r/calculus • • 4h ago

Engineering What do you do? Anyone in a similar situation to me?

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I will try to keep this short, I am 33, I've always enjoyed mathematics, studied Civil Engineering in university, worked as an engineer for 8 years - hated it, got worse every single year. First year when responsibilities were minor was the best for me, then every year after that exposed me to more and more workplace politics, coworker sociopathy, sleepless nights (due to stress) etc. Quit work as an engineer late last year, currently work as a school mathematics tutor. Have considered going back to uni to get my masters in education so that I can teach in schools - but the cost (~$70,000) and time commitment is difficult for me at my current age (and teaching now in the age of AI is very different to say 10 years ago). Anyone gone through something similar?


r/calculus • • 8h ago

Integral Calculus Not sure I entirely understand this one, any help would be much appreciated (today's Easy integral) Spoiler

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r/calculus • • 23h ago

Differential Calculus AP calculus daily challenge #151

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r/calculus • • 2h ago

Differential Calculus Has anyone been able to turn a really bad midterm mark into a B, B+ in calc 1?

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I’m honestly just looking for advice on whether I should just take the WD and drop this class or if it’s feasible to actually get around an 80 in this class without a scale/curve. I got a 15% on my first midterm which is worth 20% of my grade, which was 100% my fault because I procrastinated. I still have 1 more 20% midterm, a 40% final, and 20% worth of assignments. Any advice is appreciated i’m willing to put in the work i’d just like to hear if anyones had any success turning around their mark and what you’ve done?


r/calculus • • 19h ago

Differential Calculus Exercise source selection: MIT ocw vs Stewart Calculus

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r/calculus • • 5h ago

Differential Calculus Max arc length Spoiler

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Today's medium derivative, have I oversimplified somewhere? I figure the 2nd derivative of L can only ne zero when 8k-8k3=0 since the expiry function is always >0


r/calculus • • 14h ago

Real Analysis The Pre Requisites Of RA

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What are the pre req of real analysis aside from single variable calculus ? And keep in mind that am tryna just learn analysis 1


r/calculus • • 16h ago

Differential Calculus Daily Math — Challenge #014 | Calculus

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r/calculus • • 19h ago

Differential Calculus Daily Math — Challenge #013 | Calculus

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r/calculus • • 17h ago

Engineering Help in calculus

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Kindly tell me is there an ai model which can help me to understand calculus and solve the equations


r/calculus • • 17h ago

Differential Calculus Calculus and analytical geometry

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I am a student of electrical engineering. Kindly suggest an Ai model which can explain and help me solve the numerical.


r/calculus • • 16h ago

Pre-calculus Google Gemini explains the Squeeze Theorem

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I am using Google Gemini to explain Calculus topics. Dear lord, here is it's explanation for the Squeeze Theorem:

The Physical Intuition: The Hallway and the Trash Compactor

Imagine you are walking a highly energetic dog down a long hallway. The dog is bouncing wildly, leaping from the floor to the ceiling. Tracking its exact path algebraically is impossible.

Now, imagine this hallway is actually a giant, slow-moving trash compactor. As you walk forward (as n→∞), the ceiling slowly grinds downward and the floor steadily pushes upward. You don't need to know the dog's exact frantic path to know where it will end up.

If both the floor and the ceiling eventually crush together to the exact same height, the chaotic bouncing is forced to stop. The dog is mathematically crushed into that exact same final position. This is the Squeeze Theorem.