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0 pointsrolisz3y ago0 comments

Differential equations took a couple of years to grok. I first encountered them in high school, while preparing for physics Olympiad. I could solve basic differential equations by following the "rules" (such as for dampened oscilator), but I didn't understand what was going on under the hood. When in university I did some more math courses, suddenly differential equations clicked and made sense (and I could even derive some of the rules)

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atonse3y ago

I failed calculus twice in college.

Then a summer went by before the third time I took it.

When I stepped into class that third time, everything clicked and it all felt very obvious to the point where I could anticipate where the lecturer’s equations were headed.

I stopped attending class and still got an A. I even ended up helping classmates in a study group.

I still can’t explain what that brain process was that resulted in the pieces subconsciously lining up over the summer.

rramadass3y ago

Any books you could recommend?

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