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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Stephen Tashi's post in the thread Foundations How to effectively study a mathematics textbook? with
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Students who study mathematics in schools and colleges usually don't understand everything presented in their textbooks. They also... -
TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Galoisfanatic's post in the thread Foundations Rigorous Alternatives to AoPS for PreAlgebra-PreCalculus? with Like.
Joke: I would hire someone to transcribe the AOPS series by hand including the solution manuals and put there name on the front. In all...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to mathwonk's post in the thread Foundations Rigorous Alternatives to AoPS for PreAlgebra-PreCalculus? with Like.
@vanhees71: I thought that too, until I began to actually read some of those old books. Then I learned that, as far as elementary math...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to TurboDiesel's post in the thread Foundations Rigorous Alternatives to AoPS for PreAlgebra-PreCalculus? with Like.
Everyone here loves math. It makes me warm and fuzzy. :-) I am currently a student, not a mathematics PhD, so please forgive any...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Vanadium 50's post in the thread Foundations Rigorous Alternatives to AoPS for PreAlgebra-PreCalculus? with Like.
Yes. The constructions are ugly (radicals within radicals within radicals) but they exist. If the corresponding regular n-gon is...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Vanadium 50's post in the thread Foundations Rigorous Alternatives to AoPS for PreAlgebra-PreCalculus? with Like.
It's not too bad. You can do it with a regular pentagon, but a 36-72-72 triangle is maybe a bit simpler, if less obviously motivated...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to mathwonk's post in the thread Foundations Rigorous Alternatives to AoPS for PreAlgebra-PreCalculus? with Like.
The most important prerecquisite for calculus is algebra, and Euler covers that, possibly in too much detail for your purposes, and at...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to TurboDiesel's post in the thread Foundations Precalculus: Sixth Edition by Warren W. Esty, is it Rigorous? with Like.
Hi Chandller, Thanks, I appreciate that. Nice to see your enthusiasm and the Collingwood mention. I saw those too. There are many ways...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to mathwonk's post in the thread Self teaching Calculus for physics? with Like.
George B. Thomas Jr. wrote the standard US engineering calculus book at MIT in the mid 20th century. It sold so well and was so well...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to plum356's post in the thread I Need Calculus Book Recommendations please with Like.
i came across a series of books by UBC: https://personal.math.ubc.ca/~CLP/index.html they look nice!
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Falgun's post in the thread I Need Calculus Book Recommendations please with Like.
Like other people have said video lectures though helpful often don't result in permanent knowledge. That being said I personally...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Orodruin's post in the thread Mathematical Methods Book That Uses SI Units with Like.
As an author of such a text, I can confirm this. I did discuss units and — more particularly — dimensional analysis since it forms an...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to berkeman's post in the thread Intro Math Hassani's books on Mathematical Physics/Methods with Like.
I can personally recommend this textbook by our very own professor @Orodruin...