r girls good at math?

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I don't think it matters. What matters is some women can be good at maths.

I think it is more than just cultural but they have tried to get more women into the sciences. There are preferences in people. Maybe AS don't have they I'm just as interested in psychology as I am at maths. Yesterday I was talking intensely about micro biology to a guy who is it. I'm pretty new to that subject but it is really interesting talking about AIDS, Hepatitis C, Ebola, etc.

doing integration by hand?!?!? thats not calculus, thats the monkey work. the calculus IS the concepts. u have to understand what the integral is in terms of infinite sums and area to use it is problems and proofs and stuff. but a TI89 or computer or w/e does all the monkey work for you nowadays.

I'm afraid not.

A calculus is a set of methods or rules for doing things.

There are many different calculi in maths. The most common one (often called 'the calculus') is a set of rules for integrating and differentiating. A conceptual understanding of differentiation, integration, continuity etc. would fall under the heading of analysis.

I don't believe there is any actual difference between men and women in their capacity to "do maths." That said, many women were taught through social interaction that mathematics is best left to men, and this could lead to heightened math anxiety, which would negatively influcence performance. It's sad to think of all the innovations we may have missed in the engineering fields simply because "Shakespeare's sister" never picked up the ol' slide rule.

I used to do well in math, until I lost interest. I always did well on my math homework, but got nervous during exams, even though I knew how to do the work. I took a course called Math in Society in college which I enjoyed and received a B, proving I had the ability. I didn't take Algebra 2 until I reached university, by which time I had nearly completed all of my requirements for my major, English. My best subjects were English, Spanish, biology, history and psychology-all of the people-oriented classes. Chemistry was difficult, but I still managed a C.

Some are good at it. Some are crap at it.

Well, I've never had any trouble thinking in 3D, but your diagram is confusing because the way it is drawn with the red DC lining up exactly with the black DC makes it impossible for the triangle to have any significant volume. If it were truly representative of 3D, the triangle would need to be a pyramid with a base. So I can picture this set up in 3D in my head, but the diagram isn't helping. (Does that make sense?)

Back when I first took it, such things weren't available. I took multi-variable calc recently, and we were allowed to use a calculator to handle it. Big difference. Still had to come up with the work, but it's a lot easier when you already have the answer.

The Gender Gap: Boys Lagging, Girls Move Ahead
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/ ... 7678.shtml

I'm not good at math, but I don't think it has anything to do with being female.

Am great at algebra and statistics, but couldn't do trigonometry or calculus. Couldn't visually process it or something.

i found that very interesting

Calculators like the T189 seem pointless to me; if I wanted to do something that I couldn't do on a 99pence calculator, I'd just go and use Maple/Matlab/R etc.

I'm terrible at math. My older friend, who is a women, is better. Generalities do not always apply.

those computer programs??
i love the ti89 because i have been using it for a while now, i know lots of short cuts and can type on it very fast. i also like that i can just set it anywhere, no matter where i am, and use it. its like a portable, math-specific computer w/ a simple basic language that uses all the math syntax.

I do believe that there is a general gender difference in mathematical ability, such that men typically perform better. This isn't to say that there aren't some women who are great at math. So the answer to your question "are girls good at math" is "some are".

I would expect the difference to be much smaller among people with AS/autism though, as seems to be the case with most other brain sex differences.