[Fhsst-maths] Re: FHSST Maths

[Sam Halliday]

On 3 Feb 2005, at 00:21, Mark wrote:
> In Physics I have a few more advanced chapters which are at the end 
> and I'll just label them additional content.

yeah, we have a similar thing in maths. but in this case i think maybe 
"not real" numbers are worth a mention in the intro for numbers as we 
use the term "real numbers" a lot. kids might want to know why we 
bother saying "real" all the time. there is no need to go into much 
technical detail.

> I would suggest putting complex numbers at the end, we could have 
> additional sections (introductions) on the ideas of matrices, vectors, 
> complex numbers etc.

yeah, i'd been toying with the idea of an "algebra" section at the very 
end since the initial concept of FHSST-Maths. but its fallen behind. it 
would be great to do some *very* basic set/group theory in there. using 
vectors and matrices as perfect examples of non-commutativity. but... 
its definitely FHSST-Maths-2.0 stuff, not for the first official book.

i guess i should CC FHSST-Maths about all related maths stuff, but i've 
been emailing Sanya about a lot of this in private and i *think* we 
have a new maintainer for "Problem Solving" ;-)

i'll try to mail FHSST-Maths more often... i promise! :-)

hows everyones files coming along?

cheers,
Sam
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