OT Math rant, was Re: [sdiy] DSP book recommendation wanted

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Bradley Slavik wrote:

> 3. I don't know where you missed out in math class. The e^i0  
> notation for complex numbers is usually
> taught in the second algebra class in high school, trigonometry, pre- 
> calculus, calculus, differential
> equations. So while you may have missed one of these courses, you  
> should have had several opportunities
> to pick up the method of Argand diagrams without having to go too  
> far into mathematics. Bad on your
> teachers and school board if you took more than two of these courses  
> and the material was not really
> covered in at least one of them.

Sadly, perhaps, I don't think the e^j type of notation shows up in  
high school in the U.S. When I teach it in our sophomore signal  
processing class that is usually the first time most students have  
seen it.

- Aaron