Tag Archives: calculus
Opening Week
(This post was originally titled “Opening Day.” Given that the entire week rushed by before I could post it, I updated.) Classes started this past Monday at GVSU. It has been the usual whirlwind getting things organized and started for … Continue reading
Existing Free (or Very Low Cost) Calculus Texts
One of the overwhelming things about the Internet (to me, at least) is just trying to keep track of what’s out there. With this post, I invite readers to contribute to a list of free (and where fitting, open) calculus … Continue reading
The cost of calculus texts
As fall semester begins and students return to campus, I can’t help but reflect on the cost of textbooks, and challenge myself to think about how this affects my students and me. Data from the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences … Continue reading
Initial Public Offering: Differential Calculus
[Update in January 2013: in addition to an updated version of the differential portion of the text, I’m pleased to publicly share four additional chapters for integral calculus. See the download page at my GVSU site and/or this post here … Continue reading
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Open Textbooks
At Mathfest, I had the pleasure of meeting Rob Beezer and having some extended conversation with him. Rob is a longtime proponent of free and open textbooks, as well as the author of one himself. After my talk he said … Continue reading
“The limiting resource should not be access, but rather time and talent”
On Saturday morning in Madison at Mathfest, I attended a fantastic talk by Robert Ghrist, titled “Putting Topology to Work”. He has apparently given versions of this lecture in several other locations, including the Young Mathematicians’ Conference at Ohio State; … Continue reading
Welcome
It’s a long story to get to here. Perhaps in some subsequent posts I’ll fill in the backstory; but for now, here’s where I am. From January through April 2012 I was on sabbatical from my regular post as a … Continue reading
