Comments on: Teaching Calculus with O-Notation http://www.arsmathematica.net/2012/02/10/teaching-calculus-with-o-notation/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Fri, 29 May 2015 09:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Bobito http://www.arsmathematica.net/2012/02/10/teaching-calculus-with-o-notation/#comment-68972 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:22:45 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/?p=1529#comment-68972 It is much easier to teach calculus with epsilons and deltas.

It is, however, not easier for the students.

]]> By: Walt http://www.arsmathematica.net/2012/02/10/teaching-calculus-with-o-notation/#comment-68871 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:57:02 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/?p=1529#comment-68871 I looked at it a bit. I wonder what kind of success Keisler has with it. He does seem to talk a little bit about the metamathematics, which students might find intimidating. Though epsilon-delta is pretty intimidating, so maybe its a wash.

]]> By: Mark Dominus http://www.arsmathematica.net/2012/02/10/teaching-calculus-with-o-notation/#comment-68859 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:16:03 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/?p=1529#comment-68859 Have you seen Keisler’s book that tries to teach calculus with a nonstandard model of the reals?

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