I very much doubt anyone else will care much about this post, so I will give my reasoning.
Please vote before you read my reasoning. :)
This is the only post I’ve ever read that actually convinced me to do something with substantial effort, that is, actually read Naive Set Theory. I really, really wanted to practice kata on sets before I attempted a math minor and I still look back on that as the best 3 weeks of last summer.
Reading NST the way I did taught me a lot about how not to read a math book. Don’t try to memorize everything. Don’t try to get every detail on the first pass. And definitely don’t copy the book almost verbatim into a spaced repetition system ending up with over 8,000 cloze deletion cards which you then practice for 6 months. There is a really good reason why we learn math through proofs, problems, and puzzles.
Also I like the tradition of having several smart people read the same classic book and give their slightly different spins on it. The information is mostly redundant, but my all-too-human memory is thankful for it.
Set up for Success: Insights from ‘Naive Set Theory’
I very much doubt anyone else will care much about this post, so I will give my reasoning.
Please vote before you read my reasoning. :)
This is the only post I’ve ever read that actually convinced me to do something with substantial effort, that is, actually read Naive Set Theory. I really, really wanted to practice kata on sets before I attempted a math minor and I still look back on that as the best 3 weeks of last summer.
Reading NST the way I did taught me a lot about how not to read a math book. Don’t try to memorize everything. Don’t try to get every detail on the first pass. And definitely don’t copy the book almost verbatim into a spaced repetition system ending up with over 8,000 cloze deletion cards which you then practice for 6 months. There is a really good reason why we learn math through proofs, problems, and puzzles.
Also I like the tradition of having several smart people read the same classic book and give their slightly different spins on it. The information is mostly redundant, but my all-too-human memory is thankful for it.