<p>This fall I'll be taking calc 3, physics electricity & magnetism, and vector statics. For those of you who've taken these, which was the hardest or required the most of your time to handle successfully? I realize the answer will vary for different people, but am just curious how it is for most. For example I've heard a fair number of people say they found calc 3 easier than calc 2.</p>
<p>Calc 3 is easier than 2 if you did well in 2</p>
<p>while I’ve never taken statica, emags was harder than calc3 mainly because you need multivariable calc to truely do emags thoroughly , but your class is probably an intro to emags to it will be easier </p>
<p>Grr, I typed that lost post on my phone and did not realize all of my typos/errors and now I can’t edit because of the timer this site has</p>
<p>Thanks, been there on the editing thing.</p>
<p>The physics is the second semester of a first/second-year physics for engineers class. Though it’s supposedly calc-based, I don’t remember any calc being involved in the work we did in mechanics in the first semester. I did well in Calc 2, so hopefully 3 will be okay. Mostly wondering where to expect to be putting most of my energy. The statics problems I’ve seen seem pretty similar to the vector work we did in physics/mechanics. I assume that must get somewhat harder in the statics course.</p>
<p>The Intro to Mechanics class I took did not have much calculus like yours. The E&M class, however, did have a fair amount of calculus (mainly calc. 1). Many of the topics that you go over are derived using calculus. It isn’t that difficult math wise however, it’s just understanding how it can be applied to physics. I thought Calc 3 was more interesting than Calc 2, because Calc 2 is more like going deeper into Calc 1, where as Calc 3 is more like Calc 1 in that you learn concepts like how to take derivatives and integrals, but with multiple variables. The Statics class I took last semester was like taking Intro to Mechanics(the physics class), and focusing in on only a handful of concepts, but using them in a practical or real world sense. </p>
<p>Well, for one thing all physics uses vectors, idk why they call it vector statics…as if you can do free body diagrams without vectors. I’m sure if you did well in classical mechanics, statics shouldn’t be too hard</p>