Re: Derivation vs. Memorization, was Re: Girls more confidentof success

2003-09-20 Thread David Hobby
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:49 PM 9/20/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: ---David Who somehow did memorize the quadratic formula... Can you derive it? -- Ronn! :) Certainly. Just complete the square.

Re: Derivation vs. Memorization, was Re: Girls more confidentof success

2003-09-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:49 PM 9/20/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: ---David Who somehow did memorize the quadratic formula... Can you derive it? Probably more easily than the heat equation. :) Julia