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I feel we are stating the same thing but may be using different terms: > something that can be intuited by drawing polygons of increasing degree That's not sa
by option_greek 5y ago
I feel we are stating the same thing but may be using different terms:
> something that can be intuited by drawing polygons of increasing degree
That's not same as just remembering that the circle has maximum area. Its a good starting point to prove it in a more rigorous way.
I guess it depends on the approach to solving the problem (which as per the article is stated plainly as 'Circle' without going through the mental exercise above).
- Tainnor 5y agoYeah I don't know what the curriculum actually argues or how it would be put into practice (which are two quite different things anyway), but I just felt like the justification from the article - "you can't solve this problem in high school because it involves too many advanced concepts" - not particularly convincing.