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Thank you for saying this. I've been learning math from Khan Academy for the last 200 days. I've reached calculus and I feel more and more the need for examples
by elbear 9y ago
Thank you for saying this. I've been learning math from Khan Academy for the last 200 days. I've reached calculus and I feel more and more the need for examples of how to apply the math that I'm learning to truly understand what it's useful for.
I was actually thinking of learning how to build video games (or at least parts of it) to properly understand linear algebra. Someone else also suggested physics for calculus.
- Jhsto 9y ago> I've been learning math from Khan Academy for the last 200 days. I've reached calculus and I feel more and more the need for examples of how to apply the math that I'm learning to truly understand what it's useful for. Just so that you know this was my impression at a university as well. In fact, calculus courses are translated into "basic mathematics." I think this underlines how much these courses are about learning the tooling for practical applications taught in later classes.
- Chris2048 9y agoHmm. Which kinds of math? Might be useful to begin a compendium of examples, a problem-to-solution (and vice-versa) phrasebook
- ethbro 9y agoFwiw, I found electromag (typically undergrad physics 2) the best application of calculus. Classical physics of motion (physics 1) used some superficial calculus, but none of the use cases that would let you spread your mathematical wings cropped up in the material we studied.