Re:Will Our Understanding of Math Deteriorate Over Time?
by coliveira on Thursday July 09, 2015 @08:40PM
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Wikipedia is a horrible way to learn math. At most it works as a way to get initial pointers for literature. In most specialized fields, don't expect wikipedia to provide any understanding of mathematics beyond a summary of formulas without much explanation of what they are.
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Re:Will Our Understanding of Math Deteriorate Over Time?
by LimpWristed on Thursday July 09, 2015 @10:32PM
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Wikipedia has the same definitions that are in your textbook, but often provides much more readable proofs as compared to the very short and "elegant" ones or unwieldy monstrosities in your usual textbooks. At least that's true for textbooks at the level of, say, Dummit&Foot's Abstract Algebra or Baby Rudin.