Math Courses...Which ones should I take

Jalmoreno
Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:06:26 +0000

btw Ivysaur,

It seems that you’re more interested by the theory behind math than it’s apps. In that case, for you, linear algebra probably beats differential equations. diffyq is more like a continuation of calculus (some people like to call it calc 4) and is more applied while linear algebra can be more theoretical and focuses on matrices and vectors (vectors going well with multi-variate calc). Note, I imagine that at Cornell, the engineering Linear Algebra (2940, possibly) is going to be applied and computational and you would probably be better served by the Arts and Sciences class (especially a honors one).