I currently work for Chevron Overseas Petroleum as a Computer and Communicati ons Network Analyst. While higher level mathematics does not normally come into play in my day to day job, the analytical thinking skills I've learned, since taking VectorCalculus&Mathematica, sure do. I am known among my peers as the guy you want to ask if you have a math-related problem. Taking the VectorCalculus&Mathematica classes [via NetMath Internet] has also gotten the attention of my management and I feel that it has helped my credibili ty with them immensely. Having a radio and RF background I have often wondered where many of the equations come from. Now, thanks to graphical approach of VectorCalculus&Mathematica, I can look at equations, such as Maxwell's equations, and understand what they are saying about the flow of the electric and magnetic fields. That is very gratifying to me. Calculus&Mathematica makes Mathematics come alive to me. It is no longer a dry, tedious subject but one that I can actively explore and play with. It's fun.
A Network Analyst on VectorCalculus and Mathematica
Before I came to college I loved math. It had always been my favorite class all through school. When I graduated high school I even got the math award.. When I got to [college] my love of math quickly died. . . I no longer understood math or calculus for that matter. Then I switched majors and I had to continuing taking more Math. Last semester I was also in traditional Calc II and was getting a D- before I dropped it. Someone suggested I take C&M CalcII. I figured it couldn't be any worse than last semester so I signed up for it. I'm glad I did. I wouldn't say that I love math now, but I am being to like it again. This class not only helped teach mathematics but it explained mathematics. The normal classes don't do this.
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