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courna:
i swear

Real Analysis is meaningless!.. till today I still wonder how I passed that course in the university.

Man u pointed out easy mathematics...

*Laplace Transformation is the only mathematics that was difficult for me.

Shelumiel:
All are easy now na.... Come and see Lebesgue measure,you will not like maths at all

Just hearing it. I am sure is a post grad related topic.

girlfromafrica:
It is general knowledge that mathematics is arguably the most hated subject by students of all levels. Now, while that has become a generally accepted fact, what remains quite unknown is the most hated mathematics topics. Well, if you are wondering what the most hated mathematics topics are then you are on the right page. Contained in this article are 10 of the most hated topics in mathematics. If you are currently studying any of this topics or will do in the future, then it is important to know how dreaded they are. With this, you can give them just the right amount of attention.

The 10 most hated mathematics topics are;

Statistics
If a 100 students are asked why they hate statistics, a 100 different answer might come up. However, if these 100 different answers are looked at very closely, they all might mean one thing; “unfathomable”. Yes, a lot of students consider statistics to be very unfathomable. Unlike very regular mathematics which is supposed to have one right answer, statistics do not always depend on a right answer. Rather, it depends on the closest answer. That, however, is not all the problem that students have with statistics. Only very few people know the real applications of statistics in real life. As a result of this, lots of people treat it with complete disinterest.

Probability
At first glance, probability definitely does look interesting. Now, the truth is probability does not just look interesting, it really is very interesting until it starts getting really complex. With probability, you just are not allowed to trust your guts. Also, what you think the right answer is could just be very far from what the answer really is and since there is no real straightforward method to go about solving probability questions, you might never get it right at advanced levels if you lack the needed patience.

Ordinary Differential Equation
Ordinary differential equations is a topic in mathematics that a lot of people look forward to with keen interest. However, after the first few days of sitting in an ODE class, only a handful of students maintain the interest with which they anticipated the class. The other set of students get to a conclusion that ODE is dry. This is because, until the first day of class, a lot of students believe they will be learning some very beautiful concepts. However, most are usually very disappointed when they are faced with what they consider unmemorable tricks.

Real Analysis
Real Analysis to a very large extent is considered one of the most difficult mathematics topic at undergraduate level. It is usually considered a chasm of some sort. Real Analysis separates the real mathematics gurus from those that want to be considered math gurus but really are not. Now, this is where the problem lies; not everyone is a math guru. However, everyone doing real analysis is expected to pass it.

Real analysis is a topic in mathematics that does not have anything to do with solving problems. Rather, it is all about proofs. If you have ever tried proving anything in mathematics, then you will agree with me that it was not a path void of many hurdles.

Algebra
Algebra in itself might be considered an easy topic in mathematics. Nevertheless, a lot of students have developed a hatred for it. Now, it might be surprising that lots and lots of students dislike algebra regardless of the fact that it is not considered a difficult topic. Well, the truth is; the major problem is not with algebra but with the approach to learning it. Two of the major problems lots of students have with algebra are the fact that they memorize steps and also the idea that they do not need it and therefore do not give it attention.

Matrix
Yes oh, its both a movie and a subject in Mathematics. Matrix is not one of the popular math topics at the junior level. However, at senior and undergrad level, it is a topic that everyone that does mathematics has to go through. Usually, at the beginning of a class on matrix, there are two sets of people;

Those that understand the basic concepts and

Those that have no idea of what is going on in class.

As the class progresses, even those that quite understood it at the beginning might begin to feel helpless.

Differential Geometry
Differential Geometry is very much unlike your regular mathematics. It involves a little bit of everything and that is definitely a reason to hate it. Reason being; if you must understand differential geometry then you should understand a little of a lot of different math concept. Apart from the fact that this topic requires that you to understand a little of everything, it also comes with a lot of definitions. Now, if you are neck deep into mathematics, then you should be fully aware that no one in a mathematics class loves definitions.

Geometry
Geometry is one of the most misunderstood topics in mathematics. Although it might be quite interesting to individuals that have great spatial reasoning skills, those with not too good spatial reasoning skills have a big hatred for it. Also, one other reason why geometry is very much hated is because it is very unlike other topics in mathematics. As a result of this, if you cannot relate it to anything you know, it might be very difficult to fully comprehend what it is all about.

Permutations and Combinations
Apart from the fact that mistakes are easily made with permutations and combinations, it is considered by a lot of students to be time consuming. Even more annoying is the fact that it gets more complex as one delves deeper. Now, if one is not able to understand the basic concepts at the beginning of study, then all chances of getting to understand it might be lost forever.

Complex Numbers
Complex numbers is a topic in mathematics that is quite easy to understand if given proper attention. However, if one fails to understand it initially, then it will make no sense. One other major reason this topic is hated is the fact that it is very abstract.

These topics sure gave some of us a really hard time in school!

Source: iDonsabi

These are the core maths topic. If these topics are hated, that means maths as a course is hated.
As for me, the major one I never really like was Advance Algebra ie mostly deals with Groups and Rings

Efewestern:
Where is Numerical Analysis?, Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) is not that difficult, you just need to do a lot of cramming.

Real Analysis is another bomb, lol

I understood numerical analysis at UNIVERSITY those years but it is cumbersome to calculate even with a calculator.

joshuakdboy:
How does the offer work? should I PM you?

Sure

Samabu07:
Just hearing it. I am sure is a post grad related topic.

No o. It's for undergraduates .

Shelumiel:
No o. It's for undergraduates .

Really, I never knew. Thanks.

Statistics was my best...

like seriously i didn't see any one there

Dirkcoyt:
Clearly most of you are not maths or computer science or statistics undergraduate/graduate

Then come to the Laplace,Fibonacci and many other theorem I can’t remember.

Done that left that! Na money be my calculus now!

If nobody mentioned these two up there, then I will be shocked. Laplace Theorem is a boss topic.

I enjoyed Mathematics like kilode. The lecturer that took us on Laplace had a rhythm that he flowed with on the board that you had no choice than to flow with him.

I so hate geometry, mensuration

enonche85:
Real Analysis is meaningless!.. till today I still wonder how I passed that course in the university.

i just don't know the usefulness of the course....

you'll read read and read.... but then again it's not something you'll read and understand

What about Surd, I hate it ehn.

OnlineSalesNG:
My brother , we dey the same boat

Lol

at undergraduate level, there is nothing so serious about complex numbers and ODE.
The main mam is Real Analysis

MJBOLT:

MATHS -Mental Attack To Healthy Students

This is so funny.

wamide042:
Right from my primary school days I have hated Mathematics...But i have never failed it and how i used to pass is what i still understand till now..

I swear we are the same
my mathematics teacher in secondary school once called my mum that i use to sleep in his class

Every other aspects of mathematics has been simple except Leberque measure and other tooology shit. I hate anything abstract algebra o.

Mathematics is actually easy.

jesmond3945:
If you dont like maths please never in your life do engineering. You will suffer.

Engineering Maths is easy. The real maths are in Maths courses in Mathematics and Physics departments. I have 2 degrees (Physics and Electrical Engineering) and a masters (Engineering) and the difference in difficulty of maths between science faculty and engineering faculty is clear like 7up.

I had class mates in my electrical engineering degree program that graduated, but won't survive 3rd year in my physics degree program.

hmm in this ten lies the solution to betMILLIONS ... BETING PAYS

IFEOLUWAKRIZ:
People are talking of advanced maths' topics and you are here bringing up quadratic equation! you must be an arts' student.

Yes I'm an arts student .

Oya kill yourself

Way back in secondary school,
I hav Neva for one day luved Maths, bt i tend to pass that subject compare to any other subject on exam day.
Don't ask me how i did it, cox it's magic
Nd
I guess u will Neva understand such magic... Lolx

qanda:
You don't have to hate Mathematics. How can anyone hate Algebra, given its application in life situations. Maths is not a subject to hate. Most people who find maths difficult probably had a shaky foundation or a wrong mindset towards the subject. For me, maths is logical and one of the simplest subjects.

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During our own school days mathematics is the easiest to understand because you don't need so much English unlike literature economics and government etc to do maths and there were so many good mathematics teachers to take you through unlike these days where those who go into mathematics studies are very few.

salford1:
Engineering Maths is easy. The real maths are in Maths courses in Mathematics and Physics departments. I have 2 degrees (Physics and Electrical Engineering) and a masters (Engineering) and the difference in difficulty of maths between science faculty and engineering faculty is clear like 7up.

I had class mates in my electrical engineering degree program that graduated, but won't survive 3rd year in my physics degree program.

what you should say is applied maths is easier than pure maths but i would tell you that pure maths or theoretical maths is the foundation of applied maths which is used in engineering which makes it difficult because you have to deal with abstract relationship. It still doesnt make engineering easier because when you use applied maths to solve problems, you have to apply it correctly so that your implementation will run smoothly which theoretical maths doesnt do. In summary both complement each other.

HyconMojo:
Me that studied computer science regrets doing it because of those crazy borrowed statistics...

you should have done ICT or Information managemet tech. were you will not do much math. but you can never do computer science without math infact you will not go far.

Numerical analysis.

girlfromafrica:
It is general knowledge that mathematics is arguably the most hated subject by students of all levels. Now, while that has become a generally accepted fact, what remains quite unknown is the most hated mathematics topics. Well, if you are wondering what the most hated mathematics topics are then you are on the right page. Contained in this article are 10 of the most hated topics in mathematics. If you are currently studying any of this topics or will do in the future, then it is important to know how dreaded they are. With this, you can give them just the right amount of attention.

The 10 most hated mathematics topics are;

Statistics
If a 100 students are asked why they hate statistics, a 100 different answer might come up. However, if these 100 different answers are looked at very closely, they all might mean one thing; “unfathomable”. Yes, a lot of students consider statistics to be very unfathomable. Unlike very regular mathematics which is supposed to have one right answer, statistics do not always depend on a right answer. Rather, it depends on the closest answer. That, however, is not all the problem that students have with statistics. Only very few people know the real applications of statistics in real life. As a result of this, lots of people treat it with complete disinterest.

Probability
At first glance, probability definitely does look interesting. Now, the truth is probability does not just look interesting, it really is very interesting until it starts getting really complex. With probability, you just are not allowed to trust your guts. Also, what you think the right answer is could just be very far from what the answer really is and since there is no real straightforward method to go about solving probability questions, you might never get it right at advanced levels if you lack the needed patience.

Ordinary Differential Equation
Ordinary differential equations is a topic in mathematics that a lot of people look forward to with keen interest. However, after the first few days of sitting in an ODE class, only a handful of students maintain the interest with which they anticipated the class. The other set of students get to a conclusion that ODE is dry. This is because, until the first day of class, a lot of students believe they will be learning some very beautiful concepts. However, most are usually very disappointed when they are faced with what they consider unmemorable tricks.

Real Analysis
Real Analysis to a very large extent is considered one of the most difficult mathematics topic at undergraduate level. It is usually considered a chasm of some sort. Real Analysis separates the real mathematics gurus from those that want to be considered math gurus but really are not. Now, this is where the problem lies; not everyone is a math guru. However, everyone doing real analysis is expected to pass it.

Real analysis is a topic in mathematics that does not have anything to do with solving problems. Rather, it is all about proofs. If you have ever tried proving anything in mathematics, then you will agree with me that it was not a path void of many hurdles.

Algebra
Algebra in itself might be considered an easy topic in mathematics. Nevertheless, a lot of students have developed a hatred for it. Now, it might be surprising that lots and lots of students dislike algebra regardless of the fact that it is not considered a difficult topic. Well, the truth is; the major problem is not with algebra but with the approach to learning it. Two of the major problems lots of students have with algebra are the fact that they memorize steps and also the idea that they do not need it and therefore do not give it attention.

Matrix
Yes oh, its both a movie and a subject in Mathematics. Matrix is not one of the popular math topics at the junior level. However, at senior and undergrad level, it is a topic that everyone that does mathematics has to go through. Usually, at the beginning of a class on matrix, there are two sets of people;

Those that understand the basic concepts and

Those that have no idea of what is going on in class.

As the class progresses, even those that quite understood it at the beginning might begin to feel helpless.

Differential Geometry
Differential Geometry is very much unlike your regular mathematics. It involves a little bit of everything and that is definitely a reason to hate it. Reason being; if you must understand differential geometry then you should understand a little of a lot of different math concept. Apart from the fact that this topic requires that you to understand a little of everything, it also comes with a lot of definitions. Now, if you are neck deep into mathematics, then you should be fully aware that no one in a mathematics class loves definitions.

Geometry
Geometry is one of the most misunderstood topics in mathematics. Although it might be quite interesting to individuals that have great spatial reasoning skills, those with not too good spatial reasoning skills have a big hatred for it. Also, one other reason why geometry is very much hated is because it is very unlike other topics in mathematics. As a result of this, if you cannot relate it to anything you know, it might be very difficult to fully comprehend what it is all about.

Permutations and Combinations
Apart from the fact that mistakes are easily made with permutations and combinations, it is considered by a lot of students to be time consuming. Even more annoying is the fact that it gets more complex as one delves deeper. Now, if one is not able to understand the basic concepts at the beginning of study, then all chances of getting to understand it might be lost forever.

Complex Numbers
Complex numbers is a topic in mathematics that is quite easy to understand if given proper attention. However, if one fails to understand it initially, then it will make no sense. One other major reason this topic is hated is the fact that it is very abstract.

These topics sure gave some of us a really hard time in school!

Source: iDonsabi

Real analysis, is a course for the genius.

mathematicians I hail una
statisticians I hail us

critical thinkers��

Rstc:
You missed out the most obvious-. circle geometry.

In all my teaching experience, that is the most hated area of maths especially by girls because of its many theorems and applications.

I love it