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    High School Why is Euclid's Elements rarely taught in high school geometry classes?

    I'm having trouble understanding why Euclids Elements is so scarce in introductory Geometry classes. I don't remember even knowing such a book existed back in Jr. High when I took Geometry for the first time. I just graduated High School and I'm a prospective Math major, and looking back at the...
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    Advice for Desperate Situation: Failing Maths at University

    It seems you have potential and desire, but whatever you've been doing doesn't seem to be working. Its hard to get really good facts on weed (it can be hard to sift through scare tactics and stoners making things up) but it does affect memory and concentration, and I've heard it can diminish...
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    Should I Risk Becoming a Math Teacher If I'm Not Good at Math? | CS or CE Major?

    This may not mean much because I am still pretty young and don't know what I'm talking about, but your fascination with numbers, if genuine, should take you a lot further than one of those kids in your Calc class that got an easy 5 but doesn't really like math (and for some unknown reason is...
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    Advice for Math Major Starting College: Linear Algebra & Discrete Math

    Does anyone have a comment on taking "Foundations of Analysis I (4) Logic, methods of proof and mathematical argument in mathematical analysis. Rigorous reconsideration of the real-number system, infinite series and of continuity, differentiation and integration for functions of one...
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    Advice for Math Major Starting College: Linear Algebra & Discrete Math

    The weather varies, especially this time of the year. It snowed less than a week ago, but it should get up to 75+ today. We have cold winters, but the summers can get very hot too. I was planning on talking to my advisor (Aleksandra Jovanovic-Hacon) when it got closer to the time to sign up for...
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    Advice for Math Major Starting College: Linear Algebra & Discrete Math

    I will be Freshman next year at the University of Utah majoring in Math. Two years ago I took Calc BC, and this past year I just took this semester class covering Calculus I and II, and another semester covering Calc III and I've done pretty good, but not amazing. I want to take Linear Algebra...