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Mathematical sailsmanship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

P. L. Galbraith  and
D. A. Praegar
P. L. Galbraith
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane 4067, Australia
D. A. Praegar
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane 4067, Australia
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Extract

It has been the experience of one of the authors of this article that students in senior secondary and early tertiary courses tend to regard functions defined on split domains and concepts such as differentiability as somewhat pathological and of interest principally as traps for students in pure mathematics.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 59 , Issue 408 , June 1975 , pp. 94 - 97
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1975

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