Calculus - do you find it easy or difficult?

[AR89]

is the same of mathematic?

No, it's more or less what sempregiovane said.

[Mosov]

Calculus is easy, given you don't learn it like a robot, but have conceptual understanding.

[Stefan]

I was quite bored with mathematics before I took Calculus. We learned methods, in a problem-solve format throughout Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry/Elementary Functions. We never went into the depth of mathematics, and mostly learned methods. The significance of what I was learning never was clear. Yeah, the methods can be used in calculations, but other than that, the mathematical methods and development were quite boring. Oddly, I loved science and especially physics because of the exciting revelations and descriptions of our universe provided. Of course, the languages in which Physics is explained and streamlined are those within the study of mathematics: mostly analysis(calculus) and algebra, but geometry and topology can be important as well depending on the sub-field of physics. Before I started this school year, I made it my goal to re-learn all of the algebra, geometry, and trigonometry pre-requisites at the level of depth one would put into them in college rather than the basics of the basics found in high school equivalents. Upon starting calculus, the impressiveness of mathematics, and its usefulness in almost every field of study amazed me. I can't really describe this feeling before, but it was as if the world was a different place. So now I am a somewhat of a math enthusiast, and it was mostly because of Calculus.

Overall, the hardest part of Calculus isn't the new concepts, but the basic algebraic skills required for simplifications and manipulations. Furthermore, one must have a strong grasp of Geometry and Trigonometry in specific instances. Calculus gathers all of the pre-requisites and ties them together to a more useful and comprehensive application of mathematics. It is the closest mathematics has been to a science for me, and I can tell that the more I delve into mathematics, either within or outside the branch of analysis(calculus), the more and more the usefulness in sciences and other applications will be evident.

Basically, I have the easiest time with subjects I enjoy. I especially enjoy Calculus, and for me, it is a much easier class than the previous mathematics course I took(Trigonometry.) It has far less memorization, has a broader range of applications, the new concepts and methods are extensions on old, yet interesting ideas, and overall it progresses at a more manageable pace.

[Mosov]

Such a useful tool. Anybody who goes into a technical field, needs to know calculus like back of hand, and should be very fluid in using it.

[Magyar the Conqueror]

It is very easy, fun and a joy to do

[Damião de Góis]

Calculus (i think you mean integrals?) gets mechanical after a while. The trick is to do a lot of exercises

[Grumpy Cat]

I found calculus easy. I wouldn't be able to do it now, though, I don't think. I don't remember much of it.

[AR89]

Calculus (i think you mean integrals?) gets mechanical after a while. The trick is to do a lot of exercises

Doing a lot of excercises could be useful when you have to pass the exam, but the most important thing is the meaning of what you're doing, you can be able to resolve almost any integral woithout knowing what it is.

It is imortant to know how to resolve integrals, but it useless to remember all the particular cases.

For those that say it's easy: remember that there is always an integral/limit/numeric serie that you won't be able to resolve, and that Differential Equations are a part of Calculus, and are very very difficult to be resolved.

[Damião de Góis]

Doing a lot of excercises could be useful when you have to pass the exam, but the most important thing is the meaning of what you're doing, you can be able to resolve almost any integral woithout knowing what it is.

It is imortant to know how to resolve integrals, but it useless to remember all the particular cases.

For those that say it's easy: remember that there is always an integral/limit/numeric serie that you won't be able to resolve, and that Differential Equations are a part of Calculus, and are very very difficult to be resolved.

Yes, i meant for passing an exam. At the time my goal wasn't to deeply understand what i was doing, just how it was done.

[Prince Carlo]

and that Differential Equations are a part of Calculus, and are very very difficult to be resolved.

These and Cauchy problems are the trickiest.