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I'm currently reviewing calculus that I learned 10 years ago, because I will be resuming an electrical engineering program in the fall.
I am simply having a heck of a time remembering all of the formulas. Basically, I'm having to look at the problem, look at the list of elementary integration/differentiation formulas, see if I can manipulate the equation to best fit one of the formulas, and then work the problem based on the best method.
For example, looking at an integration problem, and noticing, "oh hey...that's a sqrt(a^2-u^2) in the denominator...lemme see which substitution would be best to use, etc. Then once I get it in the form I want, I usually ahve to look up WHAT the integration is...for instance, arcsin(u/a) + c, in this example.
I'm nervous that I'm not going to have what it takes to be successful in this program, if I cant' even remember these formulas.
I am simply having a heck of a time remembering all of the formulas. Basically, I'm having to look at the problem, look at the list of elementary integration/differentiation formulas, see if I can manipulate the equation to best fit one of the formulas, and then work the problem based on the best method.
For example, looking at an integration problem, and noticing, "oh hey...that's a sqrt(a^2-u^2) in the denominator...lemme see which substitution would be best to use, etc. Then once I get it in the form I want, I usually ahve to look up WHAT the integration is...for instance, arcsin(u/a) + c, in this example.
I'm nervous that I'm not going to have what it takes to be successful in this program, if I cant' even remember these formulas.