Given the context of this thread, let me say my chosen specialisations in the Physics were generally not towards the frightening mathematics end of the spectrum

Given the context of this thread, let me say my chosen specialisations in the Physics were generally not towards the frightening mathematics end of the spectrum (and without naming specific subjects, the lowest score I achieved in my entire life on any exam was in a maths heavy exam in the final year of my formal physics education). I was not a mathematical wunderkind.