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#10425

1111

April 6, 2022, 5:43 p.m.

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//chaotic schwartz anthology, april 6 "Some people here have been lightning rods for my wrath." "I don't expect you to come to me and say 'Schwartz, Schwartz, I shouldn't have gotten an 89.6 on that; you need to take off points!' No. Don't do that." "Clearly, everything your teachers tell you must be absolutely accurate!" "We don't need to prove that we don't know anything. We can just not know things. ... It's okay to not know things."

#3: cf 10277 (to answer the MN there, yes, but that isn't what happened here)

analysis, schwartz

#10393

1111

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

1414

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

88

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

46

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

1313

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

1616

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

1010

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

66

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

99

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.