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#10393

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April 1, 2022, 6:43 p.m.

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//Analysis 1B email I haven't collated all the L'Hopital projects into one place yet, but [this would be a good preview][1] if you're interested! [1]: https://bit.ly/3qTtjHG

#10380

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March 30, 2022, 5:30 p.m.

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//Schwartz has students move back and forth to demonstrate the Alternating Series Test Schwartz: This is a Proof by Dance. It is the only Proof by Dance I know of in mathematics.

#10379

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March 30, 2022, 5:26 p.m.

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// Schwartz advising against using the integral test Katz: But I love doing the integral test, especially with trig subs! *Schwartz wheezes* Schwartz: Now you're just trying to give me an aneurysm!

#10362

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March 28, 2022, 4:13 p.m.

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Schwartz: We have a blood feud with Larson for daring to call this the Direct Comparison Test. Schwartz: This is obviously the Basic Comparison Test.

#10328

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March 22, 2022, 5:45 p.m.

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//a student served cake (for L'Hôpital project) to the class Stephen: I didn't get a utensil, and I got it in a cup. Schwartz: Drink it!

#10288

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March 16, 2022, 5:24 p.m.

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//two students baked cookies for L'Hôpital project and were about to serve it to the class Schwartz: If you're allergic to something, don't eat food containing the thing you're allergic to. //class laughs Schwartz: I know that's an interesting concept, but please don't eat things that would cause you to have a medical emergency. //later Andy: So I don't have to take the exam next class! Schwartz: No! That's not how it works! You're not eating the exam!

#10277

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March 16, 2022, 8:43 a.m.

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Schwartz: You didn't stop me. Schwartz: You trusted me. Schwartz: Why would you ever trust your teachers?

//mod note: did he do the thing where he writes something egregiously wrong on purpose and then just stands there and waits for some student to call him on it

analysis, schwartz

#10258

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March 14, 2022, 4:14 p.m.

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//about L'Hôpital project presentations Schwartz: Just mess around, and have fun. Student: Fun?

#10244

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March 10, 2022, 4:15 p.m.

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Schwartz: Think geometrically. You know what this looks like. //sketches a parabola, should be y = x^2 but instead is more like y = x^2 + 10 //notices mistake, draws gigantic filled circle Schwartz: Law of Large Dots. It's fine.

#10242

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March 10, 2022, 4:10 p.m.

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//after deriving that a particular sketchy integral equals 0 Schwartz: Celebrate, all you people -- all of you, except one -- who said this should be zero! Class: Yay! Schwartz: Stop celebrating, because you're wrong. Class: Oh no