Calculus Lesson

Accepting that numbers can do strange, new things is one of the toughest parts of math:

• There’s numbers between the numbers we count with? (Yes — decimals)
• There’s a number for nothing at all? (Sure — zero)
• The number line is two dimensional? (You bet — imaginary numbers)

Calculus is a beautiful subject, but challenges some long-held assumptions:

• Numbers don’t have to be perfectly accurate?
• Numbers aren’t all the same size (i.e. 1 times some number)?

Today’s post introduces a new way to think about accuracy and infinitely small numbers. This is not a rigorous course on analysis — it’s my way of grappling with the ideas behind Calculus.

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Bottoms Up Press with 24 kilos. Just look at that focus!

WoD:

400m Med Ball Run and Bar Jumps

Squat Clean

Rest 5 minutes then

3 Rounds for time

10 Man Makers (Men use 24kg/Women use 16kg)

15 Tire Flips

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