[Blindmath] Calculator for Calculus and Linear Algebra

[Peter Wolfe]

Sarah and others,



     Thank you for your timely reply to my calculator question. How
would you configure a  problem with a solution step by step then in
calculus? I'm wondering how much do I need to keep in my head and what
are some tips on strategies of working calculus problems? Well, I have
had precalculus like two and a half years ago and I forgot most of it
unfortunately. At the time, I thought that I was going to be a
politician but realized you have to be too pc for that arena. You also
are the wimb of voters, ethics, pay cuts or forloughs, bureaucracy and
etc. I'm now going to computer science and I've programmed before and
really don't see why you need this level of mathematics to do
operators or compiling much of anything at all other than domain
registeration or some bios or software archaetecture course work which
only probably 10% of the overall programming career actually pursuits.
Most programming in my experience is dealing with algebra like
variables, coefficients, standard four operations and etc not really
advanced mathematics.

On 8/3/10, sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> Peter,
> If you have a standard scientific calculator that works for you, you
> should be ok. Most universities won't let you use them for tests and
> exams etc. though.
> As far as what you need to know, I think we'd need to know about your
> academic background. however, if you have some algebra, trig, and
> geometry behind you you can grasp calculus.
>
>
> Quoting Peter Wolfe <sunspot005 at gmail.com>:
>
>> To Blind Math list,
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>>
>>     I'm wondering if my talking scientific calculator could do Cal I,
>> II and III and Linear Algebra work? I'm in particular wondering about
>> Calculus I for the fall semester. Also, it would be helpful if anyone
>> off list could tell me what sort of things you would need to know
>> before starting calculus. I'm about to get a allgebra book an geometry
>> with trigenemetry or whatever. Thanks for any suggestions (e.g.
>> talking graphing calculators or other equipment with URLS or price or
>> suggestions in general to my sunspot005 at gmail.com address.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Peter
>>
>> --
>> Peter Q. Wolfe, AS
>> sunspot005 at gmail.com
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