Why do math professors skip proofs in calculus 1-3?

Because most of students want formula, and solved examples that will resemble the one on the test! There is a Professor at my community college that teaches Calculus 2, 3, ODE, and Linear Algebra. read more

1 + 1 = 3. Answer 2 : An example from real life : A cousin of mine was asked this in a job interview. What he said was something similar to this. 1+1= 3 is true, but incomplete. 1+1 = 2 (two), and since two has three letters, it is true that 1+1= 3 alphabets. Ironically, he got selected. read more

(1) If you are having difficulty knowing which parts of a mathematics textbook to skip and which to read, then try to mostly read"user-friendly" mathematics textbooks for the time being. Usually, there are many mathematics textbooks on a given subject which give a roadmap at the beginning of the book detailing which sections/chapters of the book can be skipped and which are important/interesting. read more

I feel like math and science departments in college are the ones that take a bigger step up from high school to college. I go to UT Austin which is a pretty good school for math. We have a few different calculus 1-3 sequences. The engineers here do the accelerated sequence that does calculus 1-3 in two semesters. read more