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Welcome to my IB Mathematics resource wiki.

Introduction.
I will be using this as a wiki mainly for my May 2015 cohort of IB Mathematics HL and SL students. You can find a log of our work in Term 1 of the 2013-14 academic year here:math2015Term1 and math2015Term2.

Mathematics is a little like climbing. As in climbing and bouldering, you work on "problems". To solve these problems you need a few things, here are some I can think of you will need
 * 1) have perseverance -it is damned hard work;
 * 2) improve your skills -the absence of one step in the sequence will prevent you completely form finishing the problem, there are no half measures;
 * 3) be creative -this follows from the last point, the technique of banging your head against the wall to solve a problem only gives you a headache;
 * 4) enjoy scaling new heights -after all, the only problems worth solving are difficult ones.

from http://woofie4.pixiq.com/files/cache/how-to-photograph-rock-climbing-fig7_620x417.jpg The aim then of these pages is to act as an anchor, spotter, and belayer as you work on the problems we will encounter in my International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Mathematics courses. Back in the early days of the Internet, one often saw notices like this from http://www.chroni.ch/website_under_construction.png

these days, of course, the notion of a webpage being in a state of continuous updating is de rigueur. Hence, I welcome any and all feedback on the material you find here.

Enjoy & success, [|Arno Dirks].

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