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lmm comments on Open Thread for February 11 - 17 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Coscott 11 February 2014 06:08PM

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Comment author: lmm 11 February 2014 10:36:42PM 1 point [-]

It's worth mentioning that this is a US peculiarity. If you apply to a program elsewhere there is a lot less emphasis on calculus.

Comment author: somervta 13 February 2014 05:18:11AM 0 points [-]

But you should still know rthe basics of calculus (and linear algebra) - at least the equivalent of calc 1, 2 & 3,