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Chronos said:Vector calculus is good. In fact, becoming a math guru is about the best prep I can imagine for a budding astrophysicist. The astronomy stuff is a walk in the park by comparison. You could skip all that up until grad school. Would you rather be taking Introduction to Astrophysics or Vector Calculus in grad school?
chill_factor said:Is there any higher math in astrophysics? I keep hearing about topology, abstract algebra, differential geometry and all that applied to astrophysics, but I'm wondering if you can get by with just the standard math (calc, vector calc, basic linear algebra, ODEs, PDEs, integral transforms).
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