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Thanks for the link. On page three this book refers to "high school vector calculus." Who studied vector calculus in high school?
by jcoffland 10y ago
Thanks for the link. On page three this book refers to "high school vector calculus." Who studied vector calculus in high school?
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoI understand "vector calculus" here as meaning "how to compute stuff with vectors", i.e. adding and subtracting vectors, computing the inner product etc.; not doing calculus with vectors. Obviously both interpretations are possible, but the latter is usually called multidimensional analysis.
- theoh 10y agoSurely (multidimensional) analysis is the term used in mathematics for a more rigorous investigation of the basis of calculus. In physics, vector calculus is taught as a tool and the course is called vector calculus (or maybe multivariable calculus.)
- srtjstjsj 10y agoThe book uses "calculus" several times to mean "derivatives and integrals"
- tyoverby 10y agoIt was the last unit in senior math at my high school.
- qmalzp 10y agoEuropeans
- babayega2 10y agoEven African
- OscarCunningham 10y agoThis is a pretty common joke/expression among mathematicians i.e. "As you all know from kindergarten abelian groups are just monoidal groupoids with a single object" or whatever.
- srtjstjsj 10y agoPeople who grow up to attend graduate schoool in the study of mathematical methods of physics
- pizza 10y agoProbably anyone who took a more than introductory physics class. Not me, though.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoAP courses have vector calculus.
- zodiac 10y agoI did