{"id":36127,"date":"2023-02-06T21:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T03:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=36127"},"modified":"2023-02-25T20:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T02:03:14","slug":"imsa-to-offer-exciting-new-mi-5-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2023\/02\/06\/imsa-to-offer-exciting-new-mi-5-course\/","title":{"rendered":"IMSA to offer exciting new \u201cMI-5\u201d course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dissatisfied with the current math course offerings at IMSA? Looking for something new to explore? The math department knows your pain, and they\u2019re planning a new, exciting math course for next semester. This week, The Acronym<\/em> interviewed anonymous teachers in the math office about the \u201cMI-5\u201d course currently in the works. Here\u2019s the interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: What are the prerequisites for this course? What can students do to prepare for it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher #1: That\u2019s a good question. The prerequisites are the completion of MI-4, the BC calculus series, proofs, MVC, real and complex analysis, number theory, and\/or Linear algebra. Experience in differential equations and abstract algebra is also appreciated. Any sophomore who qualifies for the course will get to skip high school and college altogether, and earn their PhD in mathematics immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: Wow, that\u2019s a lot of knowledge required for one math class! What material will students cover in the course?<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher #2: Oh, all sorts of interesting things! Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness, rational solutions to equations for elliptic curves, the P vs. NP problem, and nontrivial zeros of the Riemann-Zeta function. Not to mention countless other unsolved problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: That\u2019s quite a bit of ground to cover! How can the students keep up with all of that?<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher #2: The course will be 8 mods long, every day of the week, for as many semesters as possible. There\u2019s no letter grade involved; students pass if they can prove one of the aforementioned conjectures, and fail if they can\u2019t. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: Our knowledge of math problems is certainly limited, but it seems like the only thing the class is focusing on are the Clay institute\u2019s millennium prize problems. How much was the reward for solving one of them again?<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher #1: One million dollars. Think of how many maintenance costs could be taken care of with that kind of dough. We could get up to six million, and could\u2019ve gotten more if Perelman had kept his damn mouth shut\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: Uh, returning to the course itself, what credits will it count for?<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher #1: Taking the course and passing it will enshrine a student\u2019s name in the eternal hall of the greats of mathematics. Euler, Ramanujan, Tao, Von Neumann, Fourier, whoever did that\u2026that prime number thing or something\u2026 you\u2019ll be one of them. You\u2019ll no doubt put this school on the map, and once donors see that we\u2019ve produced Millennium Prize winners, the floodgates of funding will finally open. Out-of-state students will pay as much as they can to attend an institution with that kind of prestige. The future’s looking bright.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: Very exciting possibilities. Well, you heard it here, folks\u2026 MI-5 is a rigorous course for intrepid students looking for a real challenge. Will <\/span>you <\/b>be the one to go where no student has gone before and solve a seemingly unsolvable problem? Will <\/span>you <\/b>be the one to bring IMSA all the honor\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher #2: \u2026and funding.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Acronym<\/em>: \u2026and funding it could ask for? Find out for yourself, and enroll in MI-5 today!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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