumbling and groaning

What drove me to learn math on my own as an adult was to realize projects I was thinking of so I struggled to learn all the necessary steps on the way to acheive the end goal. I like to work that way because you have a goal, and you have to learn a variety of sometimes completely new things.

Through the projects it gives the math an immediate purpose.

Then it's easier to learn.

is this in the field of graphic design?