So..enrolled for 4 math courses + 1 other one next semester. Crazy?

[radioactiveballpoint]

I'm taking linear algebra this semester. My proffessor gives us true/false exams. It's funny, I make A's without doing homework or studying.

 

[Hoeboy]

Originally posted by: 4dm
Linear Algebra = cake (and one of the most useful courses you will take aside from diffeq's)
Differential Equations = not too bad (unless you have a hell-bent professor like I do that expects you to be able to solve a system of 2nd order non-homogeneous ordinary differential equations in less than 7 minutes)
History of Math = huh? is this where you memorize that i^pi = cos(pi^2/2)+i*sin(pi^2/2) was first proved in the year xxxx? sounds pointless to me.
Intro to Math Analysis = no clue what this is. My university doesnt force me to take anything like this.

i first thought history of math was a stupid class where we learn about mathematicians and memorize facts. but it turns out to be a math class, not a history class, although the name is very deceiving.

 

[Hoeboy]

Originally posted by: radioactiveballpoint
I'm taking linear algebra this semester. My proffessor gives us true/false exams. It's funny, I make A's without doing homework or studying.

hey that's about as bad as my high school AP calculus teacher giving multiple choice tests on scantrons. aha.

 

[bleeb]

Your course doesn't look too difficult... Just wait until you get into Combinatorics. heheh

 

[RossGr]

The second course in Linear Algebra can be VERY tough, the first may be simply leaning basic matrix algebra, the second you will begin to PROVE every detail, there will no simple 3x3 matrix inversion or multiplication with actual numbers, but instead you will do it in general. Proving the existance of basis vectors for general vector spaces, proves concerning the kernal of NxM systems etc. You may not solve a single numerical matrix the whole class.

I personally found it very obscure, all theory, no fun. At least the theory of Real Analysis was related to the "real" world and pretty easy to conceptualize, I found NxM spaces much more difficult.

I concentrated on Applied subjects (lots of Diff Eqs!) and did not do any number theory so cannnot give a meaningful comparision.