(March 27, 2015 at 5:54 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote:(March 27, 2015 at 5:29 pm)robvalue Wrote: Calculus is the only pure pleasure left in life, don't let the computer rob you of it!Yeah, I liked calculus, but I just felt very confused with the differential equations. I think I found that book I hated so much:
Some equations can't be solved with regular methods and you have to resort to iterative techniques; in those cases computers are the winners.
If you have a certain form of differential equation which is solvable with a particular method, it would be pretty easy to write a program that solved it given various coefficients.
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781584882978
The one I had to use was old and smelly.
Whenever I think about physics, I just remember that smelly book and I know it wasn't right for me.
BTW You guys might fool me into believing you can't add, but you can't fool the zombies. They can smell those scientist brains a mile away.
If you're more of the visual learner type:
Khan Academy is one of the best resources online to learn Calculus. If that doesn't help, try PatrickJMT.
