/sci/ - Science & Math

MIT Open courseware is nice

>>2718837

Is it textbook or online only?
I know it's kinda dumb of me but I just find it so much easier to have a textbook that I can write marginalia into and physically hold etc...

>>2718844

Go to MIT site
Search OPEN course ware
Find class you want to learn

Often times itll have what accompanying txt is used
Has videos/lectures for most calc courses
Has coursework/solns

>>2718844
>>2718833

Holy shit, for two posts you got double doubles...

>>2718833

anything by gilbert strang
gilbert strang
gilbert strang
gilbert strang

thomas' calculus... standard textbook of many engineers...

>>2718866
>>2718861

Thank you, will check them out.

>On a side note:
What is this business with mathematics textbooks "for engineering" or "for physics"?
I presume the material should be more or less the same but if it matters, I'm interested from a pure math point of view so I don't mind if it's not angled to "real-world problems" or anything of that nature.

>>2718833
>medical student
>wants to learn calculus
LOL what fucking shitty ass country do you live in where calculus wasn't a prerequisite to med school

>>2718917

You should probably reread my first post.

>>2718917

Undergrad pre-med here.

The only med school that REQUIRES calculus is Harvard.

>>2718833
Isn't calculus a pre-req for med school?

>>2718924

See >>2718920

>>2718922
Maybe when you applied. I'm doing chem, doing pre-med concentration, and calculus & stats are required for going to the medical school at my uni.

>>2718929

Yeah, they were required for mine too.

>>2718917

let me rephrase then
>LOL what fucking shitty ass country do you live in where multivariate calculus wasn't a prerequisite to med school

Because here in the US, multivariate calculus is part of the second semester of calculus at university, and two semesters of calc are a prereq to med school.

>>2718990

First semester is usually differential, second is integral and third is vector, those are the only required in Canada.

>>2718996

>Canada
>first is differential
>second is integral
>third is vector

Canada confirmed for shittier math education than the US

>>2719000

Nice trips,
Nice butthurt too.

>>2718990
I would prefer my doctor have an extra year of field training than a year of multivariate calculus.

>>2718990

good luck being accepted...
lol....

>>2719002
u mad the US is styling on our hat?

>>2719006
false dichotomy faggot

>>2719000

That's .. that's usually how it is in most Universities.

Calc I focuses on differentiating and derivatives; Calc II focuses on integration, converging/diverging sums and some other interesting area concepts; Calc III focuses on vectors, partial derivatives and geometric principles in 3D.

In Calc III, one is introduced to Green's Theorem, Stoke's Theorem and(if the professor is really good and time permits) a very rough intro to ODE.

Are you a troll or what? How do your semesters look?

Well, this thread was pointlessly derailed.

This book >>2718861 is available for free on >>2718849
so thanks to you both.

>>2719022

Agreed. I'm premed in US and it's the same deal.
Plus, Canadian premed students apply to US schools all the time and there is no problem.

>>2719022

at The University of Texas, calc2 in the engineering dept includes vectors, partial derivatives, and shit like del operator and curl

>>2719027

Don't listen to the anon who said Gilbert Strang for everything.

Maybe Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang, but nothing else. use Thomas' Calculus and then move onto Spivak once you feel confident.

>>2719043

Been searching around, what is Stewart like? Any good?
Can I start with Spivak from the get-go or is there any problem?

>>2719041

Wasn't U of T one of the top premier schools for Mathematics, though? That's probably the reason why.

Those schools usually have integrated courses for certain programs because of popularity. MIT's course system is very rigorous and integrated as well.

>>2719054

You won't understand Spivak until you master Calculus and standard proof methods. You can read it, comprehend it somewhat easily, but you'll be lost once you hit the problems.

That text is for the serious Pure Math student primarily. You will have people on /sci/ who will say, 'hurr durr, start with spivak cuz i did,' but most of them are lying/had training in proof methods before Spivak.

That book is literally heralded as the absolute BEST Calculus book, ever. The Mathematics contained within it is ridiculously "pure" and isn't muddled by anything less. It's strictly for the semi advanced/advanced mathematician. PhD Grad students use that book for review on Calculus. Stewart, however, is extremely good and provides an excellent base for beginning Calculus students. The reading is comprehensible, the problems range from easy-medium-hard-very difficult and it gives you a uniform solidarity on the subject. It's a superb book; can't say anything bad about it.

>>2719107
No, Spivak is good for an introduction to calculus, but Apostols is much better as a reference.

Stewart is plug and chug.

>>2719107
>>2719128

Does it go as far as multivariable calculus or is there another edition of Spivak that covers that material (don't seem to see any mention of it in the table of contents)