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Topics in spectral theory of differential operators /
… differential operators, and computing the number of negative eigenvalues for bounded from below operators with compact resolvents. In the first part of this thesis we derive a Weyl-type asymptotic formula and a bound for the eigenvalue counting function for the Krein-von Neumann extension …
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Error Analysis--It Does Make a Difference
… underlying the students' responses to a signed-number test were identified and the scores based on the correctness of the presumed algorithms were compared to the conventional scores in terms of the underlying dimensionality, the reliability and Latent Trait estimates. The second study …
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Making Sense of Negative Numbers
Numbers are abstract objects that we conceptualize and make sense of through metaphors. When negative numbers appear in school mathematics, some properties of number sense related to natural numbers become contradictory. The metaphors seem to break down, making a transition from intuitive to formal …