boot camp day 7

today, so far, has been good -- i've been forcing myself to wake up early, and today i -really- didn't want to, but i eventually got myself out of bed and moving. classes were pretty good -- in analysis we saw actually a pretty good presentation of the inverse function theorem and how you can use it to prove the implicit function theorem. in linear algebra we talked about hermitian operators and their diagonalization; this is the complex analogue of the diagonalization of real symmetric square matrices...

anyway, after class i went down to my office (actually, i'm not sure if it's my office yet; it at least will be come fall) and met up with daniel, also a first-year grad student, and worked on a problem from the second analysis assignment; it took more than an hour but we finally figured it out! we discussed some general life concerns for a while, e.g. feeling like a slow-poke in terms of coming to understand mathematics, feeling intimidated by other students, professors, etc. etc., and then parted ways. i am now sitting in the 'powell rotunda' on the 2nd floor of the college library, waiting for the 'cucamonga collective' to start playing some jazz... free show, i figured i should come support some local jazz... (as you can see below, they clearly don't need my help.) i will try to stay for the whole hour but i am really hungry! so we'll see. anyway, thanks for reading! by the way, they just opened with 'wave' by jobim