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[withoutaface]

I will tell you which is better when I get my marks back.

 

[acmilan]

Is Linear Algebra better than calculus?

Depends, everyone has different preferences. I guess most people would like the easier one more

Is Linear Algebra harder than calculus?

In the first year context, yes (at least for most people).

 

[nit]

well 1901 can get hard. We were just lucky that this year's exam was a rehash of the previous couple of years...1902 was pretty new on the other hand. Especially some of that vector stuff.

 

[SeDaTeD]

I found this year's q5 relatively easier than the past couple of year's q5s. And matrices are annoying in that you have to write out a whole box of 20 or so numbers for one little step.

 

[acmilan]

I found this year's q5 relatively easier than the past couple of year's q5s. And matrices are annoying in that you have to write out a whole box of 20 or so numbers for one little step.

haha i spent about 15 minutes trying to prove the second last part by induction. Didnt work.

 

[gordo]

i spent the last 15 minutes doing questions 3-5

 

[SeDaTeD]

Not by induction. Let another matrix M be a diagonal matrix with entries 1, x, x^2... x^n-1. Then find AM. then find det(B) by taking out a factor of 1, x, x^2... out of each row, and u'll end up with AM.

 

[Adam]

is linear algebra harder than calculus?

Definitely not! Linear algebra makes some sense. But calculus is just a bunch of unrelated impractical topics joined up into one.

Biased? Yes.

 

[SeDaTeD]

Haha, biased indeed. What do you expect with 1st year anyway?