Re: [Paddlewise] Calculus? Heck, Get 'Em to Do Algebra!

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:05:20 -0800
Craig Jungers wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_rockandwater.net> wrote:
> 
>> ...and solve a partial differential equation...
>>
> 
> I'm guessing that getting half-way through a differential equation does not
> qualify as "partial".

Sheesh!  Here in Oregon we test out kids with A's and B's in high school 
algebra as needing remedial 8th grade arithmetic!

Sign me:   The dumb pot-boiling chemist who did some equations partially 
differently at one point in his life.  Seriously:  DiffEq done right is an 
amazingly insightful part of mathematics.  Dashpots, flow regimes, 
oscillating chemical reactions, etc.  A world opened up.

-- 
Dave Kruger:
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