Originally Posted by
jediali
a great example of maths lying is taylor series, its an approximation not exact. much of engineering is simplification and moddeling of an ideal situation. Funny thing is maths is usefull when it lies.
I would argue that should read:
all of engineering is simplification...
I think you would be hard pressed to find any model of a real system that is perfectly accurate, much less a highly complex system with dependency across multiple physics disciplines.
My friend once told me “the real world never lies” and that is possibly the best engineering advice I have ever gotten.
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."