Re: [Edu-sig] recruiting for delta-calc / lambda-calc among post-algebra students

2014-09-29 Thread kirby urner
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:04 AM, kirby urner wrote: > Edu-siggers might be interested in a rhetorical move, mainly for PR > reasons (recruiting, morale...), to rebrand "differential / integral > calculus" (Newton-Leibniz stuff) as also (equivalently) "delta calculus" > (picture Greek letter del

[Edu-sig] recruiting for delta-calc / lambda-calc among post-algebra students

2014-09-29 Thread kirby urner
Edu-siggers might be interested in a rhetorical move, mainly for PR reasons (recruiting, morale...), to rebrand "differential / integral calculus" (Newton-Leibniz stuff) as also (equivalently) "delta calculus" (picture Greek letter del hyphen calculus). Why? Well for one "calculus" is too generic