Thanks Minh. You're right about the transformation--it should read 'b' rather than 'a'. I'll fix that in a moment here. I have always been taught never to use 'and' when describing large numbers, though, so I think I will leave 'two hundred seventy' as it is.
Elliott On Sep 29, 8:23 pm, "Minh Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Elliott, > > From the page > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/elliottd/calctut/review.html > > here are some typos and suggestions: > > [1] Under the section "Transformations", I think one of the dot > points should be rewritten as follows: > > "displaced vertically upward by a units" > ---> "displaced vertically by _b_ units" > > because the function in question is y = m * f(n*(x - a)) + b. > Depending on whether b < 0, b > 0, or b = 0, we have a vertical shift > downward, upward, or no vertical shift at all, respectively. > > [2] You might want to rewrite the snippet > > "which is also equivalent to two hundred seventy degrees." > ---> "which is also equivalent to two hundred and seventy degrees." > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
