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Had an electromagnetic waves professor who claimed that if we never made approximations in the math we would still have never developed the radio!
Not sure if this is exactly true but it does illustrate the point.
The other thing I remember vividly from my engineering classes was 'now, eliminate this term because it's value has neglegible effect and now look at how easy it is to solve the equation'.
Not sure if this is exactly true but it does illustrate the point.
The other thing I remember vividly from my engineering classes was 'now, eliminate this term because it's value has neglegible effect and now look at how easy it is to solve the equation'.