On Dec 19, 11:13 pm, William Stein wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:12 PM, kcrisman wrote:
> >> > good timing. There are any video or other memories to view for this
> >> > first sage education days?
>
> >>http://wstein.org/sagedays18/day5/
>
> > What viewers should open this sort of file - I
>>
>>"Computer science is the new mathematics."
>> -- Dr. Christos Papadimitrious
>I disagree strongly. The statement implies that computer science
>supersedes or replaces mathematics, when it is merely another subset
>of mathematics.
True, but the new discipline may be best termed "Computing Scie
Hi,
On Dec 19, 1:51 pm, michel paul wrote:
> Since most on this list probably work at the college level, as a high school
> teacher I'd be interested in the math expectations you'd have for incoming
> high school graduates today?
(1) Some kind of evidence that the student is accustomed to readin
I'd like to add to some of David's points and maybe disagree a
little :)
I teach chemistry, not one of the fields that David called technical.
However anybody who wants to pursue an advanced degree in chemistry
needs to get through a minimum of multivariable calculus by junior
year of college (dif
