Impossible questions continue
I keep getting odd questions from the Question facility in Interactive Mathematics. This question has no return name or email address, so how can I follow it up? How am I supposed to answer it? Give me a break…
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If students are not educated in a context of question asking, it is not surprising that they find it very difficult to ask good questions – or even ask questions that make any sense.
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4 Oct 2007 at 12:22 am [Comment permalink]
Hi Arron and thank you for your question.
I’m sorry if my post came across as arrogant to you. My point was that many students have problems asking questions properly, because in most classrooms, they are told to be quiet and listen. If teachers encouraged more discussion, then students would have more question asking skills, making it easier for others to understand where the problem lies.
I would use the Mclaurin Series expansion of the function for part (a), giving 1 − 2x2 + 2x4 − (4/3)x6 + …
For (b), I would use this process.
Question (c) is incomplete.
3 Oct 2007 at 9:25 pm [Comment permalink]
if you think your so clever then answer this question
Let f be the function given by f(x)= e^(-2x^2) (read as e raised to the negative 2 x squared)
(a) Find the first four nonzero terms and the general term of the power seriews for f(x) about x=0.
(b) Find the interval of convergence of the power seriews for f(x) about x = 0. Show the analysis that leads to your conclusion.
(c) Let g be the function given by the sum of the first four nonzero terms of the power seriews for f(x) about x=0. Show that l f(x) – g(x) l
11 Jan 2009 at 9:19 pm [Comment permalink]
My favorite, from my math site “Contact us” form, was a one-liner with no name, no return address, no capitalization, no nothing. It read, simply:
help me
I have a collection called “Messages from the universe” and that’s where it went. I think I’ve been answering it, to the best of my abilities.
17 Jan 2009 at 6:05 pm [Comment permalink]
Hi Maria and good to hear from you.
You’ve reminded me of the collection that I have somewhere. It includes all the howlers that students have written in assignments and exams. Now, where did I put it…?
17 Jan 2009 at 8:30 pm [Comment permalink]
Of course, there is always the classic: LOLMath