Re: motivating a kid into analysis
- From: "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:19:46 GMT
"Ben Rudiak-Gould" <br276deleteme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:di1cmg$d1b$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dirk Van de moortel wrote:
> > 14 years might be a bit young, but have you tried presenting
> > the definitions as a real *challenge*?
> > I mean, a function is continuous in some point if it can withstand
> > the challenge that whatever number epsilon *he* can come up
> > with, no matter how small, *you* will always find a delta such
> > that the image of *your* delta-interval is entirely "projected"
> > within his epsilon-interval.
>
> Heh heh. This reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from _Professor
> E. McSquared's Original, Fantastic, and Highly Edifying Calulus Primer_ by
> Swann & Johnson. Which, come to think of it, might be the perfect book for
> the original poster's 14-year-old. I think I was about that age when I read
> it. The revised ("Expanded Intergalactic") edition isn't as good as the
> original, IMHO, but is probably the only one still in print. Highly
> recommended either way.
hm... never heard of that one...
Google produces
http://www.profemc2.com/flash/profMcSquaredV1.0.html
with a click on the top middle icon "What is calculus"
I can't wait to order it :-)
Thanks for the tip!
Dirk Vdm
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