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Why do the stages of rigorousness have specific timestamps?
This is a reduced quote from There’s more to mathematics than rigour and proofs of Terrence Tao (emphasis mine):
The “pre-rigorous” stage, in which mathematics is taught in an informal, ...
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Can Compare and Contrast be used in Mathematics Teaching and Research?
I happen to be a fan of the "theme and variations" approach to problem solving. In certain cases, a certain question had drawn enough to attention to generate dozens of solutions.
Ways to Prove the ...
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Learning modulo sticking points, or "fluid study" in mathematics
In graduate school I once tried to rapidly learn mathematics by working through a text and collecting (and precisely remembering) where I had been stuck, and what parts of arguments or computations I ...
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How to propose subjects for bachelor's theses?
I have recently ended up in a position where I can supervise bachelor's and master's theses, and there has been some discussion in my research group of organizing thesis supervision within the group.
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