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[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What exactly is advanced calculus? Abstract algebra, functional analysis or something else?

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 2 weeks ago

Gauchy theorem and so

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 2 weeks ago

Gnarly PDEs aren't exactly the same beast as differentiating single variable polynomials.

I would think at most institutions it would be calc 3 and beyond, or pretty close to?

A lot of majors don't take beyond 1 or 2.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Probably infinite series? Maybe differential equations, but I guess that's usually its own subject.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nothing. It's a meaningless term. Some people use it to say "hard calculus" (multivariate, pdes, etc) and I suspect that's how it's being used here but, historically, it has mostly been used to refer to the introduction to real analysis courses found in books like Spivak and Apostol.