Talk:Calculus/Contributing

this is a test phd

Here is a simple line for your links home. I noticed that the link home went to your intro page which was a little annoying.

back to Calculus

you can change the part after the # to reflect the section that you want to link back to on that page.


 * It is now ussually preferable to use Grimm 04:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Given that this outline page is now significantly more compelete than the main page isn't it about time to move it over? Grimm

--- Is the "beyond" section a joke? Can it just be removed? Sure Lie theory and postdoc stuff does not belong in a calculus book. and imho nor does a mention of cauchy sequences. -- julius

"Advanced" Topics
I took calculus two and three at Georgia Tech, and then went to Israel for college. Tere is a very simple problem with the book being written; it's fine for an engineer, or a high school student, but by the time a student approaches calculus in college anywhere except in the good ol' US of A, it is taught as real math, with proofs, and formal definitions. I'm just wondering, if this is indeed a high school/American Calculus book, should there also be a "Calculus with analysis," of "Rigorous Calculus" book? I am going to attempt to write a formal introduction to calculus, starting with sets and working upwards, with proofs either provided or suggested, as a set of modules to parallel how this book is organized. I hope this isn't seen as an attempt to take effort from this book, but as far as I can tell, the book is evolving into something I would prefer not to contribute to in any case. -David Manheim, 1:37 EDT, 8/18/05

Adding exercise set for each page
To be clear up front, I'm using book/section/article as the terminology for the hierarchy of the book (e.g. Calculus/Limits/Continuity has book=Calculus, section=Limits and article=Continuity). I'd like to propose adding exercise sets for each article rather than just for each section as it is now. I propose a naming convention of BOOK/SECTION/ARTICLE/Exercises. I'm new to wikibooks, so I don't even know if that's possible. I just think there needs to be exercises at regular intervals to keep the student active in the discussion rather than having the student read tons of info and then overwhelm them with tons of mixed exercises at the end of a section. Is special permission required to create new wikibook articles? I'm currently trying to re-learn calculus, so I'm planning on going through the whole Calculus wikibook, and I figure I may as well make improvements while I'm at it. So I'd like to get good input at the beginning of the process so that I can apply a consistent style and organization throughout the book. --Greenbreen (discuss • contribs) 18:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Navigation links
Something I've noticed as I read through the pages is that the navigation is somewhat inconvenient. The normal flow is to read from the beginning of the page to the end, i.e. top to bottom. However, the link to the next page is at the top of the current page, so the reader has to scroll back up to the top of the page when they are finished with the current one. It seems to me that the positions of the and  templates ought to be reversed. Anyone agree/disagree? Greenbreen (discuss • contribs) 11:09, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I've started adding templates to the bottom of each of the pages.  IMO it makes navigation easier, although maybe it also makes it more cluttered.  Any opinions?  --Greenbreen (discuss • contribs) 18:40, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Conventions
I've added a conventions section that lists some of the conventions that I've picked up as I've edited the book. I've tried to not only add the convention but also give the reason for it so that contributors can evaluate whether the convention makes sense in their particular circumstance. I hope also that, if someone has a better way of doing something, that they communicate that here. I envision this talk page as a place to discuss best practices for the book and the corresponding article as a place to record the consensus on what the best practices are. --Greenbreen (discuss • contribs) 02:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Non Rigorous
I am starting a new subsection, meant just for people who need to apply calculus, like differentiation and integration in physics, and chemistry. It wont be rigorous, but will have something like "cheat sheet" for reader.