[Blindmath] Division of Polynomials

[Amanda Lacy]

It's just an algorithm.

The trouble is that sighted teachers ALWAYS present it spatially. In the 
past what I did was have one of them explain it to me until I found the 
pattern, then I separated that pattern from all the unnecessary spatial 
baggage. For instance, I think in terms of instructions like take the 
first coefficient, multiply it by the value I stored in the last 
operation, etc.

I've done this in the past, with synthetic division but unfortunately 
can't remember what the precise algorithm is at the moment. I can send 
it to the list next week if anyone's still interested.
On 5/3/2014 9:20 AM, Sean Tikkun wrote:
> I would agree with the excel method.  It is similar to what I did with a student. The formatting in braille isn't that challenging as long as you drop all of the variables.  Are you guys doing synthetic polynomial division or writing the whole thing out?  With the synthetic method you only use coefficients, and so it really simplifies the writing.  The only challenge is that you need to remember to place a zero in places where a term is missing. Such as 3x^3+4x^2-5 would just be written as 3 4 0 -5.  In braille I like to use commas after the numbers to make sure it is clear when the next number starts.
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> On May 2, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Elise Berkley <bravaegf at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Wow!  I never thought about that!  I am going to try this in Excel and also
>> the way Bill suggested to me.  Love you guys, thankx!
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pranav
>> Lal
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>> Elise,
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>> I can't comment on using Braille but I would use any wordprocessor and write
>> them linearly. Another thing I have done is to use an Excel sheet like a
>> talor frame. I put each term in its own cell and would put the signs in the
>> expression into their own cells. That way, I could consentrate on one term
>> in an expression and work with it. Lining up expressions also is easy once
>> you do this.
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>> I hope I am using the correct terms. It has been over 15 years since I did
>> any algebra.
>> Pranav
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