I'm completely fucked so teach me calculus

[Mando Pandango]

Basically I have a test friday on series and I don't know a damn thing about them. I know that's my fault, but just teach me everything about series, or point me to sites that explain how to do it with relative clarity. Textbooks don't help because they're all WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS.

Help.

[Socks]

i can't do numbers 

[Mando Pandango]

i can't do numbers 

Good news! Calculus is mostly letters from two different alphabets!

[Socks]

Good news! Calculus is mostly letters from two different alphabets!

i cant do numbers with letters either  

[Walter]

Just use the textbook sheesh.

EDIT: Or at least give us examples and specific topics from the book so we can help you understand it.

[??????]

i can't do math
i bet socks is better at it than I am n___n

[Mando Pandango]

I'm not kidding when I say I need to learn everything.

What are the different kinds of series? What are the equations I need to know? What are the methods to solving them? You don't have to go in depth I just need enough to do fairly well on a quiz.

And again, if you even know of a site that can teach me this, that would be good too. I just need to learn this.

[the shortest route to the sea]

I'm not kidding when I say I need to learn everything.

What are the different kinds of series? What are the equations I need to know? What are the methods to solving them? You don't have to go in depth I just need enough to do fairly well on a quiz.

And again, if you even know of a site that can teach me this, that would be good too. I just need to learn this.

What kind of series? Series of infinite rectangles to find area? Power series to represent functions based on chains of antiderivatives?

[Mando Pandango]

What kind of series? Series of infinite rectangles to find area? Power series to represent functions based on chains of antiderivatives?

Chapter 12: Infinite sequences and series

I know she was teaching power series but it all went over my head so just start there because I know that will be there.

Sections in the chapter are sequences, series, integral test and estimates of sums, comparison tests, alternating series, absolute convergence and the ratio and root tests, strategy for testing series, power series, representations of functions as a power series, taylor and maclaurin series, applications of taylor polynomials.

Do what you can.

[the shortest route to the sea]

Chapter 12: Infinite sequences and series

I know she was teaching power series but it all went over my head so just start there because I know that will be there.

Sections in the chapter are sequences, series, integral test and estimates of sums, comparison tests, alternating series, absolute convergence and the ratio and root tests, strategy for testing series, power series, representations of functions as a power series, taylor and maclaurin series, applications of taylor polynomials.

Do what you can.

I'm tired, so instead I'm going to tell you the tool that got my classmates through what was an essentally self-taught calculus class: MIT OCW.

Watch these videos while taking serious notes:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/detail/embed37.htm
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/detail/embed38.htm

And revel in the fact that you now know what the fuck is going on.

[Mando Pandango]

I'm tired, so instead I'm going to tell you the tool that got my classmates through what was an essentally self-taught calculus class: MIT OCW.

Watch these videos while taking serious notes:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/detail/embed37.htm
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/detail/embed38.htm

And revel in the fact that you now know what the fuck is going on.

I love you but he just went off for a second about higher mathematics in the first video about when 1 is not greater than 0 and my head exploded so I think I'm done.

[spoiler]not really. this is actually pretty damn helpful[/spoiler]

[The artist formally known]

Good news! Calculus is mostly letters from two different alphabets!

But those letters represent numbers.

[Mando Pandango]

So even though I was sort of prepared today, it turns out the test is on Tuesday. HILARIOUS!

At least I have time to adequately prepare.

[the shortest route to the sea]

Are you using the Larson textbook?

[Mando Pandango]

Are you using the Larson textbook?

My textbook says it was written by James Stewart. I've never heard of a single-author textbook before. Odd.