This semester I’m teaching two sections of Calculus III (multivariable calculus) and I happen to be teaching the first four weeks of Linear Algebra. The first couple weeks of both courses cover properties of vectors in Rn. (Of course, just to confuse the instructor and the students who happen to be in both classes, the…
Month: February 2010
Division by Zero listed as one of 50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders
This morning I was pleased to discover that my blog appears on OnlineUniversities.com‘s blog in their list of the 50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders; it was one of the five blogs listed in the Subject Specific category. What a nice surprise. I’m very honored for the recognition! This is the first I’d read their…
Steven Strogatz writes about the elements of mathematics in the NY Times
Yesterday the mathematician Steven Stragatz wrote the first article in a mulit-part series for the NY Times. In this first article, called From Fish to Infinity, he describes his intent. Crazy as it sounds, over the next several weeks… I’ll be writing about the elements of mathematics, from pre-school to grad school, for anyone out…
David Richeson: Division by Zero 