Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Mathematics [pdf] (cmu.edu)
2 points by gjvc 45 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


This is just an introduction to mathematics, but it already assumes some knowledge about mathematics. In the first equation it uses the superscript 2 for squaring without explaining it. It also does not explain that 'ab' stands for a and b multiplied.

It also does not address the fact that mathematics is a form of modeling. In reality there are no numbers, there are only number of things or distances. Mathematics is also the use of a language, with specific rules, to describe and reason with those models.


698 pages in that .pdf and you summed it up perfectly




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: