Anyone else remember having this same problem in elementary math?

EvilChildren said:

Anyone else remember having this same problem in elementary math?

all the time, even till now with calculus and integrated mathematics, this thing's the worst nightmare for all mathematicians

TriforceX said:

all the time, even till now with calculus and integrated mathematics, this thing's the worst nightmare for all mathematicians

And then you figure out it no longer applies when you go into matrix algebra.:heh:

MooCow21 said:

And then you figure out it no longer applies when you go into matrix algebra.:heh:

Matrices are evil.

MooCow21 said:

And then you figure out it no longer applies when you go into matrix algebra.:heh:

With the standard matrix product and Kronecker products, yes. But it still works with Hadamard (i.e. itemwise) products.