Re: Mathematica as a New Approach to Teaching Maths
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- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akozlowski at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 06:00:46 -0400 (EDT)
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On 3 Aug 2012, at 10:17, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > On 8/2/12 4:49 AM, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >> >> ...V. I. Arnold was an enthusiast of teaching Abel's theorem (on the >> impossibility of solving polynomial equations of degree 5 and higher) to >> high-school children and he produced a complete proof that starts from >> nothing and includes everything that needs to be known >> >> http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2009/Apr/msg00639.html > > The paperback edition of Arnold's book sells for about US $140, and a > scanned-pages e-book version for about $120. Yikes! > > -- > Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) > 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 > Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > This is a good illustration of the terminal condition of traditional mathematics and science publishing. Andrzej Kozlowski
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- Re: Mathematica as a New Approach to Teaching Maths
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akozlowski@gmail.com>
- Re: Mathematica as a New Approach to Teaching Maths
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- Re: Mathematica as a New Approach to Teaching Maths