Python 2.0 and teaching precalculus

[Kirby Urner]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:

>Kirby Urner wrote:
>
>> def wiggle(function,input,epsilon=1e-10):
>>     """
>>     Accepts a function, value and returns delta f / delta x
>>     for small epsilon (default of 1^-10 may be overridden)
>	...
>
>1 seems like a bad choice for an epsilon ... :-)

Woops. 

Thanks for pointing out the typo.  Fixed it at the source 
page: http://www.ineterena.com/~pdx4d/ocn/precalc.html 

Of course it's all relative.  1 is really small if your 
x's are 10,000,000,000 apart :-D

Kirby