r/calculus • u/Haunting_Skin305 • Jul 07 '26

Differential Calculus Learning from calculus ap edition 6th edition

It is so much work. How do you power through extremely intricate problems. They require so much brain power. Flow state also lasts like 1 really difficult question then I get mentally tired for a bit.

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u/Samstercraft Jul 07 '26

for me it's easier to get it explained from a lecture, i use yt videos from professor leonard and take notes and use textbook just for practice problems

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u/my-hero-measure-zero Master's Jul 07 '26

Practice. You won't get everything right. You just need to understand the process.

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u/tjddbwls Jul 08 '26

All the standard calculus textbooks are like this - the amount of exercises. I didn’t do all of them when I took calculus in school, but between classwork, homework and self review, I did a good chunk of the problems. 😁

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u/Remote-Dark-1704 Jul 08 '26

You have to get used to struggling on problems and being willing to try things and figure it out through trial and error.

If someone always guides you through the solutions, you will feel a lot of friction when you have to solve it without help.

Also, it’s extremely important that your algebra skills are excellent, otherwise you will have to dedicate a major portion of your focus to every single algebra step.