Calculus

to learn the difficult material. Because of the difficulty with concentrating that is associated with P.O.T.S., I found myself having to take more time than I was used to in order to study. During my junior and senior year math classes (pre-calculus and calculus, respectively) I took extra time outside of the classroom to learn the material and to prepare myself for the next lesson. I supplemented my formal education with various educational resources that I found online. My thirst for knowledge…

Hannah Jordan When I look back on my math education up until this point, I recall most of the classes to be fairly easy for me, and the class material usually came to me naturally. My fourth grade math teacher, Mrs. Mosley, would have me grade other students’ work after she graded mine and saw that I had a perfect paper. I do not remember much about my math experiences throughout elementary school except for my fourth and fifth grade years, but during those years, I remember excelling in math…

year, especially when I should focus on improving my English. Instead of giving in, I rejected those notions and signed up for both Algebra II online course and Pre-Calculus as a sophomore. Within a few months, I'd proved him wrong. I received second place in Poetry OutLoud County Finals, and one year later I made a 5 on the AP Calculus…

The world of sciences and mathematics was no longer a world just for men. Furthermore, she published many journals on the topic of calculus, mathematics, and a novel called “Nihilist Girl” Soon after obtaining her doctorate she was invited by a former student of Weierstrass, (Gosta Mittag-Leffler,) to give lectures at the University of Stockholm. After five years providing guidance…

In today’s society, the American education system is not at its peak; it’s corrupt and polluted with twisted appeals towards money and business. This makes a real education hard to earn, but easy to be handed over via a sheet of paper. Unfortunately, there’s not much individuals can do except raise awareness and hope for a fix. One individual, Mark Edmundson, a professor at the University of Virginia, discusses these ideas in a book titled Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education. One of…

The article “The Calculus of Voting in Compulsory Voting Systems” by Costas Panagopoulos that appeared in the Political Behavior talks about how Compulsory voting laws have consistently been demonstrated to boost electoral participation. The article is rather expository than analytical or descriptive, and mostly uses data from external sources and research. The first part of the article mainly focuses on the cost of voting: Rational choice theories of electoral turnout assume that voters, like…

Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, and the “Invisible Hand”: A Metaphor For Ambiguity-Uncertainty Aversion by Decision Makers Michael Emmett Brady Lecturer School of Business and Public Policy Department of Operations Management California State University , Dominguez Hills Carson ,California USA Abstract: Smith’s use of the “Invisible Hand”,as pointed out by Gavin Kennedy, is a metaphor provided for the great percentage of readers of the Wealth of Nations whom Smith realized would not be…

they had help with lenses or concave mirrors. If someone stands outside bathed in light, an image could then be projected inside onto a wall or another surface. One more discovery made during this period of time was the use math, calculus to be specific. The use of calculus in architecture allowed building to be built taller and narrower. One example of such structures was the Sistine…

evolution of zero throughout history starting from ancient Mesopotamian mathematics to modern day mathematics. Understanding the concept of zero and learning to work with it is the basis of our world today. If zero did not exist then we would not have calculus, financial accounting, and the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. The idea of zero has crossed the imagination of great minds across the globe. Zero functions as a placeholder and the amount of zeroes after a digit can…

In my senior year of high school, I gained the privilege to take an AP Calculus rather than pre-calculus. It meant working with a smaller class size of sixteen students when compared to a class size of thirty students, being able to use a chrome laptop provided by the school for class work, and taking the AP Exam to receive some college…