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#1 2012-05-13 21:39:02
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Remembering the +C in integration
My teacher told us a nice way for students to remember to add the +C when integrating with calculus. He said call him Colin and don't forget Colin.
Has any of you teachers or students got any other ideas for how to remember?
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#2 2012-05-13 22:13:58
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Re: Remembering the +C in integration
I would just tell the students the joke about the integral of 1 over cabin.
It goes something like this:
The prof asks his students if they know what the integral of 1 over cabin is with respect to cabin.
The students answered that it was log cabin.
He said that they were,of course wrong,because the answer is log cabin+C=houseboat. 
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#3 2012-05-13 22:21:47
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Re: Remembering the +C in integration
Hi;
I like definite integration much better. The 2 c's get eaten up.
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#4 2012-05-16 01:29:03
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anonimnystefy, that is classic. I love it
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#5 2012-05-16 02:17:49
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Yes,I like it very much as well.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#6 2012-06-25 20:38:37
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
#7 2012-06-25 21:59:40
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It is all over the internet, so you were just bound to find another instance of it on the forum.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#8 2012-06-25 22:14:12
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Except I didn't 'find' it there. I posted it. Small but significant difference!
I agree it's an old joke ... probably older than you! But it's one that can only be appreciated by mathematicians and that rather appeals for some reason.
Bob
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#9 2012-06-25 22:17:41
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Re: Remembering the +C in integration
I thought someone else posted it.
I like that one and the one about the female bartender who knows how to integrate.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón