Abstract A method introduced in the 17th century by Descartes and van Schooten for finding tangents to classical curves is combined with the point-slope form of a line in order to develop the ...

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This paper presents a study of instructors' and students' perceptions of the knowledge to be learned about limits of functions in a college level Calculus course, taught in a North American college ...