Specialist maths in relation to methods

[hypo]

Hey
Can someone please give me a descriptive list of what the spesh course has that relates to methods. What topics covered in spesh will help methods.for example i know trigonometry is.

Thanks

[TrueTears]

Further circular functions
Further differentiation
Further integration

Those are the ones I can think of right now that extends on from methods [obviously there are things under integration like differential equations that's not in the methods course].

[hypo]

which ones of these from the spesh would be related
      
1. A toolbox

2. Vectors

3. Circular functions

4. Complex numbers

6. Differentiation and rational functions

7. Antidifferentiation

8. Applications of integration

9. Differential equations

10. Kinematics

12. Vector functions

13. Dynamics

[hyperblade01]

Don't know where you classify 'Related rates' but that was under differential equations and relates to the chain rule and differentiation.

Kinematics helps with knowing how to go from x to v to a and vice versa.

[TrueTears]

which ones of these from the spesh would be related
      
1. A toolbox

2. Vectors

3. Circular functions

4. Complex numbers

6. Differentiation and rational functions

7. Antidifferentiation

8. Applications of integration

9. Differential equations

10. Kinematics

12. Vector functions

13. Dynamics

Yeah related rates is under Differential equations. It is quite useful for methods.

A toolbox has some things which could be useful but they are not specifically in the methods course, but good to know incase a spastic question in methods show up.

The rest are not in methods course at all.

[NE2000]

Although to further answer your question regarding how spesh will help in methods, while it may appear that less than half othe spesh course will help with methods, the fact is that it will help in more than half, maybe up to two thirds of the methods course.

In the case of differentiation, antidifferentiation, areas under graphs, related rates which comrpise the calculus section of the methods course a sound understanding of the spesh material will make you feel like the methods stuff is elementary and basic and you should find that entire third of the course fairly simple.

Spesh will have trig in it and this includes graphing functions, solving trig equations as well as more advanced stuff. Again, after doing spesh trig you will likely not have a problem with methods trig because you need to get the fundamentals of trig right to be able to get the more advanced stuff right, so it is likely you'll be good at all the methods stuff

The other area spesh helps is with rational functions: their graphing and manipulation. Part of methods 3/4 is basically just 1/2 in that you still graph parabolas, logarithmic functions etc. Spesh will help a bit in understanding the graphing process as well as other things like addition of ordinates.

From my experience thus far in the year, doing spesh has made methods seem like a much easier subject, and while I warn against complacency, if you like maths and are good at it then spesh will be helpful imo.

[kdgamz]

if you learn calculus properly in specialist , then calculus in methods is pretty easy..

[dejan91]

Spesh definitely makes Methods seem easier. NE2000 is pretty much spot on with what he said.