[Blindmath] Calculator for Calculus and Linear Algebra

[Nelson Blachman]

  I'm troubled by the widespread usage nowadays of interrogative wording 
where substantive clauses are required, e.g.:

I'm wondering how much do I need to keep in my head and what
are some tips on strategies of working calculus problems?

instead of

I'm wondering how much I need to keep in my head and whether you can give me 
some tips on strategies for working calculus problems.

  Nelson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Wolfe" <sunspot005 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Calculator for Calculus and Linear Algebra


> 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,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     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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