The students' take on the epsilon-delta definition of a limit

PRIMUS

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-54

  Fernández, Eileen ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus; Epsilon Delta; Student thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949089463     PISSN: 10511970     EISSN: 19354053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511970408984076     Document Type: Article

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