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How long would it take someone to master the topics in the book "Book of Proof" by Hammack and similar?

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Should we teach abstract affine spaces?

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Is the Wronskian still assumed for graduate education?

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What strategy for picking convergence tests for series do you teach?

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What are some nice ways to incorporate Euler's Method or other numerical methods throughout calculus?

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Getting students to actually read definitions

Preparing elementary teachers for the praxis exam

What are some of the open problems that can be suitably introduced in a calculus course?

Should mathematical logic be included in a discrete mathematics course for computer science?

Why's math way more puzzling, abstruse than law and medicine?

How long would it take someone to master the topics in the book "Book of Proof" by Hammack and similar?

Difference in meaning of 'algebra'

Why do students like proof by contradiction?

Why do some linear algebra courses focus on matrices rather than linear maps?

Should we teach abstract affine spaces?

Can you ace one branch of math, while bumbling another branch?

Is the Wronskian still assumed for graduate education?

What strategy for picking convergence tests for series do you teach?

Question formats for online tests, to deter cheating

How can I explain why we need proofs to someone who has no experience in mathematical thinking?

Textbook for first course in linear algebra

Should one teach to use equality or isomorphism in particular groups?

History of discrete math curriculum

What are some nice ways to incorporate Euler's Method or other numerical methods throughout calculus?

How to make Calculus II seem motivated, interesting, and useful?

Concrete vectors spaces without an obvious basis or many "obvious" bases?

Do we need to practice equation derivation while learning math if equations will be chunked and automatized?

Grad school after doing an online bachelor's degree without support for undergraduate research

Differing Choices of $\delta$ in a Limit

Differential equations - definitions