Who Loves Calculus??

Martin

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Well, I've decided to come out of the closet. I LOVE CALCULUS!!!


It's my teacher, my mother, my secret lover!

I proclaim myself The Defender of the Derivative, The Guadian of the Graph, The Follower of the Function, and The Instigator of the Integral, The Ranger of the Rate, The Enforcer of E, The Lord of ln!!!!
!!!


Who's with me?
 

Martin

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<< Are you a viking in your sleep? >>




Yeah, they call me M&aelig;rt&icirc;n of M&icirc;dg&auml;rd. :D
 

Basilisk6

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You forgot The Lover of the Limit and the Champion of the Chain Rule!

(Sorry, had to put those in) :)
 

Martin

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<< You forgot The Lover of the Limit and the Champion of the Chain Rule!

(Sorry, had to put those in) :)
>>



How could I foget?


Perhaps the Ranger of the Rate, Enforcer of E the Lord of ln.


I shall add them!
 

StevenYoo

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Indoctrinator of Integration by Parts!

The Goliath of Green's Theorem!

The Devastator of the Differential Equation!

The Fuhrer of Fourier Transforms!

 

nirgis

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Calculus is very nice

nearly all mathematics build up to it, yet, in essence, is fairly stright-forward
 

Mani

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Ugh...it was great in HS, even first year in college but by the 4th year in engineering I just didn't want to see another diff eq again. I think random variables in probablistic methods finally pit the nail on the coffin of calc for me.
 

Triumph

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I'm with you too! I love math in general. The rest of life is so subjective, so open to interpretation. Math is universal, exact, and unrefutable. I guess I find that comforting somehow.
 

Fandu

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Alright mathboy, solve this relativly simple equation, without the use of a computer or graphing calculator:

-X^5 - 5X = e^X

:D
 

jaydee

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<< Alright mathboy, solve this relativly simple equation, without the use of a computer or graphing calculator:-X^5 - 5X = e^X:D >>


When you're done with that, factor completley: 344,543,345,867,123,965,047
 

worth

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Let me guess, MartyTheManiak, you are in Calculus AB and have not yet done Taylor Series? :eek:
 

kylef

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I loved Calculus BC in high school. Took multivariable freshman year in college. Then DiffEQ.

But in all honesty, it didn't really get useful until I took linear algebra, numerical analysis, and a couple classes that use mathematical transforms extensively (Fourier, Laplace, etc). That's the stuff that comes in handy in engineering and the "real world." Sure, it's great to be able to solve rate problems or integrate by parts, but I've been an engineer for years now, and I can't remember the last time I've had to do that. Fourier transforms, Z-transforms, spline interpolation, and LU decomposition seem to be everywhere...
 

RaynorWolfcastle

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<< Let me guess, MartyTheManiak, you are in Calculus AB and have not yet done Taylor Series? :eek: >>



What about Taylor series? they're pretty straightforward IMHO

-Ice