User:Freuga

I, Freuga, have created this page (which is at this time unfinished) as a more or less biography of myself. I figure that this information will only be viewed by those who know me or who I deem worthy to view it. I also figure it would not be any different than if I got a Myspace, Facebook, or finished the Freewebs I started back in 2005, so I freely release my random (and probably boring) details of my life to the public. Though I will be sneaky enough to not put my last name anywhere! HA!



Name
The real name of the user: Freuga is Bryce -Something-, but the name freuga was created out of almost nowhere with no meaning. Nothing too special, but it is cool isn't it? In a way... The true nature of the name is revealed only to those who pass the ordeal of magicness-stuff set forth secretly by Bryce. Those who inquire diligently of the meaning of the name after accomplishing the monumental task of successfully completing the ordeal of magicness-stuff will receive their answer, always to their satisfaction. Those who are not satisfied did not pass the test, and so received no answer, not allowing themselves to be unsatisfied. There is one exception; one, and only one, knew the answer without completion of the ordeal. This person, or rather mad killing machine, knew the meaning before the name came into existence. This person is in fact, the one. Chuck Norris. Also, the name Bryce was given by his parents for who knows what reason, and has an at this time no known meaning.

Birth
Bryce was indeed, as most children from this planet, born. The miracle of birth is described in detail on other pages.

=Interests=

Math
Bryce has always loved and been moderately good at math. He studies well beyond the level of those his age (this is only chance I get to brag, I will list my shortcomings later to protect my modesty), and studies the following subjects:


 * Calculus
 * Complex analysis
 * Differential Equations
 * Statistics
 * The Riemann Zeta Function
 * Other Millennium Prize problems
 * Math academic teams, mainly Richmond High School's
 * And other random things.

Science
Since he was young, Bryce has been fascinated by sciences such as generation of electricity and astronomy, which allowed him to do such things as skip past the second grade, one of the things he is most known for and that comes up whenever schoolmates asks for his age. As of 2009, he has enjoyed such subjects as (but not limited to):


 * Stress analysis
 * Thermodynamics
 * Escape velocity (which he finds using differential equations)
 * Particle Accelerators
 * The production of antimatter
 * Dark Matter
 * Dark Energy
 * Theoretical Physics
 * Lasers (specifically CO2)
 * Methods of generating electricity
 * Electrolysis of water for the production of hydrogen
 * Cardiology
 * Hypnogogia and sleep paralysis, which are outrageously cool to experience
 * Psychology
 * "And a TON more" (Assuming "ton" is a quantity not necessarily related to weight or mass)

Music
Bryce has been a mediocre church organist since April, 2009, and has played for a couple of places on occasion since then.

=Philosophy=

Bryce enjoys coming up with different outlooks on life, personal mottos, and just plain interesting things to think about. He attempts to manipulate his feelings through thought and contemplation to turn any bad situation into a seemingly normal one, or problems into things unworthy of extra thought. He is not always successful in doing so but the attempt to put mind over... mind... is interesting enough for him.

Happiness and energy are mindsets, not products of sleep, breakfast, or the 'jerk who cheated on you.' All one needs to be happy is to just... Be happy!" --Bryce

=Hobbies=

Bryce has always enjoyed the strangest combinations of things. When he was seven and eight years old, he played on two seperate soccer teams in Galt, California, the "Tornadoes" and "Silver Bullets." Now he still enjoys soccer but has not been on a team since those times. He enjoys playing [ping-pong] and owns a table which he uses every time his friends come over to his house. He owns a keyboard which he often plays, and plays piano for the Priesthood group at church every Sunday. When he is not doing math/research, homework, or the above hobbies, he is probably playing computer, sleeping in front of a TV, or actually watching it. In the latter situation he is usually either watching the Discovery, History, or National Geographic channels.

=Accomplishments=

Early Life
In his early life, having been raised into a good, educated, and caring family, Bryce was allowed many opportunities to learn and do things most other kids did were not exposed to. As said above, he studied sciences and was quite fascinated by many things in the universe, and from studying those and showing a clear interest in them as a young boy, he was allowed to skip past the second grade. Before then, in first grade, his math abilities started to become known. He finished his work quickly and did it correctly, and in turn was often allowed to assist his teacher in grading the other students' papers. He would "astound" (but more likely "bore") his parents with designs for machines and buildings he would sketch out on paper.

One day, his father was invited to a party for work in which he was allowed to bring his family, and read a journal entry the at-the-time first grader Bryce made in school about a secret lab involving solar panels and other equipment, which much embarrassed Bryce, but seemed to say his father was proud of him.

Middle School
In middle school, Bryce seemed to have more lack-of-accomplishments than actual accomplishments. At this point, he was mainly interested in making life fun and not doing work, mainly by the devotion of most of his free time to video games, particularly Diablo 2. He got all sorts of Cs and Bs, and one D on his report cards, and for about two months, all of his computer games were taken away by his parents until he could bring up his grades

High School
Before June of 2008, Bryce was only a Freshman, though he believes he has accomplished the most per unit time in that year than any other in his life. He has become more interested in pursuing further education and extending knowledge, mostly for fun, but with a hope that it will increase the chance of future success. The "interests" described earlier are all true and not at all exaggerated. Bryce does do calculus, differential equations, and studies many science fields for fun. The reason he finds these areas "fun" is that "so many interesting things and secrets of the universe can be done and revealed through them, and that knowledge is 'fun' to gain." Several things he has accomplished in all three of these time periods are explained below. But the main joy he has obtained from that year came from his interactions with people, not math. Bryce has recognized friends and family to be the main influence and producers of joy in his life, and will never stop loving them.

Proof of Formula for the Volume of a Sphere
Bryce independently (though was definitely not the first to do so) proved the formula for the volume of a sphere using a triple integral in spherical coordinates in January, 2008, at the age of thirteen. The proof is as follows.

$$ V = \int\int\int \rho^2 \sin{\phi}\,\mathrm{d}V $$

$$ = \int\int\int_{0}^{r} \rho^2 \sin{\phi}\,\mathrm{d}\rho\,\mathrm{d}\phi\,\mathrm{d}\theta $$

$$ = \int\int_{0}^{\pi} \frac{r^3}{3} \sin{\phi}\,\mathrm{d}\phi\,\mathrm{d}\theta $$

$$ = \int_{0}^{2\pi} \frac{2r^3}{3}\,\mathrm{d}\theta $$

$$ = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 $$

Which should be the formula we're all familiar with from our textbooks and standardized test reference sheets. Bryce also proved the formulas for the volume of a cylinder and cone in a similar manner, only in cylindrical coordinates.

Escape Velocity of the Moon
Bryce also, one day, decided to test out some skills he learned with differential equations by finding the escape velocity of the moon. He did this as follows, with help from an example of finding the escape velocity of Earth.

$$ g = \frac{d^2x}{dt^2} = v\frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{-k}{x^2} $$

With "g" being the acceleration of gravity, "x" the distance from the center of the moon, "t" being time, and "k" being a constant. This equation is seperable, and gives

$$ v\,\mathrm{d}v = \frac{-k}{x^2}\,\mathrm{d}x $$.

Integrating both sides gives

$$ \frac{1}{2} v^2 = \frac{k}{x} + C $$,

and substituting the initial condition that v = v0 when x = x0, we find that

$$ C = \frac{1}{2} {v_0}^2 - \frac{k}{x_0} $$

so that

$$ v^2 = \frac{2k}{x} + {v_0}^2 - \frac{2k}{x_0} $$.

And now assuming that as x approaches infinity, v will be greater than zero, we get

$$ {v_0}^2 < \frac{2k}{x_0} $$,

and

$$ v_0 < \sqrt{\frac{2k}{x_0}} $$.

To evaluate "k," we go back to the beginning and look up on Wikipedia that the acceleration of gravity at the surface of the moon (1737 km) is 1.622 m/s2. It is possible to find this out in other ways than looking it up, but that would've taken longer! Anyway, we get

$$ 1.622 m/s = \frac{k}{1737^2\, km} $$,

$$ k = \frac{1.622(1737)^2}{1000}\, km/s $$,

$$ k \approx{4893.848}\, km/s $$

And so, going back to before we evaluated k, and knowning that v0 = ve, the escape velocity, we get

$$ v_e \approx{ \sqrt{\frac{2(4893.848)}{1737}}}\,  km/s $$,

And, finally,

$$ v_e \approx{ 2.374}\,   km/s $$.

Bryce then looked this up on Wikipedia (meaning he scrolled down about two inches on the screen), where he found this to be correct.

=Shortcomings=

Nerdiness
Bryce is, and will never deny that he is, a huge nerd. He says it all the time, even more than anyone else does. He says that he likes being a nerd, and will never change, but some people don't like it as much. Some think he's arrogant, some think he's stupid (odd, but yes, and he admits to being stupid a lot in some areas), and some just hate nerds. Being a nerd, about the only physical activity (besides running, in which he can run one mile in 6.5 minutes as of May 2008) that he can really do at a level equal to or exceeding that of most other students is ping pong. Even so, if the average ping-pong player were not absolutely horrible, this would not be true.

He wishes he were as good as the "true" geniuses out there, who can master multiple languages, correct their parent's math, and do calculus all at the age of five. He's tried to learn languages and gets good grades in foreign language class, but has not even mastered English yet. (This insulting language can be written about him here because he is writing this article.) Mostly, he wishes he were a more qualified friend, in order to give to them the same joys they have given to him.

=Use of Wikipedia=
 * For the enjoyable search of all knowledge
 * Writing mathematical equations for the fun of it
 * Commenting and correcting things
 * AND STUFF!

=Don't forget=

Don't forget that...

$ \zeta(s) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n^s} $

$ \Gamma(z) = \int_{0}^{\infty} t^{z-1} e^{-t}\,\mathrm{d}t. $

=Math Practice Section=

This section is designed for me to create mathematical font for use in other documents. It has no true meaning to the casual reader and can be freely ignored.

$$ \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}\,(arctan\, \, x) = $$          $$ \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}\,(sinh\, \, 7x) = $$ $$ \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}\,(e^{x^{2}}) = $$ $$ \int\, zyxwvut\, \mathrm{d}x = $$ $$ \int_{0}^{\pi}\sin(\phi)\mathrm{d}\phi = $$

$$ \int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\, xy\, \, \mathrm{d}x\, \mathrm{d}y= $$


 * $$ \lim_{x \to \infty}sin^{2}(x)+cos^{2}(x) = $$
 * $$ \lim_{x \to 0}\frac{x}{sin(x)} = $$
 * $$ \lim_{x \to 0}\frac{x^{4}}{cos(x)} = $$
 * $$ \lim_{x \to 0}\frac{sin(x)}{x^{3}} = $$
 * $$ \lim_{x \to 1-}\frac{x^{2}-1}{x-1} = $$
 * $$ \lim_{x \to \infty}e^{-x} = $$
 * $$ \lim_{x \to \infty}e^{\frac{1}{x}} = $$


 * $$ \frac{1+s}{s^{2}}\, -\, \frac{1}{s} $$
 * $$ sec^{2}(x) - tan^{2}(x) - sin^{2}(x) - cos^{2}(x) $$

$$ \sqrt{x^{2} + 4x + 4} - 4= $$

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