what is the highest mathematics course you completed

[WalterMitty]

discuss.

[ilikeverin]

Linear algebra, though I haven't done DiffEq.

[WalterMitty]

Linear algebra, though I haven't done DiffEq.

odd.  i thought most college math/science/engineering majors took o.d.e. after completing calculus?

[SPC]

So far Linear Algebra, soon to be Differential Equations after next week.

[SPC]

Linear algebra, though I haven't done DiffEq.

odd.  i thought most college math/science/engineering majors took o.d.e. after completing calculus?

After Calc III the order of Calc IV, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations doesn't really matter (although Linear Algebra makes the Systems of Differential Equations section of Differential Equations easier to understand)

[© tweed]

AP Calculus AB as a Sr. in high school, which I think translated to 'Calculus 1'.  the course we took in Jr. year was called "pre-calculus".

[Kung Fu Kenny]

I'm in 10th grade, and I've only completed up to Algebra I. I'm currently in Geometry and next year I'll be taking Algebra II. After that, no math until college.

[Lief 🗽]

I took AP Calculus AB in Junior year. Most of my friends took Calculus BC in junior year instead, then Differential Equations and Multivariable Algebra in senior year, but I just took AP Statistics instead.

[ilikeverin]

Linear algebra, though I haven't done DiffEq.

odd.  i thought most college math/science/engineering majors took o.d.e. after completing calculus?

I wasn't a math/science/engineering major; DiffEq wasn't necessary or particularly useful for me, while linear algebra is useful for knowing what you're doing when you're doing stats and signal processing.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

My relevant mathematics qualification is a vocational one.

[Donerail]

Currently in Algebra II, set to take precalc, then Calc AB, then BC.

[Kitteh]

Calc I in Sr year of HS.

[Vosem]

I'm also currently a sophomore, but being an awful nerd I'm currently getting a C in Pre-Calculus. I did Geometry in the 8th grade; there was a bus that would ferry me, some Indian-Americans, and two Hispanic girls (one of whom I've mentioned before, hem hem...) back and forth between the middle school and the high school.

[muon2]

I was an undergraduate math major so "above and beyond" counts for me. Abstract algebra and topology were two of my favorites.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Never made it to pre-calc.

[v0031]

The higher, the more useless. Chinese students are good at math, yet they do badly in creating.

[Maxwell]

Calc III, did Intro to Adv. Math instead of Diff. Eq. this semester, so I'm doing Diff. Eq. my sophomore year.

[muon2]

The higher, the more useless. Chinese students are good at math, yet they do badly in creating.

I had a Chinese student 10 years ago who fit this statement. The problem was not in math but in the lack of the ability to create a problem worth solving. Research in math and science requires one to define a problem, work on a solution, and along the way ask critical questions about the problem that may lead to new problems. My student was working on a thesis that involved a lot of applied math, but after we agreed on an initial question, I found that he would solve the simplest aspect of the problem, but not see the new directions that initial problem led. I had to continually prod him towards each step in his thesis. In contrast I found that my American students were more likely to see the new problems in each solution and they needed far less prodding to follow leads that an initial solution generate.

So I wouldn't say that the higher math was useless, but if the study of higher math was not coupled with a curiosity to seek and solve new problems it could be wasted.

[Хahar 🤔]

I'm currently enrolled in Calculus I, but by the time I graduate I intend to complete Calculus III and several higher-level statistics courses.

The higher, the more useless. Chinese students are good at math, yet they do badly in creating.

I had a Chinese student 10 years ago who fit this statement. The problem was not in math but in the lack of the ability to create a problem worth solving. Research in math and science requires one to define a problem, work on a solution, and along the way ask critical questions about the problem that may lead to new problems. My student was working on a thesis that involved a lot of applied math, but after we agreed on an initial question, I found that he would solve the simplest aspect of the problem, but not see the new directions that initial problem led. I had to continually prod him towards each step in his thesis. In contrast I found that my American students were more likely to see the new problems in each solution and they needed far less prodding to follow leads that an initial solution generate.

So I wouldn't say that the higher math was useless, but if the study of higher math was not coupled with a curiosity to seek and solve new problems it could be wasted.

This would seem to be the obvious result of an educational system that prioritizes rote learning over underlying concepts. Did this student have prior experience with applied physics?

[angus]

I was an undergraduate math major

Me too.  Minors in chemistry and physics.  I've also taken two graduate math classes.  Good times.

I think v0031's comment is interesting.  All the Chinese (and Russian and some other foreign) students I've known were really good at math, in theory, but not at using any instruments.  I think that at least in China this may be changing.  With the rise in fortunes, and the attendant applications of technology, there may very well be a generation better suited to formulate scientific investigations.  It's not all just abstract creativity, and familiarity with existing tools goes a long way toward formulating an experiment.

[traininthedistance]

Calc I in Sr year of HS.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

9th grade, currently doing Geometry, about to do Algebra II next year.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Algebra 3 - Trigonometry

[Joe Biden 2020]

AP Calculus AB.

[John Dibble]

Calculus 3 for CS majors. Alternatively, the statistics class I took could be considered to be at a comparable level seeing as you would generally take that some time after Calc 3.