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2014 Sonia Kovalevsky Math For Girls Day Program, Association For Women In Mathematics, Lincoln University Of Missouri, Kjlu Radio Station, Ameren Ue Callaway Plant Win- Women In Nuclear Apr 2014

2014 Sonia Kovalevsky Math For Girls Day Program, Association For Women In Mathematics, Lincoln University Of Missouri, Kjlu Radio Station, Ameren Ue Callaway Plant Win- Women In Nuclear

Math for Girls Day Documents

9th Annual Lincoln University Sonia Kovalevsky Math for Girls Day program on April 25, 2014.


2014 Sonia Kovalevsky Math For Girls Day Registration Form, Association For Women In Mathematics, Lincoln University Of Missouri, Donna L. Stallings Apr 2014

2014 Sonia Kovalevsky Math For Girls Day Registration Form, Association For Women In Mathematics, Lincoln University Of Missouri, Donna L. Stallings

Math for Girls Day Documents

Registration form for 9th Annual Lincoln University Sonia Kovalevsky Math for Girls Day on April 25, 2014.


How We Got From There To Here: A Story Of Real Analysis, Eugene Boman, Robert Rogers Jan 2014

How We Got From There To Here: A Story Of Real Analysis, Eugene Boman, Robert Rogers

Milne Open Textbooks

The typical introductory real analysis text starts with an analysis of the real number system and uses this to develop the definition of a limit, which is then used as a foundation for the definitions encountered thereafter. While this is certainly a reasonable approach from a logical point of view, it is not how the subject evolved, nor is it necessarily the best way to introduce students to the rigorous but highly non-intuitive definitions and proofs found in analysis.

This book proposes that an effective way to motivate these definitions is to tell one of the stories (there are many) …