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On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All done editing--the updated tutorial should be up in a few minutes. > I discovered that the nonsensical equations on the "Definition of the > Derivative" page were due to an incomplete update of the images folder > yesterday...they should be better, now ;). I'm not really sure how to > account for the OverflowError you encountered, though--I have a VMWare > image of Sage 3.0.5 running on Vista (my Internet is really slow, so I > haven't updated for a while). I haven't tried that code on my Ubuntu > boot, but it works from the 3.0.5 virtual machine and in the on-line > Notebook, which is 3.1.2.rc2. Hopefully that won't be a common issue > for readers, anyway. > > I must thank you again for all your work, though! Spelling issues > bother me especially, so I'm glad that you caught (hopefully) all of > them. Now we just need students and teachers to catch onto the > tutorial...then we'll be in business! > > Elliott Brossard > > On Sep 18, 12:56 pm, "Minh Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:25 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [...] >> > This will be going on the main sagemath.org webpage, and could be a >> > superb way of getting >> > students really interested in sage. I wonder if somebody could >> > volunteer to read through >> > the tutorial and make some comments, find typos, etc.? It's fun, not >> > too long, etc. >> >> From the "The Definition of the Derivative" at >> >> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/elliottd/calctut/derivative.html >> >> here are some typos and suggestions: >> >> [1] You might want to rewrite the sentence >> >> "'h' is assumbed to be approaching zero." >> >> as >> >> "The symbol 'h' is assumed to be approaching zero." >> >> That is, avoid starting a sentence with a maths symbol; also remove >> the "b" from "assumbed". >> >> [2] You might want to rewrite the snippet >> >> "The change in Bob's car's speed over time was his acceleration," >> >> as >> >> "The change in the speed of Bob's car over time was his acceleration," >> >> or something similar. In particular, avoid double possessive >> apostrophes like "Bob's car's speed". >> >> [3] For the constant rule of differentiation: >> >> "If f(x) = a and a is a natural number, then f'(x) = 0" >> >> Do you mean to say "...and a is a real number..."? If so, then you >> might want to reflect the change at >> >> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/elliottd/calctut/diffrules.html >> >> The same comment applies for the constant multiple rule. >> >> [4] You might want to rewrite the snippet >> >> "If f is the quotient of g(x)/h(x)" >> >> as >> >> "If f is the quotient g(x)/h(x)" >> >> and reflect the change at >> >> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/elliottd/calctut/diffrules.html >> >> [5] You might want to rewrite the sentence >> >> "f'(x) (pronounced 'f prime of x') signifies the first derivative of f(x)." >> >> as >> >> "The symbol f'(x) (pronounced 'f prime of x') signifies the first >> derivative of f(x)." >> >> or as >> >> "The function f'(x) (pronounced 'f prime of x') signifies the first >> derivative of f(x)." >> >> That is, avoid starting a sentence with a maths symbol. >> >> [6] In the image at >> >> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/elliottd/calctut/pix/calctut/der... >> >> we have >> >> 3*(x + h)^2 = 3*x^2 + 6*h*x + 3*h^2 >> >> not this: >> >> 3*(x + h)^2 = 3*x^2 + 3*h*x + 3*h^2 >> >> [7] Following the snippet >> >> "so I'll use an actual number in tandem with the Constant Multiple Rule." >> >> are 2 lines of equations. I'm not sure what you're trying to say with >> those equations, since it looks like the first such line says >> something like this: >> >> "If = (3xh + 3h^2) / h = ..." >> >> [8] You might want to rewrite the sentence >> >> "v(t) is a better representation for instantaneous velocity than >> x'(t), which explains the above." >> >> as >> >> "The function v(t) is a better representation for instantaneous >> velocity than x'(t), which explains the above." >> >> or something like >> >> "The symbol v(t) is a better representation for instantaneous velocity >> than x'(t), which explains the above." >> >> Again, avoid starting sentences with maths symbols. >> >> [9] You might want to rewrite the sentence >> >> "You can see that as Bob's velocity gradually increased (the red line) >> that his distance traveled (the blue line) began to rise more >> quickly." >> >> as >> >> "You can see that as Bob's velocity gradually increased (the red >> line), his distance traveled (the blue line) began to rise more >> quickly." >> >> [10] You might want to rewrite the snippet >> >> "it's much safer just to leave it how it is," >> >> as >> >> "it's much safer just to leave it as it is," >> >> [11] You might want to rewrite the sentence >> >> "Check back in a couple weeks." >> >> as >> >> "Check back in a couple of weeks." >> >> -- >> Regards >> Minh Van Nguyen >> >> Web:http://nguyenminh2.googlepages.com >> Blog:http://mvngu.wordpress.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
