Maths foundations
Calculus
Limits, derivatives, integrals and series, and what they say about change and accumulation.
About 40 hours of study.
Where to learn it
Read
Calculus (Volumes 1–3)
Gilbert Strang, Edwin Herman (OpenStax)
Volumes 1 and 2
Free online and as PDF, with worked examples and exercises in every section.
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Practise
Khan Academy exercises
Khan Academy
Calculus 1, then Calculus 2
Short practice sets that check each answer, with hints.
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Which roles ask for it
- Quantitative researcher / analyst to get hired
- Economist / economic research analyst to get hired
- Statistician / biostatistician to get hired
- GATE computer science to get hired
- GATE data science and AI to get hired
- GATE statistics to get hired
- IIT JAM mathematical statistics to get hired
Before and after
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Calculus