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Re: In favor of teaching "dot notation"
Posted:
Oct 17, 2012 8:32 PM
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Robert Hansen <bob@rsccore.com> wrote:
How do you handle units? Like 12 miles or 14 hours?
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That's a very good question. How does one handle units in general? What
axioms does one use? If there are none, then Robert's earlier question
about an exam is well-posed: "Is this mathematics?"
> How do you show a rational function between polynomials, such that a
> student can see it and simplify it or factor it?
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What on earth is "a rational function between polynomials"? Dare I ask, "Is
this mathematics?"?
--Louis A. Talman
Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Metropolitan State College of Denver
<http://rowdy.mscd.edu/%7Etalmanl>
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