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Article #8Re: Python in "math through programming" curriculum
From: Clifford J. Nelson
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 23:28
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 23:28
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Kirby Urner wrote: > [snip] > > In your case, I'm not aware of any alternative product, > just the negative comments, plus some Mathematica > worksheets which are not even attempting to interpret > that whole philosophy. So again, rather than indulge > in negative comments, how about you advertise your > own positive contributions, i.e. your own curriculum > writing making use of these other computer languages > you've been posting about (the DrScheme team has > certainly set a high standard, with their high quality > materials). [snip] Half of the DrScheme demo programs have not even been debugged completely. Mathematica electronic notebooks are the very best way to present any mathematical ideas. You can use traditional mathematical notation with type setting if you want to, and all statements can be actually executed. Graphics, sound, and starting with Mma Version 3, interaction. My Mathematica electronic notebooks get to the heart of the matter in Synergetics: the "synergetics triangulated coordinate system" with which Bucky wrote, "you know", as opposed to the rectilinear coordinate system, with which "you guess". They can be viewed with MathReader (free) if you don't have Mathematica. At: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/geometry-research/brydilyum It is a good small exercise to translate the notebooks to other languages. Cliff Nelson
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