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Calculus in 20 Minutes

73 points by ivank 18y ago

dimitry 18y ago
A nice recap :)
ComputerGuru 18y ago
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=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9OkFTDG4fY&feature=relat...
- kylec 18y ago
  Why can't my professors be like this? I cracked up when he pulled out the bowl.
  - nilobject 18y ago
    Exactly, if my professor was like this, I probably would have gone past Calc II.
GrandMasterBirt 18y ago
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 18y ago
  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 18y ago
    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 18y ago
      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 18y ago
        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.
stillmotion 18y ago
I love it. "Computers know calculus, everyone knows calculus, you've got to learn calculus."
- LPTS 18y ago
  http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098896 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 18y ago
Whoa, that was bizarre. I just finished taking the online course of his a few days ago.

73 points by ivank 18y ago

A nice recap :)

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

kylec 18y ago
Why can't my professors be like this? I cracked up when he pulled out the bowl.
- nilobject 18y ago
  Exactly, if my professor was like this, I probably would have gone past Calc II.

GrandMasterBirt 18y ago

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 18y ago
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 18y ago
  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 18y ago
    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 18y ago
      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.

stillmotion 18y ago

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

LPTS 18y ago
http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098896 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 18y ago

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