Well the truth of the matter with calc. It seems hard while your taking it, but what is important in the calss is not hard, integration and differntiation…those are the main things you need to actually ‘take away’, as calc 2 is based around that and is considered the hardest…well because of that. For me is was Trig Integration…I’d sacrifice three virgins in a fiery volcano to erase it from the text books. Calc 3 is just doing calc 1 again with additional variables (instead of dx you get dx/dy/dz).
Diff Eq is an “ass class”. It’s sole purpose is to get you to create questions by knowing the answer. Real piped up IMO…it was difficult from an application stand point, but by and far Calc 2 was the most frustrating. Just keep grinding at Calc 1 - its the base.
Calc 1 isn’t that bad once you realize that in practice it’s just basic algebra with more rules to memorize. It’s not any worse than high school Trig. The hard part is applications and the more conceptual stuff you get to later. Keep at it, good luck.
There I fixed it, just be happy you’re not a business major since we make fun of them all the time for having to take Finite Mathematics… I too, survived Calc 1->Diff Eqns.
Period. Any Physicist will outdo a mathematician. Engineers and math majors are almost the same level. I"m going to give the extra point to engineers because they can make use of their answers.
physics didn’t strike me as particularly difficult, judging from the coursework i saw people doing…engineering looked way harder, but at the end of the day it looked doable if you were into that shit…the random shit pharmacy and pre-med people have to know/memorize blew my mind though, not saying it’s hard but goddamn i couldn’t do that shit.
Well, usually when you have trouble understanding the more advanced stuff it’s because you lacked on of the fundamentals. Math is a building and all the past math that you’ve learned are the bricks. You should strive for are:
Understanding what’s the point of the equation
Understanding what variables are used/solved from the equation
Practice
Just pure memorization might be able to get you by for a passing grade but it seems like you’re trying to turn it into a career. If you go by just memorization alone you will be screwed. Try your best to go backwards and work out any kinks that may have confused you in the past.
Physics department tried to recruit me MAD times “leave engineering, your great at physics, get yoru degree with us!”
I thought about it and looked at the course work…shrug…they would go a step or two further in like math, but the principles that govern physics are taught in engineering classes as well…they just…again go a few steps further. So I’d honestly put them on the same level when it comes down to it. Good mathemeticians are like certified smart, but I look at what they do and figure they could have made more money with a physics degree or a comp sci degree.
Actually I do. What you fail to realize is that philosophy is still just a collection of people’s opinions and random thoughts. Most of it is total bullshit.
Some of the shit I’m doing right now just blows my mind away, especially when it comes to modelling systems using Laplace Transforms and Fourier Series.
Also, Transfer Functions are also a bitch.:looney:
Not when it comes to calculating my paycheck…unless the opinion gets me more heh
Practical use of calulus
there is a phrase that is used to describe what type of person you are. “Is the glass half empty of half full?” Anyone who’s taken calculus should answer it by asking "Is it approaching half way because its being drunk or its being filled. That will answer your question.
dx/dy/dt…uhm derivative of a variable, or the slope of the line tangent if I remember correctly. fourier Transforms and Laplace transforms can eat a dick. as an engineer I learned them shittz just so I could solve Schrodinger’s equation :sad: that was nasty, but if you analyze it, its just f=ma on partical scale. shrug
