Status Updates From An Introduction to Mathemat...

".... in the West electrical and magnetic phenomena were studied by men who were dominated by abstract theoretic interests."

I suppose this is true, in most part of the world theoretical pursuant aren't as intense.

The idea of the undetermined "variable" as occurring in the use of "some" or "any" is the really important one in mathematics; that of the "unknown" in an equation, which is to be solved as quickly as possible, is only of subordinate use, though of course it is very important.


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He wrote something agreeable then he said it's a mistake. I am swooned.

I cannot believe I am typing these words right now, but this book has been way easier than I expected so far. As my mathematical knowledge is nearly non-existent, I never expect a book to be not-hard, let alone easy. But
something still makes me think I won't be able to finish the book.