I think this looks great, very nicely done. I am wondering if it would be possible to modify/include the "virtual" files like htmlhead.shtml, since they are not in the zipped version, and I had trouble finding them online.
Cheers, M. Hampton On Sep 18, 3:30 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
