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From: jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman)
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Banned Books
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:35:36 +0000
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Paul S Person wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:34:44 +0000, jerry.friedman99@gmail.com
> (jerryfriedman) wrote:

>>The Horny Goat wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:21:11 -0800, Paul S Person
>>> <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>>When I was taking 400-level classes in the 80s, which were mostly
>>>>about /real/ Algebra and Analysis, one of these classes involved doing
>>>>/long division with functions/.=20
>>>>
>>>>You think I am kidding. I wish I were. Although it isn't that bad once
>>>>one gets the hang of it.
>>
>>> REALLY??! I was doing this in grade 11 algebra back in 1972.
>>
>>Are you talking about long division with polynomials, which I too did in
>>11th grade (I was a year ahead), or long division with some more general
>>class of functions, which I know nothing about?

> I was talking, to the best of my recollection, about long division
> with polynomials. jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) may or
> may not have been, but I'm not doubting his experience. Educational
> systems (if "systems" is the word) differ, after all.
...

OK, thanks.  Like The Horny Goat, I'm surprised to see that you did
that in an advanced college algebra or analysis class, but I haven't
taken either at that level, and as you say, :systems" differ.

-- 
Jerry Friedman