> So, that's an example of applied math in US business! E.g., I was the only one around who still knew freshman calculus! And, heck, I'd never even taken freshm

> So, that's an example of applied math in US business! E.g., I was the only one around who still knew freshman calculus! And, heck, I'd never even taken freshman calculus, had studied it on my own and started with sophomore calculus! I work for an extremely large defense contractor, and it never ceases to amaze me how many of my fellow engineers have forgotten the mathematics they were taught in high school! I know many of them took AP courses and learned calculus there, but they have completely and totally forgotten it.