NOTE: calculus2.html (same website) is proving far more controversial
however, given it claims to be a contribution to "humanistic math"
-- brings up a lot of prejudices math folks have vs. any humanities
approach as inevitably "dumbing down" (not the way I see it; just
another angle on the same content, useful for sparking intuitions
in people who may have found more crypto-compressed symbolism
inaccessible -- this text helps 'em get oriented).
Kirby
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In sci.math, "John T. Lowry" <jlowry@mcn.net> wrote (7-21-98):
Dear Kirby and All:
Your numerical introduction to calculus makes some good points and is
accessible to some who wouldn't otherwise come to the table. Especially if
you have a similarly good introduction to the function concept.
John.
--John T. Lowry, PhD Flight Physics; Box 20919; Billings MT 59104 Voice: 406-248-2606
Kirby Urner wrote in message <35b70d0e.27672989@news.teleport.com>... > > >[from Oregon Curriculum Network website > http://www.inetarena.com/~pdx4d/ocn] > >========= > > The Calculus: Differentiation and Integration > > by Kirby Urner > Originally posted: December 23, 1997 > Last modified: February 15, 1998 > >If I have a series of numbers, a can write the differences >between them on the line below: > >1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 > \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / > 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 >
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