[sage-edu] New set of notebooks to try out for calculus

2013-03-21 Thread kcrisman
Forwarded since Google groups doesn't allow non-members to post now... please read! Note that the book in question is freely available (though perhaps not open-source). Please reply to sarah-marie with any comments. +++ Hello all, Karl-Dieter Crisman recommended that sending an email to this l

[sage-edu] Another Sage review - from CUNY Math blog

2013-03-21 Thread kcrisman
I hadn't seen this before. I think it definitely belongs in the "positive views of Sage" category. I notice that maybe we want to reorganize http://sagemath.org/library.html or find ways to allow it to be updated more frequently. At the very least, there are so many independent (i.e. non-Sag

Re: [sage-edu] New set of notebooks to try out for calculus

2013-03-21 Thread David Joyner
The embedded link in your email didn't work (look at "show original source in gmail to see the url). Here is the correct link: http://www.toroidalsnark.net/cicmma.html and here is the link to the calculus book: http://www.math.smith.edu/Local/cicintro/cicintro.html On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:54 AM,

[sage-edu] Re: New set of notebooks to try out for calculus

2013-03-21 Thread kcrisman
On Mar 21, 10:13 am, David Joyner wrote: > The embedded link in your email didn't work (look at "show original source > in gmail to see the url). Here is the correct > link:http://www.toroidalsnark.net/cicmma.html > and here is the link to the calculus > book:http://www.math.smith.edu/Local/ci

[sage-edu] Re: Another Sage review - from CUNY Math blog

2013-03-21 Thread john_perry_usm
On Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:15:05 AM UTC-5, kcrisman wrote: > > Despite the overall positive tone, I have to say my favorite quote is: > > "I can not help but editorialize that installing and using SageTeX took me > approximately 4 hours of hair tearing frustration — it is comparable in > diffi

[sage-edu] Re: Another Sage review - from CUNY Math blog

2013-03-21 Thread Volker Braun
On Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:25:32 PM UTC+1, john_perry_usm wrote: > On the other hand, perhaps he just means to say that Sage is as elegant > and useful as Pegasus, in which case I concur wholeheartedly. :-) > As useful as a horse with wings? Like, you also need a roof over your paddock? And

[sage-edu] Re: [sage-devel] Re: Another Sage review - from CUNY Math blog

2013-03-21 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:25 PM, john_perry_usm wrote: > On Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:15:05 AM UTC-5, kcrisman wrote: >> >> Despite the overall positive tone, I have to say my favorite quote is: >> >> "I can not help but editorialize that installing and using SageTeX took me >> approximately 4 ho