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⬐ stillmotion

I love it. "Computers know calculus, everyone knows calculus, you've got to learn calculus."

⬐ LPTS

http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098896

I am learning calculus from this book on my own. It's great if you already know a lot of logic.

⬐ rory096

Whoa, that was bizarre. I just finished taking the online course of his a few days ago.

⬐ dimitry

A nice recap :)

⬐ GrandMasterBirt

A nice recap, I doubt anyone can just pick up calculus from this.

Plus, calc 1 was a breeze, calc 2 is where the brain-pain started.

⬐ abstractbill

Out of interest, I've never heard this naming scheme (calc 1, calc 2, etc?) back in the UK but it seems quite common in the US. Is the content of these courses very standardized? How far does the sequence go?

⬐ bkovitz

It's very standard.

Calc 1: Differentiation up to the Chain Rule, with applications like maximization problems. Basic integration, up to the Substitution Rule.

Calc 2: More-difficult integration techniques (integration by parts, trigonometric substitution, partial-fraction decomposition), infinite series. Most people find Calc 2 the toughest because of the infinite series.

Calc 3: Multivariate calculus, partial derivatives, lots of 3D stuff. Easy, intuitive, spatial.

⬐ bluelu

These are highschool courses or? We did that in highschool (allthough it was repeated in university as well). I suspect the russians are learning that in primary school, because they are so good at math. ;)

⬐ emmett

It depends on the person. I went through the series in highschool, but many (most?) people do it in college and some never get through it at all.

⬐ ComputerGuru

Awesome recap.. That link is to the first ten minutes only though, here's the link to the second half:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9OkFTDG4fY&feature=relat...

⬐ kylec

Why can't my professors be like this? I cracked up when he pulled out the bowl.

⬐ nilobject

Exactly, if my professor was like this, I probably would have gone past Calc II.