Originally posted by MNMS
very interesting topic... ITS AN HONOUR FOR ME TO ANNOUNCE THAT IM A COMPLETE MATHS PERSON!!!! π AND IM NOT A FREAK! (Do i look like one?? π π )
I don't see any reason for people being good at maths categorized as freaks... why??? I used to secure 100/100 in maths in 7th 8th 9th classes..nobody ever called me freak... instead people used to come to me to help them... even there were times when i used to discuss with my physics teacher on a certain topic and used to give maths logics..(BTW i got 98/100 in my 10th class boards π )
Javs is 100% right here.. its extremely important to understand the logic behind that coz maths is a highly logical subject.... but Javs... the calculus u r studying is very imp in different fields.. and very useful too e.g. in mechnical enginering u need integration for calculating the volume of an irregular shaped body..... unless u don't know derivatives u can't get integration( which is the opposite of derivatives).. and in derivatives u use the formulae to know the gradient of a parabola or hyperbola at one point... moreover
in accounting(which im studying currently) in the advanced stages i need to calculate tedious accounts and cost calculations.. u may need to hurt ur head harder to get the initial concept of derivatives as it took a month π for me to just get the basic concept of calculus.. innumerus books and my father to help me (he's a mechanical engineer too π ).. but the end result is v.v.v.v satisfying when u get the big picture of it..... i did matriculation in a school where i live.. then i took up A-levels and studied privately(there r very few schools offering a-levels here + don't have quality education) .. and i took economics, business studies and maths(combination in stats)... in economics if u don't know maths.. forget doing the subject... the increments r used to calculate marginal costs and other things (imp concepts of eco.) i got teacher of stats and eco.. as 2 subjects r correlated ... and did maths totally on my own.. its just the interest which matters in studying any subject.. and i personally LOVE doing maths and physics.. (but i don't do physics now )
hey im doing the same thing as JAvs did π ... i think everybody will doze off here in this forum after having this much dose of MATHS π π π .. and i think that's enough lesson for u JAvs π³ im going bit tooo high!!!! π Sorry guys!!! π³
I was just about to say the bolded and underlined parts. π I'm doing accounting as well and I know that calculus becomes important at advanced levels.
Calculus is so important in profit and loss calculations and decision making. In Economics, especially, you always make calculations at the margin. (i.e. using derivatives)
Plus, even if you don't use hard core math, stuff like time value of money is very very important to make decisions - like buying or selling a factory plant, etc.
As you must have guessed, I also liked math a lot. π But, I HATED geometry and trigonometry. That was because I already knew which field I wanted to enter by my 10th std. boards and felt I was wasting my time with the other stuff.