Post #1860415
2025-08-19 20:28 UTC
@ShadSterling @jaseg @count @techokami
And I think solving linear equations without using matrices is an early opportunity to learn that skill.
Like, sure, it's also useful in proofs and integrals, but those appear later. Solving equation systems is sth you can learn when you're 12 to get an early start on that mode of thinking.
Of course not everyone will need this in their lives, but at that stage you can't reliably tell who won't need it :/
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@ShadSterling@mastodon.social 2025-08-19 20:50
@wolf480pl @jaseg @count @techokami yeah, I learned all that while I was getting a degree in math, tho when I was 12 my classmates were struggling to understand fractions. The thing that made me mad was that for those system there is an algorithm, and they just left it out - didn’t even say it exists! I wouldn’t start with it, maybe end with it, but not even mentioning it is another example of not giving the dots for interested students to connect