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Donald Knuth's letter about teaching O notation in calculus classes

Continuing the theme of alternative approaches to teaching calculus, I take the liberty of posting a letter sent by Donald Knuth to to the Notices of the American Mathematical Society in March, 199…
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Math & AlgorithmsHistory & Retro Computing2008

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