What Math class should I take?

by **SkyCaptain** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:49 am

Hey people, I'm a 15 year old who's taking Differential Equations, and I think math is awesome. Anyways, I was wondering if maybe some of you older people could tell me what the best math class is after DiffEq. I've got combinatorics, linear algebra, and Calculus 3 as options, but if you think of something else that follows after Calc 2 or DiffEq I'd be glad to hear it.

Also, I started a poll to see what the proportions of people who like math are.

by **cosmin** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:57 am

so many maths!

i personally like maths but you have wait to many options, were im going we just have algebra and a bit of geometrie(sp)8)

by **Dancing Mustard** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:59 am

I think you should take the class that teaches you that Gfy is a mandatory poll option.

by **Aegnor** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:03 am

Dancing Mustard wrote:I think you should take the class that teaches you that Gfy is a mandatory poll option.

Haha! I wanted to write that, but you got me fastposted

by **millej11** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:04 am

I hope you mean diff equ at the highschool level. Cuz diff equ in college would be pretty tough for a 15 yearold.

Linear Algebra tends to follow Calc II but it's not needed for Calc III. I've never heard of combinatorics. Is that the same as Differential Equations? If so, then I would reccomend this order:

Calc II
Linear Algebra
Calc III and/or Differential Equations. Neither is required for the next, but you best to talk to your professor before us CCers.

by **vtmarik** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:32 am

If all of the math classes count for the same weight in your credits, go for the easiest math classes while you're still in public school and save the complex shit for college.

by **Iz Man** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:52 am

millej11 wrote:I hope you mean diff equ at the highschool level. Cuz diff equ in college would be pretty tough for a 15 yearold.
Calc II
Linear Algebra
Calc III and/or Differential Equations. Neither is required for the next, but you best to talk to your professor before us CCers.

Stole my thunder. I was going to say if you're taking Dif EQ at 15 then you must be in a gifted program or some such. Impressive.

I agree with millej, talk to your advisor.

by **DirtyDishSoap** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:00 pm

Cal would be a good option

by **Phobia** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:17 pm

what are all those maths things? if we pick maths to study next year, we can either choose mechanical maths, or statistic maths, im choosing mechanical

by **MeDeFe** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:34 pm

Take all of them!

by **Titanic** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:45 pm

I like calculus a lot. Integration can be a bitch though, but its very enjoyable. Makes you think and work hard. Linear algebra = easy. Never heard of combinatorics.

by **flashleg8** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:27 pm

Weird
If you're planning to do any Physics at University level, a good knowledge of calculus is essential.
Also many forms of advanced mathematics are highly useful for branches of Computing Science.

I'm shit at maths and that really let me down when I was studying the above subjects at Uni

by **Stopper** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:33 pm

flashleg8 wrote:Weird

I agree. I can't imagine being given so much choice as to exactly what areas of mathematics you want to study, until university level. I assume all these course options - Differential Equations, Calcs I/II/III, Linear Algebra etc are just term-long, and not year-long options.

by **Aimless** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:34 pm

Titanic wrote:I like calculus a lot. Integration can be a bitch though, but its very enjoyable. Makes you think and work hard. Linear algebra = easy. Never heard of combinatorics.

Enjoyable, you say? Hah!

Fortunately, integration is about the hardest that math gets until you have to start worrying about Green's functions. And even then, I'm not sure which I dread worse; having to find the Green's function of some hairy system, or having to evaluate an impossible integral.

Combinatorics is trivial, Linear Algebra and Diff. Eq. are straightforward but sometimes tedious, PDE can be a bear. Complex Analysis is useful. Numerical methods are important but annoying as hell.

And count me firmly in the "I hate math" category. My life would be so much easier if I didn't have to solve systems of 10^26 linked PDE's.

by **pancakemix** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:43 pm

I have a friend who, at his senior prom, instead of dancing, did calculus instead. And instead of going to the after party, he went home and did more calculus.

He is now at West Point.

by **flashleg8** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:44 pm

pancakemix wrote:I have a friend who, at his senior prom, instead of dancing, did calculus instead. And instead of going to the after party, he went home and did more calculus.

He is now at West Point.

I bet he gets bullied there.

by **Aimless** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:44 pm

pancakemix wrote:I have a friend who, at his senior prom, instead of dancing, did calculus instead. And instead of going to the after party, he went home and did more calculus.

He is now at West Point.

I feel terribly sorry for him.

I only do Calculus when I have to. Which is, generally, about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

by **pancakemix** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:45 pm

Aimless wrote:
pancakemix wrote:I have a friend who, at his senior prom, instead of dancing, did calculus instead. And instead of going to the after party, he went home and did more calculus.

He is now at West Point.

I feel terribly sorry for him.

I only do Calculus when I have to. Which is, generally, about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

He seems to enjoy it.

by **Aimless** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:50 pm

pancakemix wrote:He seems to enjoy it.

Masochist.

by **SkyCaptain** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:44 pm

Dang I got a lot of replies. But yes, I'm taking College Differential Equations. Took Calc 2 last semester. And i already took college Physics 1 & 2.

by **unriggable** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:50 pm

Trig is pretty cool

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