Meanwhile, newer math courses are not seen as rigorous; 62 percent of respondents say that calculus is more rigorous than courses such as data science and statistics. Source: Just Equations and NACAC.

It’s often said that mathematics is the language of science. There’s a great deal of truth to that. In the case of electromagnetic waves, it was a key first step for Maxwell to translate the laws that ...

But yeah, an intro linear algebra course is unlikely to have calculus in it. Intro differential equations, on the other hand, is pretty likely to have some linear algebra in it.

Charting a New Course: Investigating Barriers on the Calculus Pathway to STEM, published by the California Education Learning Lab and Just Equations, is based on a review of more than 200 books, ...

The problem is that hundreds of thousands of students believe they will benefit from calculus, and relatively few of them are in that third scenario. The first two scenarios describe far more students ...

Earlier this year, Mathematician Ian Stewart came out with an excellent and deeply researched book titled "In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World" that takes a look at the ...

According to the Just Equations report, 53% of admissions officers said calculus gives applicants an edge in admissions. “It’s a slight majority,” says Burdman.

Extends the treatment of engineering mathematics beyond the topics covered in Calculus 3 and differential equations. Topics include non-dimensionalization, elementary asymptotics and perturbation ...

Joseph J. Kohn, who played a key role in extending the mathematics of calculus, died on Sept. 13 in Plainsboro, N.J. He was 91. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his son, Eduardo, and by ...