What's the highest level of math you can do? I'm starting

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Math is the reason I droped out of college. Failed Calculus 1 and 2.

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I can do a little bit of calculus. That's about it. I never bothered to really learn past algebra because I'm lazy, and I haven't had many problems that would have benefited from it.

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>>38177524
I recently took a placement test for math and was found to be at a pre-algebra level

>>38177570
How do you fail 2 if you failed 1? Don't you need to pass 1 to get into 2? Or did you fail 1, then pass it on a retake and then fail 2?

Category Theory. BTFO brainlet

>>38177524
>took graduate level math
>can't remember how to compute anything non-trivial anymore

>>38177524
desu i can't even do basic algebra.
math is too fucking complex.

I got a D in College Algebra and a 58.7 in College Algebra 2.

>>38177736
College Algebra 2 started incorporating trig concepts in the final third of the course.

>>38177644
By failing I meant I had gotten D+ which is bascially failing. I did proceeded to Cal-2. But, I failed it.

>>38177756
Ah. Kinda lucky, I guess, since my uni requires a B- or higher to move on to the next section of a course. (Calc1>2, OOP1>2 Etc) and I got a C in calc1 on my first try and got jewed into having to retake it.

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Compound angle trig, but it's been a while.

Yes I am dum ;_;

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>>38177716
You do things similar to algebra all the time with speech. You're just learning a new way to express the same concept. Basic algebra is about using the information you have to simplify a math problem as much as possible. You're taking something long and complicated and removing the extra uncessary bits.

Sometimes you can get an answer from this. For example 2+x=4 and 4/x=2, when simplified, will become x=2. All three of them are equations, it's just that the first two are just more complex ways of saying "x=2".

If you understand this you understand the essentials of basic algebra. It's just a matter of remembering the process of simplification. That's what things like PEMDAS and BODMAS are for. After a while you'll start to under why the process is the way it is.

>>38177524
I can do triple integrals.

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>>38177828
I also had OOP, DLD, Electronics. And, I failed them too

>>38177524
Been through calc 1-3, diff eq, linear algebra, discrete math, probstat, game theory, and codes a ciphers

Physics graduate student, I guess complex calculus and differentiable equations are the hardest I can do. I also know riemannian geometry.

>>38177864
I should add that not all algebra will be able to be simplifed into something like x=2 or z=4.

n+y=10 for example is as simple as you can make the 'expression' (mathematical sentence) because you don't know what n or y are. It could be 1+9 or 5+5 or 3+7 or many other answers, all of them just as correct as the others.

In some cases you can't even find an answer. You can only simplify the equation into a more compact form.

Unless you can do trig substitution you will never be a Chad.

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Took a specialized course about partial differential equations and applications to chemical engineering, got a A senpai.

>>38177887
Sorry, lad. Original apology.

>>38177524
I can't even do multiplication in my head anymore.

>tfw couldn't even pass algebra 1 as a freshman.

Pre algebra is the highest level I can do. I fucking hate having a low iq and ADHD.

>>38177524
Finished 1 and 2, linear algebra and differential equations.

Just finished calc 2 but I don't know what my grade was.

I might have to retake it. Grades come out tomorrow, it's been driving me fucking crazy this whole week.

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>>38178063
Even if you might have to retake it, I have full confidence that you can do it, anon, you clearly worked hard if you're worrying about it.

>>38177996
I'm pretty sure I failed that section on the exam

>>38177524
Finished all calculus, differential equations, analysis, etc. mostly with great grades in university (bachelor-tier). After that, learned some linear algebra at work. All that was years ago and now I can barely do basic algebra and geometry.

>captcha: school verp

Convolution, matrix algebra, nth order diff eq

>>38177524
Partial differential equations.

>>38177524
Barely anything at all, I can't understand it

The only time I could understand it was basic shit that I had to learn in order to pass high school, I used to watch math videos on youtube
This year I got into a fucking STEM career like an idiot, basically computer science or programming and I realized how much I fucking hated math, already failed btw

>>38177524
> taking calculus in uni
Bruh I took ODE before I even started as a freshman

Math + physics autist master-race

>>38177524
The only mathematics that matters is addition and subtraction.

>Me + (You) = Forever - Happiness

I can derive x^2+6x-6

That's about it

A little bit of differential geometry and asymptotic boundary/internal layer analysis. Lots of numerical stuff too I guess.

>>38177524
im going into calculus 2 this fall, calculus 1 was pretty easy so im hoping 2 will be easy as well

>>38177524
lol you sound delusional. If you have to think of math in "tiers" like calc 3, then guess what buddy, you don't understand it that well. You might be good in a classroom, maybe. But you def suck at math

>>38177524

I never did any math above high school level, although I was pretty good at it compared to my peers.

>>38177524
1st, math majors are alway in demand, but its very hard to become a professor.

I have a BS in physics, PhD in biophysics. Unfortunately I took only the basic requirements, and I don't know "real math" like a math major would. It's hard for me to follow a grad level book for math students. I was always good at math too.

The highest level of math i've taken was some proof based course. But the hardest class was actually a mathematical model physics class. that was easily one of the most challenging courses i've ever taken. I'm one math class away from a math minor but because of that class I don't have the heart to go on.

>>38177524
Don't know what is considered the "highest level". As a Comp Eng I had to take Calc I, II, III, Diff Equs, Linear Algebra, Probability and Stochastics, and CD maths like Set theory, Graph theory, Computability and Complexity theory. Finally I've also done some study on my own of Automata theory, Formal Language theory, and abstract algebra.

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>>38177524
College Algebra and it took me failing two times to get it.

I've always been slow when learning math. I By the time I was leaving middle school I understood elementary school math. By the time I graduated high school I understood Geometry.

I hate math because I'm too slow to learn it and it kicked me out of two schools and was denied in one.

>>38180840
there is no "highest level" but calc is fucking basic shit compared to category theory, measure theory, ergodic theory, algebraic topology, and analytic geometry and shit like that

>>38177524
I have a doctorate in pure mathematics. I quite enjoy math, obviously

I just finished multivariable and vector calculus.
Starting differential equations and matrix math next fall, and linear algebra tangentially

>>38177524
Calculus 1.
I tried to Calculus 2 but failed like a bitch

>>38177524
I can solve quadratic equations and factor the living fuck out of them. That's about as high as I go and I have no real desire to go any higher even though I probably could.

>>38177570
Lo, I already graduated and didn't need to take Calculus, just a buttload of algebra.

>>38177524
>starting calc 3
>im good at math
oh boy you have a long way to go kiddie

>>38181091
I'm 20 and just finished calc 2

Will I make it

>>38177524
Probably Advanced Topics in Algebraic Geometry but maybe Topos Theory. Also LOL at you thinking you're good at math for taking freshman year Calculus (to be clear I'm not good at math). Look at Perelman dude.

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>>38177524
>>38177570
I had to switch out of a stem major in college because I couldn't get past calc 3

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Is /r9k/ better than /pol/ at math?

>>38177524
I don't know. Abstract algebra? I won't ever use it though

>>38181587
If both the silver and gold keys have a 75% chance each, why would anyone pick the gold key?

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Im no good at math. Only topics that interest me require what is my opinion an absurd amount of it to be any good.

Im probably going to end myself soon.

I breezed through high school and could do most math out of intuition but I've been failing pretty bad at uni.

I think I've been frying my brain with alcohol, drugs, porn and depression, tho. A couple of years ago I would've done better at uni.

>>38177524
I got up to calc 2, got a B.

I'm in a science major, but outside of that calc class I really don't use all that much math.

>>38181587
This is a dumb question but I'll bite. The golden key obviously has a .75 probability of success. The silver keys work in 4 distinct scenarios, one where they all work, and the 3 where 2 of the keys work and one doesn't. Assuming independence this gives a sum total probability of .84375 which is obviously higher than .75. So the answer is silver.

>>38181014
>I have a doctorate in pure mathematics. I quite enjoy math, obviously
can u help me with my homework pls

>>38177524
I didn't like Calc 3 very much because I had a bad professor, but I thought it was interesting how at one point you're doing integrals of a 4 dimensional equation to get the volume of something in the 3rd dimension. It's an interesting way to think of time where the longer an object is in place, the more 'dense' it is in the 4th dimension

calculus 2 and I guess some of the Computer Science related math courses like discrete math.

>>38177524
>math is something im just good at

>starting calc 3

Lmao

>>38177524
If I could get a quick rundown on these variables and what the function it is solving for entails I would understand it.

>>38181877
Can anyone else relate? Is there hope, or should i hang from a rope?

>>38182478
>Only topics that interest me require what is my opinion an absurd amount of it to be any good.
What does this mean?

>>38182505
Astronomy or comp sci. I seen life as somethjng not worth putting up with since i know theres no future there for me. I dont know wjen i developed this complex but its crippling.You

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I can do basic algebra and geometry, up until functions was the point that I stopped. I just remember the last math class I ever took where we had to go through several pages of step-by-step instructions of shit we had to set up on our graphing calculators and I just couldn't understand it.

>>38182477
It's just basically improper integration techiniques with a mixture of partial derivatives and algebraic manipulation. Too retarded to understand what I just said? It has to do with graphing and calculating area beneath a certain kind of curvature that probably has no ending, since in pic related you're integrating with boundaries from negative infinity to positive infinity. If you took a good amount of calculus you can understand, if you've took zero calculus don't even bother trying to understand.

>>38177524
I can manage some algebra.

What's that picture you put up even about?

>>38182369
Yeah because the average person knows how to do calc 3, just because he's not in grad math doesn't mean he's not good, he just hasn't got that far yet. Anyone could literally do grad math if the correct amount of effort was applied.

>>38182477
from my basic understanding it is taking an integral of a partial differential equation from -infinity to infinity. the second step is taking the partial derivative of that integral to get the final solution (this method has a name which i can't recall, probably). i dont think that this type of integral can be simplified using elementary algebra hence the derivative trick. as for what it means i've got no idea. when math stops being theoretical thats when it gets truly complex imo

>>38177524
I'm getting my phd in number theory. Having a good time. A bit frustrating sometimes when it sometimes doesn't budge...

>>38177524
i did up to calc 2, but my faculty put more weight on statistics than calc.

>>38177524
Im just terrible
Barely managed to scrap by algebra
failed pre calc twice
and now at risk to fail statistics

dunno if its just me being a bad student or just my brain cant comprehend it

>>38182713
>Anyone could literally do grad math if the correct amount of effort was applied

so how does him doing calc 3 prove he's good at math? i actually believe what you just wrote, so unless he went into a math phd how would he even know if hes good?

>>38182788
how does a math phd look like?

>>38177977
>>38177864
You are nice person :)

>>38177524
Metric tensors

>>38182788
Number theory is pure autism. I wish I could do it.

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>>38177524
>took AB Calc in high school and was ahead of most of my classmates, and math was always my best subject
>because of AP credits I didn't really have to take any math in uni
>because of such a long time of not doing math I am a mathlet with the math skills of a 9th grader

>>38182788
Every number theory based phd candidate I have known has quit to become an actuary. I've only known 1 though.

I passed Differential Equations about 5 years ago. It's literally useless to 99.9% of people. I have never once used it outside of school. I don't even remember anything from it now.

>>38183192
isn't pretty much every math course useless to 99.9% of people

I'm considering going into a major that needs an assload of math and I can hardly do Alegbra. Help me robots.

>>38183192
Honestly most of Calculus is unnecessary unless you're going to do Physics/Engineering or some highly specialized Geology, Chemistry, or Biology.

If you are doing Physics or Engineering, shit becomes bread and butter. Else, it certainly is extraneous.

>>38183351
This is untrue. I work on a farm and there are various uses for different maths that get used daily. Tons of similar labor jobs require math.

Although I agree most programs should be changed to cover more problem solving, probability, and proof constructing than anything.

Just got a B in Calc 3. Pretty fucking easy compared to Calc 1.

Simple addition and mild multipylcatiion.

>>38183568
If it was easy why'd you get a B?

>>38183521
What do you do on a farm anon?

>>38183754
Because I'm bad at math either due to lack of motivation or lack of prerequisite knowledge. The quizzes in the class killed me because I can't learn a new concept perfectly in a day.

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>>38177524
Ordinary differential equations and linear algebra. I also know Fourier analysis, some partial differential equations and complex analysis. I have a BSEE but I haven't done anything with it. I'll probably give up and get some lame bookfageeping job

Precalc, but I'm getting better day by day being an econ major

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6th grade im 19

>>38177524
I took Chaos Theory in college and now I don't even understand this pic. Time is so cruel.

>>38177524

I can do calc 1.5 because I took calculus BC in highschool

Since then I've read 1 book on discrete mathematics and am now reading a harder book about discrete mathematics

>>38183104

It's not always spigot functions and magic squares

Really it's just calculus with sums instead of integrals.

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Taking an online summer Calc 1 class at a local community college in-between semesters at university. I have 2 tests, a final, and a group project in the next 20 days, it's going too fast bros

Is it normal to forget math related stuff if you don't use it?

Highest class I've taken is calc2 and I did really good but I'd probably fail a precalc exam now

>>38181587
obviously you would pick the silver because they have a 150% chance of working

fucking brainlets

Alrdy took calc 3 and linear algebra, just have def equations left b4 upper division shit. Would like to be an actuary after I get out, hopefully can finish the first 2 tests before I graduate.

>>38185663
How is linear algebra? I've had people tell me it's really easy and people tell me it's one of the hardest math classes you can take.

>>38185778
Really Depends who teaches it.
Its one of those things where your professor can make it purely computational or more heavy on theory.

>>38185778
It was piss easy for me, much easier than calc 3 and even calc 2 imo. I got the only perfect score on the exams despite slacking off and skipping an entire test(final grade replaced lowest test).

Last Real math class where I used math was Probability and Statistics and Linear Algebra.

Other than that I concentrated heavily on Statistics in my undergrad taking Econometrics, Regression and Multivariate Analysis.

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Geo/trig was the highest I got with an astounding 61 my junior year, and got a 63 in algebra the previous year. Dropped out of Algebra 2 after the second week of senior year and took some remedial math class just so i could get credit and pass. Math is hard for me, I have no interest in it, nor have I felt like it was useful past a certain point. Plus I never did my homework, shit was gay as fuck tbqhwyf

>>38177524
Failed 'fundamentals of geometry' 3 times in high school(lowest possible level course permissible to graduate).

Haven't a clue about algebra, much less calculus.

>>38177524


Eh, I guess Linear Algebra, Numerics and Diff.Equations. Calculus 3 is piss easy by the way, do not see how someone could brag about mastering that one.
If you really want to challenge yourself, jump into some field where this math is actually applied.

>>38185871
what is econometrics about

>>38183801
>Ordinary differential equations and linear algebra. I also know Fourier analysis, some partial differential equations and complex analysis. I have a BSEE but I haven't done anything with it. I'll probably give up and get some lame bookfageeping job
Why haven't you? EEs are in demand

>>38185931
Pretty much Economics applied with Statistics.

You learn much more than doing regular regressions working with Panel Data, Forecasting and some Time series models.

Its much so less math heavy and just pure stats.

>>38185828
>>38185855
Once again I'm told its both easy and hard. Thanks anons, I guess I'll just hope I get lucky and have a lazy teacher.

The highest I've done was a course on set theory to get a math minor for my BSME. It was a ton of fun and the teacher was just a cool old man who loved math.

>>38186052
Was the math minor worth it for you? What do you do now?

>>38186038
The intro calc series is only hard if your foundations are weak. If you did poorly in trig/algebra/geometry/whatever, it will be exposed through the course of the calc series.

>>38186061
Math minor doesn't matter at all, it's literally never even come up in an interview, nor has my BS in Physical Science. Now I'm an automotive engineer.

Im in my last year of computer engineering so i did all of the caluclus sit but implementing it into programming is proving to be more difficult, mostly because I have to actually understand the shit and not plug and chug. For any pure mathematicians that understand the shit or hell failed mathematicians programming will be easy for you

>>38186082
>Math minor doesn't matter at all, it's literally never even come up in an interview, nor has my BS in Physical Science. Now I'm an automotive engineer.

Can you please tell me why the fuck the auto industry needs so many engineers if cars haven't fundamentally changed in like 100 years?

>>38186082
Can you give me a job? Also bsme

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Better than most but I'm still mediocre pleb compared to people actually good at math.
I got top 20% on Putnam.

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>>38186082
give me an internship please I'll suck your dick in a Platonic fashion
Junior bsme

>>38186066
Yeah I'm realizing that right now in calc 1, I hadn't taken a math class in 3 years before jumping into precalc and I forgot all my basics. I'm still paying for it now, I can scrape by because I pick up new things fast, but im not sure how long I can keep going like this.

>>38186121
Emissions and Electronics, mainly. They're complex systems that take a lot of people working together. The federal government demanding greater and greater safety systems doesn't hurt either.

>>38186143
Unironically I could if you're willing to relocate & contract.

>>38186230
you work in Detroit?

>>38186230
>Unironically I could if you're willing to relocate & contract
Yes, yes I am

>>38186258
Portland.
>>38186260
What's your discord? I can point you in the right direction with a dude so eager for new contractors that he'll hire you within 10 minutes of first contact.

Seriously, anybody in ME or EE who's struggling to find work needs to hit up their contracting houses. The sleazier the better.

>>38186295
Email me [email protected]

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>>38186295
Portland is a great city, didn't know there was any auto industry there
What's pay like? Are you a contracter as well

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>>38177524
combinatorics, topology
feel bad for people who think maff is hurd but they just don't have the patience to do a bunch of easy stuff repeatedly

>>38177524
>Is good at trivial, brainlet tier math

Good job OP, pass GO to collect your PhD

>>38186295
Boxingmatch#7771

>>38177524

I don't know man, once you reach a certain point I don't think that any one branch of mathematics is 'harder' than another. Sure, you may have difficulty with certain concepts, but I think it kind of evens out.

Advanced number theory, tensor analysis, topology, PDEs, set theory, etc. I'd say it's about the same level of difficulty, just different topics.

>>38186295
give me a job too
impactor#3560

linear algebra, group theory upto classification, metric spacesupto compactness and euler number.
just first year math undergrad shit. was pretty easy.

>>38186433
that's not first year undergrad type classes, seems significantly more advanced

>>38186347
Yeah, Freightliner is a bigly corporation running out of Portland, one of the big 4 along with Intel, Nike, and Adidas.

Intel is a total shithole, any near graduate EEs here should stay far the fuck away unless you like working Tesla-level hours.

>>38186375
This one didn't work
>>38186423
This one did.
>>38186391
People who try to swing dick about which math is the hardest are the people doing junior level Diff Eqs and thinking they're the big dogs on campus.

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Calculus 3 was my peak. I was too dumb to be an engineer so I became a trucker. Ended up making more than most my classmates with zero stress.
>inb4 hurr durr but truks r gonna be automated
I own the company. I make money whether or not there are drivers in them. If level IV autonomy rolls around before I'm retired I can buy 10 more trucks and go back to college for a degree in nuclear engineering because I won't be babysitting mouthbreathers all day.

>>38186347
Oh I forgot to add pay is generally $65-80k for the first five years with opportunities to do better after that. Contractors can generally expect about a 10% increase in lieu of vacation time (I left contracting after a year making around $40/hr).

>>38186492
Try it with a space maybe that will work

>>38186516
>automated trucks
literally my fukken job. I have to yet to see any 10-year-plan that involves class IV autonomy despite people predicting it by 2030 (lol no).

>>38186570
Unfortunately, still not working.

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>>38186643
Djslskienfk

Up to the diff equations stuff required for my chemE degree

>>38186599
Guess I'll get to enjoy some comfy level II and IIII steering wheel babysitting for a while. It's really going to boost my shitposting productivity.

>>38186835
Platooning is supposed to be the next big thing but it's simply not profitable yet.

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Good thread. I am such brainlet. I can't solve college algebra problems. Like this one(c).

>>38186835
Are there any jobs in trucking that don't require me to actually drive a truck. I live near a big trucking area but am going to college and would like to work part time but obviously can't "truck" do to my schedule. Do you guys have people whose sole purpose is to load the trucks or something and how would I get this job with no experience? I've done phys labor for friends and family, recently moved my grandma out of her home in NV, lifted 100-300lb desks, tables, washer/dryer, etc.

>>38186937
look at how shitty this problem is. Some goofy problem without any context or application. God math education is so fucked. I'm fallin asleep just looking at it.

>>38177524

>could barely even pass pre-algebra

Not high. Not high at all.

I'm done with math. Finished Calc, Linear Algebra, and Diff Eq. Averaged a B for the Calc sequence, C+ for Linear Algebra, A for Diff Eq.

Truth is a lot of my skills have atrophied however, I really only use basic integrals and derivatives, occasionally RREF for static physics problems. Maybe I'll have to start applying them more later on.

>>38187066
You may not believe me, I thought the same way. But sometimes math can be beautiful, and it also boost your thinking ability... in theory, anyway.
But college algebra is mostly horrible. Cool things will start later, if you have enough patience and determination ofc.

>>38186937
Also googling "neighbor fractions problem 42" leads to a wealth of solutions that provide clarity and context for this problem, including some neat linear algebra solutions.

Pre calc 12 90% boys

It feels good having a 138 iq

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>>38187194
>pre calc
>bragging about IQ
should we tell him?

>>38187220
Those are the type of people who brag about their iqs, just ignore them.

>>38187233
>>38187220
T.brainlets

Why take higher level courses if it's not needed? Only brainlets do that

>>38186295
Any tips and tricks for an mech engineering undergraduate student across the river in Vancouver? I've put out a few applications but it seems like the vast majority of places are only looking for grad students with experience of which neither really apply to me right now.

>>38187257
>bragging about 90% in precal
I scored above 100 on my final grade in linear algebra but blatantly bragging about undergrad math courses just makes you look like an idiot

>>38187257
>pre calc
>t-that's as high as i need to go
son, what non-stem garbage degree are you doing?

>>38187266
What do you have on your degree that differentiates you from your classmates? Also if your resume looks like shit (almost guaranteed it does) get it professionally done.

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I got a C in college algebra so I'm good. I don't remember shit from it either.

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>>38187185
>clarity and context
Yes this is exactly what I lack: I haven't got true insight for this problem and merely crawling in surface doing blind algebraic transformations.

>>38187298
oops i mean what do you have on your *resume*

>>38187283
Marine officer school. I'll make way more bank than your shitty stem meme

>>38185778
If it's computational, its way too easy. If it's theoretical as fuck (i.e make proof statements related to the four fundamental subspaces) then you really have to grasp what is going on and what matrices and matrices operations relate to the theorems. It can be easy and it can be one of the hardest courses if you're stuck with a shitty professor

>>38187317
>80k is a lot of money
That's after a couple years and making Officer. Meanwhile EE here making 320k after taxes

>>38187352
>implying you'll find a job

>>38187352
What the fuck do you do anon, some silicon valley shit?

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>>38187358
>implying EE's aren't in high demand and I couldn't easily find a 6 figure salary if I got fired tonight

try not to get killed being a good goy before you make that first paycheck anon :^)

>>38187352
Not to mention that you have to be in the fucking military.

>>38187390
>>38187352
>>38187380
Apologies, i meant to say maritime officer. No military, just private stuff

>>38187298
>What do you have on your degree that differentiates you from your classmates?
To be honest I'm not really sure. My family is blue collar and I used to do that kind of work before I decided to go to college which makes me the odd one out if that matters. I'm pretty happy with my grades but I haven't been too active with the STEM club and all that jazz which I should probably change, I'm not sure how much that sort of stuff is supposed to matter. I am on good terms with most of my professors and neutral at worst, and I'm thinking they'd probably make good references.

But past that I'm basically just your average undergrad student with some shitty part time jobs for past experience.

>want a BSEE
>realize that engineering is a meme for betas wanting to work on autistic problems for 50-60+ hours a week for under 80k
>I actually want to run my own software company/startup and apply it to industry where relevant and make mad dosh so I can spend my free time travelling around the world
What the fuck should I do? Im about to transfer in a semester or two to a 4 year.

>>38187416
Join stem clubs and get involved in projects. Apply for internships afterwards. Maybe even take up programming on the side and do hackathons - employers love that shit because it shows you can work with other people.

>>38180110
you sound like a stupid niggerfaggot

>>38187417
Well it sounds like you need an education and some experience. You can't just "start" a tech company without any idea about how anything works.

>>38187450
Internships then? I never implied I would jump straight into a startup without knowing what to do. I suppose I might have to work in an industry for some years before making the jump.

>>38187475
The real problem won't be just knowing technology, it'll be knowing project management. There are way too many "visionaries" and "ideas guys" in engineering, and not enough people who can actually get shit done.

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>having easy time with hs math, no need to learn
>regularly get sent by my school to various math competitions
>i fail nearly all of them because i have this mindset "if i can't figure it out just by looking at it at the instant, i'm too unintelligent to solve it"
>if i'd actually practice math then i'd probably solve most of it but instead i spend two hours just figuring out what do they want me to do

who /wastedpotential/ here

also i dropped out of cs college partially because of math but it was like "yeah i know matrixes etc i dont have to learn this shit" and suddenly they came up with theorems and proofs and stuff and i have no idea whats going on so i just failed

>>38187502
Tbf I dont think of myself as a Steve Jobs but more of a Wozniak.

>>38187510
Why? What makes you a Wozniak?

Topology and tensor calculus

>>38187413
what do maritime officers do and what's the average pay like? It's a 4 year degree?

>>38187653
They are like one step below a captain. They do navigation, drive the boat, etc. The pay is pretty good, around 130k on the upper end. This adds up quick because you live, eat and sleep for free on the boat.

>>38186880
Yeah, the spot market wouldn't really support that since 5+ truck projects are better suited to rail. Trucking picks up the scraps that can't be worked into that.

>>38186945
Absolutely. Warehouse workers, forklift drivers, crane operators, truck detailers, truck washes, crossdock workers, lumpers, yard jockeys, shop mechanics, roadcall mechanics, tire techs, etc. Most require a highschool diploma at most, some need a few certs, and a few need a couple night classes at a CC.

>>38177524

I wonder if there's anyone in this thread who can understand Mochizuki's proof of the ABC conjecture.

>>38177665
>>38181014
>>38182788
>>38186349
>>38187606

>>38177524
> calc 3
> I'm good at math

Fuck off, you aren't even close to advanced math. Check out /sci/ and kys

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>mfw starting high school next fall
>mfw I'm 25 years old
>mfw thinking about all the math shit I have to do

I went to vocational school instead of high school back in my teen years. I don't regret it, but now I want to get on with my life and I think the best way to move on is by starting getting educated.

Euro here, can anyone explain me what are the things you do in calculus 1, 2 or 3 ?

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>calc 3
>good at math

>>38188733
It really varies state to state and school to school. In some places calc I is required in high school, but you can take an AP test and go straight to calc III If you get a 5/5. Pulled these from some random course listing. Note: these are courses for science majors, and liberal arts majors are allowed to take much easier courses for their credits.
Calc I
>Topics covered include the algebraic and analytic properties of the real number system, functions, limits, derivatives, and an introduction to integration.
Calc II
>Topics covered in the course include several algebraic techniques of integration, many applications of integration, and infinite sequences and series.
Calc III
>Topics include vectors in two and three dimensions, analytic geometry of three dimensions, parametric curves, partial derivatives, the gradient, optimization in several variables, multiple integration with change of variables across different coordinate systems, line integrals, and Green's Theorem.
Calc IV
>Topics include linear second order differential equations, series solutions of differential equations including Bessel functions and Legendre polynomials, and solutions of the diffusion and wave equations in several dimensions.

>>38187509

what about this is 'wasted potential'

you're just a normal flunk out.

whats with the popular rationale on r9k that nothing is wrong with you just the world.

accept the fact you aren't particularly smart despite the fact your entire identity is likely built upon the fact you're 'different' or 'intelligent'.

i know you only adopted that because you had literally NOTHING else in your life worth defining yourself by

but seriously

cheers.

>did calculus in high school
>that's just a few months ago
>was relatively good at it
>tfw probably couldn't solve a differential equation now

How do I stop being a memorylet?

>>38189024

learn the intuition and don't just memorise the formulas?

pretty simple, bucko.

>>38188968
Another woke fucking robot here, thank you. The sooner people realize it's their fault they're fuckups, the sooner they can start trying to fix it, blaming the world is easy but understanding we're in the wrong and trying to fix it is something to be admired

>>38177524
I'm good at algebra, but suck pretty bad at trigonometry. I don't know why or what it is with trig, but for some reason my test scores dropped from 85% to 45% as soon as trig was introduced. I dropped out of college because I couldn't do trig well enough to pass my science degree, but I taught myself how to do some simple calculus that didn't involve trig too. I was also pretty good at the math we did in chemistry and some of the stuff we did in physics too.

>>38188128
Really doubt that

>>38183192
What major? No reason to teach you DE if they are not needed.

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>>38177524
what real life situation are you going to use this for?

>>38190613
>what real life situation are you going to use this for?

Why the fuck to people say this shit?

>>38182855
It looks like a piece of paper with fancy writing

>>38190657
because theyre brainlets

im also a brainlet but i dont say stuff like that

>>38183521
>This is untrue. I work on a farm and there are various uses for different maths that get used daily. Tons of similar labor jobs require math.
I don't any of it is even undergrad math (unless your high schools have a really low standard)

I used matlab this semester, is fun as fuck.

>>38177755
How do you fail algebra? Trig and Probability should be a breeze, anon.

Calculus, linear algebra, differential equations. Just things to solve real world problems.
When it gets to abstract stuff like group theory or functional algebra I basically shut down.

Eigth grade. I was three points short from a clinical dyscalculia diagnosis.

modern algebra.

>>38177524
took calc i, ii, iii, linear algebra, and diffeq, pretty babby level compared to math majors

aerospace engineer

>>38188128
I wouldn't have been able to get my doctorate without understanding it. I've been working on the Bombieri-Lang conjecture in my spare time and I've made some significant headway on it but I'm still years away from anything concrete unfortunately

>>38177524
basic highschool math

im mathematically retarded but excel in almost every other study

while taking some asvab practice tests yesterday i had to do long division on paper the way they teach you in middle school and it took me five minutes

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>bragging about your math skills
If you were such a brainchad you wouldn't be a khv on /r9k/, but you are cause math is one of the only things you good at. You fail social intelligence

>>38181587
1-0.25*0.25*0.25=0.984375
Obviously the silver keys

>>38192559
Actually high social intelligence is correlated with social anxiety.

>>38177883
Literally the easiest thing in calculus there is. Nothing to be proud of.

>>38193460
fuck off faggot you have no idea how hard a PhD in triple integrals is

>>38193520
>PhD in triple integrals
I actually kek'd.

Calc 2 broke me. I still passed it, but my love for math died in calc 2. I didn't even take 3 the following semester.

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Simple math with deep consequences is the most intriguing kind of math.

>>38193599
What is Calc 2 anyway?
I remember doing basic calculus, and then multivariable calculus which is apparently the equivalent of calc 3.

>>38192229
Man I didn't pass my asvab because of my math portion. I was dqd medically anyway. Point is if you're not good at something practice it everyday.

>>38193614
Most applied math/physics is horribly tedious in practice though.

>>38177524
I just finished calc 4 and elementary diffeq. I got a 4.0 in diffeq and a 3.3 in calc 4

>>38193621
Calculus 2 is integral calculus.

>>38193653
That's what computers are for

I got a C+ in Calc 1.
I got a B in Calc 2.
I got an A in Calc 3.
All with the same teacher.
What does this mean?

>>38177524
In September I'm starting a Bsc in maths so I guess that

>>38193756
Grades are arbitrary and ultimately ineffective of assessing one's knowledge accurately.

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>>38193730
Wait is it just two halves of a single semester or do they actually run a whole semester on just differential calculus, and just integral calculus?

I did up to linear algebra in college. I ended college with a 4.0 GPA in math but I was a biochemistry major.
Math is my best subject.

>>38193970
but linear algebra is done in the first semester