Subject: Re: Topic Appropriateness
From: Kirby Urner (pdx4d@teleport.com)
Date: Mon Sep 18 2000 - 04:45:53 EDT
>I'd like to know if anyone can find a college other than Spivak's own
>university that uses Spivak's Calculus on Manifolds in the first two years.
>
>Ray
As I recall, that's the book we used my freshman year at
Princeton University. _Honors_ Calculus though, with
Dr. Thurston (topologist). Dunno if still used -- this
was 1976-77.
That was a pretty tough class. Thurston gave us test
grades like pi and e. I think my average was closer to
e than pi (not a curve -- most of us struggled, except
this genius with curly red hair...).
Kirby
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