Speaker:Dr Arthur Norman (Computing Laboratory)
Venue: Old Combination Room, Trinity College
Time: 07/11/2005 20:30, drinks from 20:15

In some respects quite a lot of calculus is easy to automate in the form of computer programs. However when people have done that they always seem to end up with systems that can be caused to give nonsense results. This talk looks at some of the pitfalls and considers the underlying questions (a) are computers a natural cause of confusion? (b) is calculus a natural cause of confusion?