Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Other Applied Math for me. I'm doing a B. Engineering (Mechanical) and this is part of our regular course load. If I went into graduate school, chances are I might get into pure math for some research and such (I hope not).

I aced math in high school, but our school is very heavy on the math content and it is TOUGH - my class was the "lucky" one that had three math courses crammed into two so that they could make room for another course. In those days, the running class bet was how long it would take for sweat to appear on the back of the prof's shirt while writing on the board - it was a non-stop 50 minutes three times a week. Insanity. I'm actually done all of my math requirements now; while I will use it in other courses, I don't have a purely mathematical course required from now 'til graduation :dancing and leaping for joy:.

 

P.S. Our math requirement for engineering is only a couple courses short of what's required for a minor in mathematics.

 

Wow! Must be lots of engineers here with over 32% having completed Diffy EQ. I've also taken Modern (Abstract) Algebra and Numerical Analysis, but thought the Differential Calculus was much harder...

Anybody actually use higher math as part of their career any more? Most of my routine math needs are now more business and finance related. Along with helping to tutor my nephew who is just startng calc.

 

Abstract Math. We had open book tests and finals. I was 6 credit hours away from a math minor in college. Those Calculus classes really comes in handy when I work at wal-mart.

 

Had a friend at UVA taking some high-level math class with "Complex" in the title (not sure if it was Complex Analysis or not). Whenever she'd gripe and moan about the class I'd roll my eyes and say "What do you EXPECT?! It's got 'Complex' right in the name? You think they were joking?!"

Never take a math class with the word "Complex" in the title, never take a medical class with the word "Gross" in the title, and never eat a food with the word "choke" in the name.

 

1+1 = 3

I took high school calculus for two weeks, dropped the course, never touched math since...

 

I don't remember anymore.

I took Calc 2 as a Freshmen way back when and Physics 2 for physics major and an Honor Student as an engineering major.
After changing my major, I no longer required ANY math what-so-ever.

Here's a cool thing. My Calc 2 professor was a pupil of a pupil of a pupil of Sir Issac Newton, the math man himself. I forget how many pupils to what power that leads me, but I am a pupil of Newton, or at least I was.

LT

 

when we took Differential Equations, everyone would just call it "Diff EQ" for short. I liked to think of that as standing for Difficult Equations!

 

Depends on your definition of "higher math" - I use calculus occasionally for fluid calculations, but that's about it. That can get pretty hairy (ie, long, not necessarily difficult) but it's not that bad - pretty straightforward, really. Numerical analysis will actually be used now and again as well. I don't think I'll ever use a triple integral again, though, outside of the classroom (thank God), or integrate over a volume or area (unless I get into some heavy thermodynamics of fluids research).

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by redleader
[B]when we took Differential Equations, everyone would just call it "Diff EQ" for short.