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The theorems they prove in mathematician's calculus are useless for engineers, and they take time away from learning useful tricks for doing integrals, which if
by whatshisface 5y ago
The theorems they prove in mathematician's calculus are useless for engineers, and they take time away from learning useful tricks for doing integrals, which if not that critical for a world with numerical methods, are crucial for solving problems on future tests.
- WalterBright 5y agoI prefer to know where the formulas come from, to know when the formulas apply, when they don't apply, what their limits are, and how to adapt them to a specific problem.
- Idiotfucker 5y agothis would perhaps, idk, also explain why math for artists is also not a super rigourous nor super technical computative class.
- hither_shores 5y agoAn introductory math class is supposed to - get you used to the general feel of the topic - make you practice proving things The specific theorems students prove are not really the point.
- zozbot234 5y ago> The specific theorems students prove are not really the point. Right, that's why they should skip the calculus and start students directly on Real analysis. Then they might actually have some use for what they prove in the class.