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Sunday, January 9, 2011

So what was precalculus, again? « JD2718

So what was precalculus, again? « JD2718

So what was precalculus, again?

As the first math teacher in a brand new school (9 years ago), I’ve had a bunch of time to consider that question. It’s sort of a mess.

There is no branch of mathematics called “Precalculus” (there is Algebra, there is Geometry, there is Trigonometry. Hmm, there’s not really Calculus, except for The Calculus, but there is Analysis. Maybe we