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Hey guys so im doing calculus 1 next semester and i want to try to learn it myself before the class actually begins. Now im on khan academy, but i need help knowing what exactly to watch. is it ALL the integral and differential calculus videos?

>> No.5369177

>>5369167

If you're this worried then you'd probably be better off buying lube

>> No.5369192

>>5369167
Well, you could find a Calc textbook pdf and compare, or just learn from the text book. /sci/ is in love with Stewart's book if you want to try that.

>> No.5369197

calc 1 is differential calc, calc 2 is integral calc

>> No.5369282

You'll do some integral calc in calc 1 but it is mostly differential. Just start from the first video and get as far as you can.

>> No.5369291

>>5369167
Differential calc is useless, just learn integral calculus (start from there) and you'll be fine.

>> No.5369295

>>5369291
This. Differential calculus is only still taught as a holdover from the 1700s, if you just start with integral calculus you'll be fine.

>> No.5369350

>>5369295
But I'd like to know why this is so? If you could explain to a HS math plebian

>> No.5369379

>>5369167
Pick out a math book. I used larsons calculus of a single variable. Go through the beginning of every chapter do all of the example problems until you understand them. Do til about chapter 4 and you've learned calculus 1

>> No.5369381

>>5369350
Integral calculus takes into account everything differential calculus does but at a higher up level (not difficulty-wise, just above it; kind of like how you don't need 90% of the geometry rules you learned in elementaryschool if you understand trig). The teaching of integral calculus used to be reliant on differentials in the same way trig used to be taught in terms of circumscribed circles and compasses and etc, but the pedagogy has advanced beyond that.

>> No.5369774

>>5369167

i watched all of them and they helped me pass the test. i'm in college now and yeah, it helped.

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5369786

>>5369379
On my just-finished course we used this book. I find it pretty good too. Got allmost all the things needed, except linear algebra

>> No.5369789

>>5369786
*proper linear algebra. There is a bit i think. My teacher just chose not to use this book for it

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5369812

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL191BFCE174D71F3B

Watch that video series. That's the majority of Calc 1.

>> No.5369828

i just showed up to every class, wasn't proficient at precal and never even took trig and ended up getting an A
still shitty at precal but learned enough through osmosis
didn't even bother with the textbook
it's not actually hard
>just saiyan