Calculus Two: Sequences and Series
Calculus Two: Sequences and Series
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Course Description
Instructors:
Jim Fowler
School:
The Ohio State University
Sequences and Series will challenge us to think very carefully about
"infinity." What does it mean to add up an unending list of numbers?
How can an infinite task result in a finite answer? These questions
lead us to some very deep concepts—but also to some powerful
computational tools which are used not only in math but in many
quantitative disciplines.
This course is a first and friendly introduction to sequences, infinite
series, convergence tests, and Taylor series. It is suitable for
someone who has seen just a bit of calculus before. And since one
learns mathematics by doing mathematics, this course encourages you to
participate by providing plenty of computational problems, conceptual
projects, and opportunities to explain your thought process to your
peers.
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A really fun and engaging course. Jim Fowler is a great teacher whose
enthusiasm for maths is highly infective. In stark contrast to the sterile,
professionally-produced videos that some courses provide, Jim shows you how
maths can be done by pushing around little pieces of paper. It is an amazingly
effective approach and contributes a lot to the charm of the course.
To be honest, I wasn't that interested in the material, but started it just to
take a look. But I got hooked and ended up thoroughly enjoying it.
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Fantastic course. The instructor goes to great lengths to give you an
intuitive understanding of the material through various visualizations and
analogies. And although the course is easy to follow, everything is clearly
defined and you never have the sense that important information is held back
from you to make things easier. The course also comes with a great, free
textbook.
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When I compare Jim Fowlers course "Calculus Two: Sequences and Series" to Prof
Ghrist course "Calculus: Single Variable" (the part that deals with series and
sequences), I notice teach the problem completely different even though the
content is quite similar. While Ghrist is all about explaining it once and
doing homework for hours to have you master it, Jim Fowler will actually take
you by the hand and show you the ropes step by step. While Ghrist is all about
memorizing and allowing few or one attempt to score, Fowler will give you
hints all up to the answer in this course and allows you many as many attempts
as you'd like. Since I find it quite a hard topic I'm glad Fowler explained
everything so clearly so I could pass Ghrist's course more easily.
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- 28 reviews
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I don't know which one was better this or the first one.Another amazing Course
from Jim Fowler.Personally the best Math Professor i have seen in my entire
life(High School,College,lots of Moocs).I have taken tons of Moocs.From my
experience,some Prof. do them for the fame,some cause the Uni force them,some
to sell MBAs,some to try new things,some don't know why they do them,Professor
Jim Fowler do them because he loves teaching. Shorter version from the first
one(the first one was 13 weeks long),the quizzes have hints if you get stuck
or you don't know how to solve them,Prof and the team were very active in the
forums. The best series of courses about Calculus in the Web in my opinion.
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This is a brilliant course - short but you get a lot out of it. I hadn't done
any serious maths for many years and was taking Calculus 1 at the same time,
so don't be put off by the 'Two' thinking you need a calculus background - it
was very self contained, and Jim Fowler really is a great maths teacher.
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Is Jim Fowler one of the best math instructors? Thousands would say,
definitely, and I agree. This is a great course, very well presented and makes
the difficult easy. He covers a lot of material in six weeks, but there is a
lot of encouragement along the way. He is one of those instructors who
believes everyone can do it, and he tends to get those results. Here's hoping
he teaches many more math courses.
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- 91 reviews
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Another great course from Jim Fowler (see my review of his Calculus One class.
http://coursetalk.org/coursera/calculus-one). The course is easy if you only
want to pass it because you can repeat things so often and there are so many
hints. If you want to actually learn (and remember it) there is a large amount
of material to look at.
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Again, another wonderful course from the instructor Jim. This course takes
Calculus to another level, and again brings you to a whole other level of
thinking about math. This course is slightly more difficult than Calculus One,
but the lectures in this course are awesome, and really show you how the
nitty-gritty works step-by-step. This course is formatted a little differently
than the Calculus One course however. First of all, it's shorter, meaning that
the deadlines are closer together. However, the good thing is that the weekly
quizzes are made to TEACH, not to access. The quizzes are made to capture the
essential concepts from the lectures and teach you more about them, in hopes
of giving you the independence to solve difficult problems by yourself.
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