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A comment on Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential Equations (1997) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential... by wolfgke on Monday September 04, 2017 @07:56AM (#15167550)
> Trig is artificially hard in calculus. When you get to complex numbers it all gets easier. But they don't teach that until later.

And if Clifford algebras were introduced, it would get even easier. But they typically don't even teach that.

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Re:Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential... by LolWolf on Monday September 04, 2017 @11:51PM (#15172398)
This needs to be mentioned more frequently to be honest. I still am unsure why the hell Gibbs vector calculus is taught when Clifford algebras are so beautiful.
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