Re:Donald Knuth's letter about teaching O notation in calcul...
by Pioneer1 on Monday April 14, 2008 @06:10PM
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I agree with this. The same goes for physics as well. Both physics and calculus look like humongous legal code created by a bureaucracy. They were intended to solve 18th century problems. The idea of creating a new version of these from scratch is a good idea. Why not eliminate calculus altogether and teach computer science instead, including programming?
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Re:Donald Knuth's letter about teaching O notation in calcul...
by yummyfajitas on Monday April 14, 2008 @06:34PM
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Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Calculus is a fundamental topic, and even in computer science. Trig substitution is the bathwater. Curvature, tangent and normal are the baby, and they can be handy when you need them.