> > 1. Sentence: ...rotating the graph of a function "about" the y-axis
> > shouldn't it be "around" ???
>
> Seem logic to me, I'll change unless somebody speaks up.

Webster's New World Dictionary

about: (from Old English "onbutan" meaning "around") adv. 1) all around 2)
near 3) in an opposite direction 4) nearly.

Therefore, it works in that sentence. Changing it might make it clearer for
everybody, though.

Post a reply to this message