>Taylor series and a bit about what convergence means. Her final arguement
>was, "Why is it that some third world countries have decided that pi is 3
>1/7?" I sighed.
>
>Martha
She sounds rather ignorant of third world countries. As far as I know,
the leader in legislating the value of PI was a USA state (which shall
remain nameless out of courtesy).
Mexico is standardizing on the Linux platform.[1] Our curriculum software
is headed south of the border [2] (in the wake of Geometrica, which does
lots of business in that gore-zone).[3] When it comes to innovations in
education, look to places like Belize.
The USA curriculum is locked up and stagnating by comparison, where flat
earth geometry still prevails in K-12.[4]
Kirby
Oregon Curriculum Network
http://www.inetarena.com/~pdx4d/ocn/
PS: Many Oregon schools standardizing on Linux as well -- always
exceptions to the rule.[5]
[1] http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16107.html
[2] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/geometry-software-dynamic/glunsmermtheld
[3] http://www.geometrica.com/GeoInc/CircularDomes.html
[4] note: secondary school spherical trig used to be a standard option,
but was shoved aside to make room for the calculus. A forward step?
[5] http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/k12linux/
>>
>>V E R Y roughly. But the Flat Earth Society will be disappointed.
>>
>>On the other hand, you may have discovered that in some countries, (pi)^2
>>is 32. Which will disappoint the Indiana Legislature, which knows it is 9.
>>
>
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