Freshman's Dream

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The freshman's dream is a name sometimes given to the error (x + y)n = xn + yn, where n is a real number (usually a positive integer greater than 1). Beginning students commonly make this error in computing the exponential of a sum of real numbers. When n = 2, it is easy to see why this is incorrect: (x + y)2 can be correctly computed as x2 + 2xy + y2 using distributivity (or commonly known as the FOIL method). For larger positive integer values of n, the correct result is given by the binomial theorem.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5512572482
• ISBN13: 9785512572481
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"