r/calculus

Why is calc 2 so much harder than calc 1?

Felt like calc 1 was a breeze, then again I took it in a summer semester. Now I’m taking calc 2 in the fall and idk what it is. Just can’t absorb anything and every integral to me looks foreign, I try practicing over and over and each time I mess up one small detail every single time and it’s agitating! And don’t get me started with trig substitution, I’ve never hated triangles more in my life until now

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u/Aromatic_Advisor5397 — 5 days ago

How do I handle a first course in calculus 1/2 that's also basically real analysis

First semester in a physics degree and one of our main courses is called mathematical analysis of a function with one variable. As you can probably guess, it is basically calc 1/2 combined with a first real analysis course. It is quite overwhelming, so I would appraciate tips on how to procede and truly learn the material. Here are some examples of past exams and final exams.

u/fafla21 — 4 days ago

Integral with nested logarithm in denominator

I just can't seem to find where I've gone wrong with this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

u/theHannamanner — 5 days ago

[ higher engineering mathematics] double integration problem

I got this problem on assignment but i couldn't able to solve it by myself nd even when I used gemini for solution it still not giving full details explanation nd skipping few steps so if anyone can solve it then ...plzz ..

u/Ill_Brain2974 — 4 days ago
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HOW DO I PROPERLY STUDY CALCULUS/ALGEBRA

hi! i’m slowly getting no energy in school because of these maths (which is kinda funny cause i’m studying engineeing).

What should i do to study calculus and algebra in a way that my slow ahh brain can quickly comprehend?!🥹

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u/Complex_christine_08 — 4 days ago
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Strip Arithmetic II update: you can now see the math behind the picture at any moment

https://wessengetachew.github.io/Strip2/

I've added a "Preview the math" button to Strip Arithmetic II. Change the grid size, slope, width, or offset, click it, and you get a sheet with the exact numbers behind whatever is on screen. It's all computed live in your browser.

The images attached are those sheets. Each one is the math for that configuration:

Coprime density: on a 10,000 × 10,000 grid, 60.7950% of cells are coprime, against 6/π² ≈ 60.7927% in the limit.

Strips: in the window −1 < 2r − M < 1, the measured density is 0.50005 against a predicted 0.50000.

u/Background-Major4104 — 12 days ago

Calc 1 Midterm/Final Anxiety

Hi all,

I'm currently taking a calc 1 class as a business econ major to satisfy my lower division major preparation courses before I transfer to a university. I am very worried about this class as I'm a straight A student but this is the first one that has me genuinely terrified that I won't be able to ace it despite hours upon hours of work and applying myself. So far I am fundamentally understanding calculus, however if you ask me to prove why a certain theorem or formula works I will be completely lost. Unfortunately for me, and I don't know how common this is for an introductory calculus course, but my professor apparently asks his students to do proofs on his exams and "brags" about how many people fails his exams or drop out of his classes (from rate my professor.) I'm extremely worried because I desperately need an A in this course and it is too late to drop it. If you ask me to evaluate limits and derivatives and I can use formulas, I can get by. If you ask me to prove a theorem from scratch, I am lost. Any advice on how to prepare? I feel like there are so many theorems I've learned so far and to fundamentally understand the ins and outs of every single one is making me sick. I have about three weeks until my midterm.

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u/keegtirr — 12 days ago

Maclurin for sin(x)

f(x) = sin(x)

f'(x) = cos(x)

f''(x) = -sin(x)

f'''(x) = -cos(x)

f''''(x) = sin(x)

And this repeats forever.

f(0) = 0

f'(0) = 1

f''(0)=0

f'''(0)=-1

f''''(0)=0

And this repeats forever.

From here we can center a maclurin series at (a)? = 0 -> I cannot remember if its a or x

Using 5 points we can use

f(0) = 0

f'(0) = 1

f'''(0) = -1

f'''''(0) = 1

f'''''''(0) = -1

From here we can conclude (1) we are oscillating between - and +, (2) the points are always odd multiples of primes, and (3) since the even multiples of prime are 0, we can ignore these as they do not add value

The defintion of odd is defined as 2k+1, k element of the real

So

(-1)^(n)(x^(2k+1))/(2k+1)!

And we can add this at every n.

If we add this add every n we can think of an infinite sum

Since we are centered at (a?) = 0 the sum must start at 0.

To motivate convergence, we plug in known points of sin(x).

Must it be that if our sum at some n equals the function at the same x,

Out infinite sum converges for all x?

Let me know if i did justice for the maclurin of sin(x)!

Sorry posted via phone.... don't know how to use symbols here

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u/wbld — 11 days ago

Calculus recitations

Helppppp please, I am got 58 and 59 on my first two calculus recitations… I studied a lot but I still got low grade… I feel like I am gonna have heart attack. I am such a failure… my engineering dreams vanished

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u/Lolreeevu765 — 12 days ago