<p>hey guys. im deciding whether i wanna do econ grad school or mathematical finance so im pretty much decidin to take math 104. if i like it or do well, id prolly do econ as it is used alot but if not id just stay in applied mathematics classes like ieor and econ and do matematical finance. I've gotten a's in all lower div math classes (except 55 which i havnt taken) and stat 134. I'm not sure how prepared id be for math 104 cuz i havnt really done proofs much at all but id be willing to work at it even if it meant studyin over the summer before a fall semester. i am a bit scared of proofs cuz i feel like i suck at em so i have kinda avoided it so if anyone can enlighten me on info about this class that'd be great. thanks!!!</p>
<p>104 is a difficult course. Most people take some other upper division classes first to get used to doing proofs. Math 74 is helpful also in this regard.
Who is teaching it? There are usually several sections, and the level of difficulty can vary wildly based on the professor.</p>
<p>Studying over the summer first sounds like a good idea to me, but to do that you’d want to figure out which section you’re going to take and find out what textbook they are going to use.</p>
<p>Check this out too:
[Math</a> 131AH](<a href=“http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/resource/general/131ah.1.03w/]Math”>Math 131AH)</p>
<p>i was thinking about taking it with sussan whenever he teaches again cuz i know hes the more lenient grader and such and usually lectures are verbatim from the txtbook. he also uses rudins txtbook so i was thinkin of gettin ross’s book to maybe practice a bit outta that in the summer and hopefully take 104 with sussan in fall. do u think thats reasonable?</p>
<p>That sounds perfectly reasonable to me, though I can’t comment on the specific professors. I think studying ahead of time, for such a difficult subject, is just common sense.</p>