At 01:01 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, The Fool wrote:
> From: Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> http://physorg.com/news6555.html
No, it just adds a layer of complexity, and removes an important aspect
of math that is used by real-wold physics and calculus. Sines and
Cosines are important. Students taught this 'new math' would have
difficulties with higher math and physics.
The blurb at the publisher's web site says:
Applications
Two dimensional geometry problems
Surveying problems (Elementary)
Surveying problems (Advanced)- Resection and Hansen's problems
Boxes, pyramids, wedges and pagodas
Physics---Projectile motion, Snell's law, Algebraic dynamics,
Lorentzian addition of velocities (as in Einstein's special theory of
relativity)
Platonic solids
Folium of Descartes and Bernoulli's lemniscate
Five fold symmetry and regular polygons
Calculus problems involving rotational and spherical symmetry
(volumes, surface areas, centroids, moments of inertia of spheres,
caps, hyperboloids, toroidal rings etc.)
New formulas for classical curves using rational polar coordinates.
It would be interesting to see some of the details, and to see how
(if) some of the things you mention could be developed from this idea . . .
Besides (17 cos 37, 17 sin 37) isn't that hard to understand is it?
1/2 + 1/3 is about where most non-mathematically-inclined students
throw up their hands in despair.
Haven't They Found The Least Common Denominator Yet? They Were
Looking For That Thing When I Was A Kid Maru
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would be eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
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