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What is more challenging/difficult: linear algebra or calc 3?

Pic related. Math got a rover on Mars. That's right. That's a sunrise. On another planet. Do you realize how awesome that is?

>> No.2792762

that's actually a sunset

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Another Mars picture.

The fact that these dust devils are on a wholly different planet makes them seem far eerier than they should be.

>> No.2792767

I'm in Calc 3 right now, I'm going into Linear Algebra next semester.

I'm apathetic.

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A NEW AND GLORIOUS DAWN AWAITS

>> No.2792776

You do linear algebra with calc 2 in aus.

>> No.2792779

>>2792762
Oops. Sorry about that mistake.

>> No.2792789

Linear algebra.

Calc 3 is more of the same from Calc 1 and 2, but linear algebra can be hard to visualize at first in terms of null spaces and projections, etc., especially if you get a teacher who doesn't explain the material well.

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>>2792779

Doesn't make it any less awesome.

>> No.2792800

>>2792789
So if the teachers are roughly the same, quality-wise, linear algebra is generally more difficult?

>>2792793
No, not at all!

>> No.2792806

>>2792743
I don't know what's in your calc 3, but if it's just multi-variable it's fucking easy, just an extension of single variable. Linear algebra was by far my favorite subject in math, though I never really took a dedicated course on it.

>> No.2792814

>>2792806
It's multi-variable and later gets into vectors

>> No.2792841

I thought calc 3 was harder, but it probably depends on what your background is already and how good or bad your textbooks and teachers are. I already had some linear algebra experience from programming 3D computer graphics shit as a teen which was fucking hard as hell at the time but once I had to take it in college it was the easiest A ever.

>> No.2792844

>>2792800

Well, it's kind of hard for me to give you a clear answer.

I went to a community college and then transferred into a nice engineer school.

The community college forced me to take a 200 lvl course in linear algebra (it was incorporated into calc III); however, as a computer science engineer, the lvl 200 course didn't count towards my BA, so I had to take a lvl 400 course.

The 200 stuff was fairly easy (on par with Calc III). The 400 stuff was kind of hard, but I also had a crappy teacher.

Anyway, over all, I still say linear algebra is slightly harder because you have to get used to a different way of thinking of things.

>> No.2792845

I thought Linear Algebra was way harder, but I think it depends a lot on the person. And probably more importantly, the teacher.

>> No.2793418

>>2792743

If that's on another planet, who made all of those foot prints?

>> No.2793484

>>2793418
rover tracks

>> No.2793494

I'm an aerospace grad student and I STILL hate linear algebra.

>> No.2793546

Call me when we can set up huge mining facilities and strip them of all resources.

>> No.2793551

I thought vector calculus was over 9000 times harder than linear algebra.

But I'm more of an 'abstract' than a 'computational' kind of guy.