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Despite the hoopla from various organs of state, I'm at the point of thinking the US government is violently committed to the destruction of the US talent pool.
by killjoywashere 7y ago
Despite the hoopla from various organs of state, I'm at the point of thinking the US government is violently committed to the destruction of the US talent pool. Professional societies outside engineering (medicine, law, military) need to belly up to the bar and move the "professional" grade math requirements from calculus to linear algebra. Society has advanced technologically, sorry.
- jdsully 7y agoI always found linear algebra much easier than calculus. Odd to hear it talked about as something more advanced.
- mark_l_watson 7y agoJack Hidary, author of the fantastic new book “Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach”, makes the excellent point that linear algebra should be taught before calculus.
- killjoywashere 7y agoThe particular version of linear algebra I took was taken after differential equations, and generally considered the hardest course in the undergraduate curriculum, reserved for EE and physics majors only. In the case of us physics majors, it was a pre-req for thermal physics (statistical mechanics), and due to timing, there was only one semester you could take it.
- mark_l_watson 7y agoI think you are very close to being 100% correct, but in my opinion it is not the US government that is motivated to reduce our talent pool, but rather, the corporate interests that our government services.