Infinitesimal calculus

Math had always came easily to me. I was known as the math know-it-all because I would be finished with homework assignments before class was even over. Thus, in ninth grade, my Algebra I teacher told me that I should go into a honor level math class. My first honors level class was a breeze to me. We could hand in homework late, revise tests and quizzes, and had perfect notes given to us in class. In Algebra II, that all changed. My first week of Algebra II, I realized things were going to be…

Math has many significant aspects. However, it wasn’t until I was assigned this assignment, that I fully understood the wide variety mathematics encompasses. Math has a specific part called Geometry, it is this section that I am going to mainly focus on. Geometry consists of shapes. These many shapes can then be put together to form patterns. They are the Golden Ratio, Fractals, Spiral Growth, and Voronoi Patterns. The Golden Ratio consists of ratios which the two larger sums are equivalent to…

I continued on in high school with geometry, a second year of algebra, precalculus, trigonometry, and calculus. Thus far, my math courses in college have also been easy for me. My least favorite teacher was my calculus teacher, and it was not solely because of the tough subject matter. He was an engineer who took up teaching after retirement. He very simply could not teach well. He would stand in front of the…

increase attendance, including making attendance mandatory, may deserve serious consideration” (p. 167). This study addresses that point, and provides a method which has worked extremely well in calculus classes with approximately 50 students. The second issue is how to improve the writing skills of calculus students before it is too late for them to realistically major in mathematics. While admitting that “our information-obsessed culture sacrifices detail for immediacy,” Montgomery and…

Application of Calculus in the Real World – Space Shuttle Launch Most people wonder what calculus can be used for in future career opportunities. For me this was easy to see because I knew what I wanted to go into. In the future, after college, I hope to go into the aerospace field and deal with things like planes, space shuttles and helicopters. At this point people, may not see the ridiculous amount of calculus I will use in the future, but in fact I will be using it daily. Whether it be…

Please accept this letter as my utmost recommendation for Frazier Beall. I have had the pleasure to have Frazier in math and chemistry over the past three years. She is an inspiration to me and her peers. Frasier displays has a rich blend of humor, creativity, discipline, tenacity and resilience all of which are conducive to her success in chemistry. She has an unstinting passion for learning. Although Frazier struggled to see her own potential in chemistry at the beginning of last year,…

According to my mother, I was six years old the first time I told her what I wanted to do with my life. “I want to be a teacher when I grow up!” I said to her, and I’ve been saying it ever since. I had a brief flirtation with marine biology in sixth grade, and with psychology in tenth, but in my heart I’ve always remained faithful to my one true passion: teaching. When my high school guidance counselors began asking about my career goals, teacher was always the answer I gave them, because…

have ever imagine. We not only talk about what all the formulas and equations meant but after class, we would spend our lunch period solely discussing how those formulas and equations were derived which typically meant higher level math upwards of calculus 1 and 2. All of this while a junior in high school. This really motivated me to want to learn more. I grew to become a student who didn’t just want to know all the formulas and equations but to have a fundamental understanding of how they were…

Challenges, Everyone’s day is filled with them. For some, their challenge is getting up in the morning, and for others, it’s getting a promotion. These challenges are what shape our character. My biggest challenge thus far has to be AP Chemistry. It was my first AP class, and I was not prepared for what came with it. Throughout my school career everything was pretty easy. I never had any homework, the work was not very difficult and I could do it on my own. Not in AP chemistry. AP Chemistry is…

one hassle in itself. We first need to set up a positive degree of fulfillment earlier than demanding about getting there. In my calculus class my professor Dr. Andrew Wells always says that “Math is really fun and it is one of the essential components that each and every individual uses it directly or indirectly in their life.” I conducted a survey within my calculus class and with all my friends to find answer to the question “Is math fun? Why Should Anyone Study Mathematics?” Most of my…