Calculus - do you find it easy or difficult?

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 03-04-2012, 09:59 PM

For all of you who had taken Calculus in school.

I took an advanced Calculus class in high school, and I thought it was so easy and I loved it. I also got a kick out of going to the board to do a problem and the answer was "the limit does not exist" (thanks, Mean Girls, for making that a pop culture reference!)

**rhiannon** · 03-09-2012, 09:43 AM

I took calculus in college....two quarters' worth. It was a pain in the ass, but I pulled an A in both courses

Hubs, on the other hand, couldn't pull any higher than a C. He hates math, though

**safinator** · 03-09-2012, 09:48 AM

Integrals was the most difficult part in Math for me but Limits and Derivatives are pretty easy.(High school)

**~~Padre Organtino~~** · 03-09-2012, 09:52 AM

Nah, Calculus is pretty simple but mostly very boring. An uninteresting part of math for me. Now Stochastic Calculus is cool and stuff but really difficult

**safinator** · 03-09-2012, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Padre Organtino

Nah, Calculus is pretty simple but mostly very boring. An uninteresting part of math for me. Now Stochastic Calculus is cool and stuff but really difficult

Stochastic Calculus is usually taked in advanced Finance/Economics degree by Traders.

**~~Padre Organtino~~** · 03-09-2012, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by safinator

Stochastic Calculus is usually taked in advanced Finance/Economics degree by Traders.

Not only traders but yeah, you are right about my sphere of interests.

**~~Zephyr~~** · 03-09-2012, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Clementina

For all of you who had taken Calculus in school.

I took an advanced Calculus class in high school, and I thought it was so easy and I loved it.

What specifically are you learning now in Calculus?

**Gargoris** · 03-09-2012, 10:09 AM

Well I guess it depends on how deep you are trying to understand the subject , and which part in particular, since it's quite large in terms of content and it's a bit to general to ask "is calculus is difficult" , just like asking "is Math's is difficult".

If you go deep enough any subject starts to get a trickier , but has a whole in terms of applicability and more practical problems it's pretty straightforward. Now there are some Theorems who are mean SOB's to demonstrate.