I remember taking Control theory classes and thinking 'Why the hell did it take me 4-5 years to get to this level of mathematical mastery.'
It was amazing to be able to just do a little bit of odd math here or there, and suddenly have the solution on how to fix something completely unrelated, like how to tilt an airplane safely or make a robot balance a pen upright or something, by modeling it. Granted, we did very simple models, but the sheer scalability and power of these techniques is what made me feel on top of the world.
It was amazing to be able to just do a little bit of odd math here or there, and suddenly have the solution on how to fix something completely unrelated, like how to tilt an airplane safely or make a robot balance a pen upright or something, by modeling it. Granted, we did very simple models, but the sheer scalability and power of these techniques is what made me feel on top of the world.