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- From: len@math.nwu.edu (Len Evens)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: who should teach calculus?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.000528.12551@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 00:05:28 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov13.000528.12551
- References: <1992Nov10.223300.19016@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov12.203923.26575@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov12.203923.26575@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, gedgar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Gerald A Edgar) writes:
- >
- > How about: "should algebraists teach calculus?"
- > Are they the ones who say, "I have never used hyperbolic functions,
- > so we can skip that section"??
- > --
- > Gerald A. Edgar Internet: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu
- > Department of Mathematics Bitnet: EDGAR@OHSTPY
- > The Ohio State University telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office)
- > Columbus, OH 43210 -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)
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- --
- I have been told by professors in engineering departments exactly
- the same thing. If you go around and collect information on what
- to leave out from everyone in sight you end up with almost
- nothing. If you collect information on everything which should be
- included you get a 3 year calculus sequence.
- Leonard Evens len@math.nwu.edu 708-491-5537
- Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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