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stoutfellowWell, classes resume tomorrow, and I only did a few of the things I intended to do. I did get over to the Chef's Shoppe, and bought a new filter cone and a vegetable chopper. (They were out of the onion chopper I'd bought before, so I went with a more versatile instrument.) I also got Finances v6 up and running. So far, it seems to be a major improvement on the previous iteration. I'm still making tweaks, and I haven't really put it through all its paces yet, but a lot of things are going more smoothly.
Classes tomorrow. In History of Math, we're right on the cusp of calculus, with the work of John Wallis and Isaac Barrow. (Barrow was Newton's mentor, and actually discovered the relation between tangents and areas that we now call the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.) In Abstract Algebra, we're just getting into Field Theory, and we'll get to the connection to straightedge-and-compass constructions pretty soon. In Linear Algebra, we've finally gotten to abstract vector spaces. (This course still stays pretty concrete - our primary clientele here consists of engineers and physics majors.)
It's been a good break, but I need to get back in harness.
Classes tomorrow. In History of Math, we're right on the cusp of calculus, with the work of John Wallis and Isaac Barrow. (Barrow was Newton's mentor, and actually discovered the relation between tangents and areas that we now call the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.) In Abstract Algebra, we're just getting into Field Theory, and we'll get to the connection to straightedge-and-compass constructions pretty soon. In Linear Algebra, we've finally gotten to abstract vector spaces. (This course still stays pretty concrete - our primary clientele here consists of engineers and physics majors.)
It's been a good break, but I need to get back in harness.
