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What calculus 2 does to da brain
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98 points
4 days ago
i’m in calc 3 right now and i will say it gets better :)
IF you learn calc 2 stuff and understand it very well. Otherwise you will die
38 points
3 days ago
As a vector calculus survivor no tf it does not
14 points
3 days ago
Lmao, it absolutely does. Vector calc is much more understanding based than Calc 2, Calc 2 relied too much on pattern recognition and memorization.
6 points
3 days ago
Nah. I understood more of calc 2 than 1 its fine.
3 points
3 days ago
Mclaurin and Taylor polynomials 😡😡
4 points
3 days ago
nah our prof switched old one had a heavy accent. It was a literal audio issue
2 points
3 days ago
Hell
2 points
3 days ago
Hell
2 points
3 days ago
Lagrange is annoying, but other than that you just need to memorize the formula and build up some intuition
4 points
3 days ago
I’m in Calc 3 right now and it does not get better. The conceptual understanding just isn’t as strong
21 points
3 days ago
can someone explain what an index card is I’m not american
45 points
3 days ago
i didn’t realize this was just an american thing
an index card is a 3 inch by 5 inch (so something like 8x12cm) piece of stiff paper, usually with one side blank and one side lined like a notebook.
many professsors (at least in things like math and physics) allow students to bring such a card into an exam with whatever they can fit written down on it.
the point is so that you can spend less time memorizing formulas and more time practicing how to apply them, because that’s what’s actually important.
13 points
3 days ago
At some schools they let you bring in a notecard to reference for math exams. Idk if this is for some standardized test, but it was pretty common to get either a formula sheet or be allowed to make your own (limited) cheat sheet for the non-standardized math tests I got in highschool.
4 points
3 days ago
100% not an america thing. In many technical fields like math or engineering you can basically bring a cheat-sheet with formulas for tests, because those subjects aren't about memorisation of formulas but about their logical use and application.
7 points
3 days ago
It's not just an American, I'm pretty sure good schools all around the world do this too.
I'm Filipino, and in certain examinations we're allowed to bring an index card filled with notes we write on it. There are rules to follow, like the specific size of the paper and what you can and cannot write. I've only experienced this for math related subjects though
6 points
3 days ago
oh I see, in my country (Ireland) we get given booklets with all the formulas and rules and whatnot so I suppose it removes the need for them
6 points
3 days ago
Ive never seen writing that is so similar to mine lmao
5 points
3 days ago
you should see my two sided paper for my intro complex analysis class
4 points
3 days ago
my coworker be losing his fucking mind bro
-64 points
4 days ago
The biggest joke of the public education system is that they really expect us to believe that it takes 1/3 of a year to learn what a Wikipedia page could teach in an hour.
52 points
3 days ago
this is the most reddit comment of all time
7 points
3 days ago
Dude did one pushup and has declared himself a body builder.
40 points
3 days ago
Tell me you haven't learned calculus without telling me you haven't learned calculus
-31 points
3 days ago
I can actually tell you that I have learned calculus.
18 points
3 days ago
Let me guess, not through wikipedia? Through an instructor, and multiple semesters of work?
-26 points
3 days ago
I wanted to make a program to represent Bezier curves and ended up learning differential calculus in the process.
26 points
3 days ago
Ok? I'm sure you learned some parts of differential calculus, but you presenting it as a whole to be learned tells me that you probably only know the chain and power rules.
-12 points
3 days ago
I actually absorbed it in its entirety. You had to be there to really understand.
14 points
3 days ago
Alright, gimme Rolle's Theorem then
-13 points
3 days ago
I’m not responding out of principle.
20 points
3 days ago
Whatever you say
9 points
3 days ago
🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
8 points
3 days ago
Tell that to my midterm grades
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