{"id":10437,"date":"2019-10-04T07:17:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T11:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:53:00","slug":"why-is-analysis-so-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/04\/why-is-analysis-so-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is analysis so hard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191004_063822.jpg\" alt=\"Why is analysis so hard?\" class=\"wp-image-10418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191004_063822.jpg 504w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191004_063822-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption>Why is analysis so hard?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My assistants and I are not paragons of mathematical genius. Analysis looks like it would take some ability to visualize  &#8211; or at least imagine in some way &#8211; very complex combinations of functions, ordered sets, and other such fearsome creatures, and then represent them as variables. It&#8217;s a lot to keep track of all at once, a kind of mental juggling. If you can do it, consider yourself ready for a mathematical circus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My assistants and I are not paragons of mathematical genius. Analysis looks like it would take some ability to visualize &#8211; or at least imagine in some way &#8211; very complex combinations of functions, ordered sets, and other such fearsome creatures, and then represent them as variables. It&#8217;s a lot to keep track of all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/04\/why-is-analysis-so-hard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why is analysis so hard?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10454,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions\/10454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}