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Ankel
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The state of arithmetic today is disgusting. The textbooks on it are absolutely repelling, the authors treat it like a subject that will be of concern to only babies. They don't show any love, they treat the subject like a dirty rug. It's been two years since I majored in mathematics, since then, I have been programming very wildly and would like to relearn arithmetic in a way that Leonhard Euler and Euclid would personally enjoy.
Arithmetic is actually very rigorous, there exist theorems on even the most basic of the components and it's a very beautiful topic, if you're being taught by the right author.
I seek a complete book on arithmetic, how old it may be, that deals with it in an elegant manner and covers the following topics;
The book also must:
1. Show why things are the way they are (why are they true).
2. Be succinct as possible.
3. Contain no annoying images and distractions (which are everpresent in 99% of today's textbooks on arithmetic)
4. Be lucid.
5. Contain zero fluff.
That's it! I hope such a book even exists.
Arithmetic is actually very rigorous, there exist theorems on even the most basic of the components and it's a very beautiful topic, if you're being taught by the right author.
I seek a complete book on arithmetic, how old it may be, that deals with it in an elegant manner and covers the following topics;
- Order of operations
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Fractions
- Square root
- Cube root
- Properties of operations
- Real number
- Odd number
- Even number
- Positive number
- Negative number
- Prime number
- Whole number
- Natural number
The book also must:
1. Show why things are the way they are (why are they true).
2. Be succinct as possible.
3. Contain no annoying images and distractions (which are everpresent in 99% of today's textbooks on arithmetic)
4. Be lucid.
5. Contain zero fluff.
That's it! I hope such a book even exists.