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    I took at least one math class every year I was in university.

    Calc I - Easy once you get to the shortcut techniques.

    Calc II - Failed it the first time because I didn't do the homework. It's not hard, you just have to practice.

    Multi-variable Calc - #@#&*!@. I still don't understand that class. Needlessly hard systems to solve.

    Differential Equations - A lot less obtuse than multi-variable. I also got drilled on these during every Engineering class I took Junior and Senior year. Why they made us take this after multi-variable is beyond me. I might have understood the other better if I had.

    Linear Algebra - Kind of like the latter parts of Calc II, but with a much stronger focus on methods for solving. Once you knew the procedures, it was a cakewalk.

    Geometry (college level) - I took this one for fun. And it was. I loved the hell out of college level geometry, from Euclidean to Poincaré.


    Amusingly enough, I barely use any math at all, and I'm in engineering. The engineers that actually do calculations...it's all plug and chug from ASME forms and international standards documents.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu View Post
    I took at least one math class every year I was in university.

    Calc I - Easy once you get to the shortcut techniques.

    Calc II - Failed it the first time because I didn't do the homework. It's not hard, you just have to practice.

    Multi-variable Calc - #@#&*!@. I still don't understand that class. Needlessly hard systems to solve.

    Differential Equations - A lot less obtuse than multi-variable. I also got drilled on these during every Engineering class I took Junior and Senior year. Why they made us take this after multi-variable is beyond me. I might have understood the other better if I had.

    Linear Algebra - Kind of like the latter parts of Calc II, but with a much stronger focus on methods for solving. Once you knew the procedures, it was a cakewalk.

    Geometry (college level) - I took this one for fun. And it was. I loved the hell out of college level geometry, from Euclidean to Poincaré.


    Amusingly enough, I barely use any math at all, and I'm in engineering. The engineers that actually do calculations...it's all plug and chug from ASME forms and international standards documents.
    What does calc II cover? we use different naming system over here(it is just general math I, II, etc in universities), i've finished Math II, and had: analytical geometry, multi variable calculus(no differential equations), differential equations with one variable x(solving for y) and matrixes. I assume that calculus II covers integrals up to triple.
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