Post #1673811
2026-04-16 00:31 UTC
@tacaswell @mpirnat I think we need to talk. I was under the impression that trig was to prepare you for calculus , and calculus was purely to filter out 75% of people from science fields. I’d like to know what you use it for.
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@ogi@hachyderm.io 2026-04-16 00:57
@brianokken @tacaswell @mpirnat pre-calc was without a doubt the math class I found most difficult. I went on to study differential equations, vector calculus, linear algebra, and a small handful of partial differential equations (and engineering class focused on the heat and wave equations). Trig/pre-calculus is a GRIND