reason for delaying its study has to do with the question of mathematical maturity. * No use is made here of trigonometric, logarithmic, or exponential functions except in occasional optional material indicating how such functions can be handled. A perceptive remark made by George P6lya suggests how we can simultaneously learn mathematics and learn "about" mathematics-i.e., about the nature of mathematics and how it is developed: If the learning of mathematics reflects to any degree the invention of mathematics, it must have a place for guessing, for plausible inference. The reader will find plenty of opportunity here for guessing. The early chapters go at a gentle pace and invite the reader to enter into the spirit of the investigation. Exercises asking the reader to "make a guess" should be taken in this spirit-as simply an invitation to speculate about what is the likely truth in a given situation without feeling any pressure to guess "correctly". Readers will soon realize that a matter about which they are asked to guess will likely be a topic of serious discussion later on.
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Calculus: A Liberal Art
reason for delaying its study has to do with the question of mathematical maturity. * No use is made here of trigonometric, logarithmic, or exponential functions except in occasional optional material indicating how such functions can be handled. A perceptive remark made by George P6lya suggests how we can simultaneously learn mathematics and learn "about" mathematics-i.e., about the nature of mathematics and how it is developed: If the learning of mathematics reflects to any degree the invention of mathematics, it must have a place for guessing, for plausible inference. The reader will find plenty of opportunity here for guessing. The early chapters go at a gentle pace and invite the reader to enter into the spirit of the investigation. Exercises asking the reader to "make a guess" should be taken in this spirit-as simply an invitation to speculate about what is the likely truth in a given situation without feeling any pressure to guess "correctly". Readers will soon realize that a matter about which they are asked to guess will likely be a topic of serious discussion later on.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781461272335 |
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| Publisher: | Springer New York |
| Publication date: | 10/23/2012 |
| Series: | Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics |
| Edition description: | Second Edition 1998 |
| Pages: | 404 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d) |
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