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It has of ten been a melancholy experience to hear a cadet ask me what the point of aDDS, determinant or continuous function is. I heard similar questions when I was teaching at Rutgers. Sometimes they were asked out of genuine curiosity, but more often they have been out of sheer frustration and di...

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Autore principale: Zhao, Liangyi.
Altri autori: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Natura: Journal Article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2011
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Accesso online:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93790
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7269
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Riassunto:It has of ten been a melancholy experience to hear a cadet ask me what the point of aDDS, determinant or continuous function is. I heard similar questions when I was teaching at Rutgers. Sometimes they were asked out of genuine curiosity, but more often they have been out of sheer frustration and disinterest. Indeed, there is nothing more dis-heartening than hearing skepticism about the value of your intellectual activities.