Timeline for Why do we teach calculus students the derivative as a limit?
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| May 19, 2012 at 13:16 | comment | added | Julien Puydt | If you use the derivative table for a scalar product (applied to the square product), from v.v=cte, you get 2v.a=0 -- that doesn't look that non-elegant. In fact, I use this very example to show my students (which are more into physics) that this rule gets results they're already well-acquainted with. That convinces them more than the proof... | |
| Oct 19, 2010 at 14:11 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by S. Carnahan♦ | ||
| Sep 27, 2010 at 5:53 | history | answered | Gjergji Zaimi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |