Re: [sage-edu] outline of Sage tutorial for high school students

Wow, we call this a root or a radical over here in the States! HTH, A. Jorge Garcia http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College -- You received th

Re: [sage-edu] outline of Sage tutorial for high school students

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:06:38 -0400, Calcpage wrote: > One silly question, what the heck is a "surd?" http://lmgtfy.com/?q=surd -- Alex Ghitza -- http://aghitza.org/ Lecturer in Mathematics -- The University of Melbourne -- Australia -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

Re: [sage-edu] outline of Sage tutorial for high school students

Wow, that's a good outline! There's a lot of work left to do, however, namely how to best introduce SAGE concepts along with math concepts. One silly question, what the heck is a "surd?" A couple of suggestions, maybe you could add the cross product in the chapter on vectors and matrices.