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Originally Posted by rcwlhk
Almost all of my Calculus classes so far only talks about applications of these concepts in physics (i.e. surface integrals for flux, double and triple integrals for volume, etc.)
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I've wondered about this as well. In my Calc 3 class we talked a lot about vector calculus. I kept thinking to myself, I doubt I'll be using this in Econ grad school. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm not in grad school yet, so take this with a grain of salt. I imagine there's many things in learned calculus that we won't use in grad school. You might ask, "then why do we need so much calc?" My answer to that would be two fold. First, there's always the signalling value of being able to succeed in pure math courses. Second, although it's probably true that we don't use everything from the calc series, I imagine that we still use a significant amount of it in grad school. Furthermore, it's important to be fairly comfortable with the calc that is used (as it will come up very frequently). Once again, I hope somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.