Timeline for Papers better than books?
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| Sep 9, 2013 at 14:40 | comment | added | Lennart Meier | I would not say that the implication scheme indicated by fedja is necessarily a sign of a bad textbook. I think, it is rather a usual style if you want to present a whole theory. | |
| Sep 9, 2013 at 9:32 | comment | added | Al-Amrani | fedja's description is a caricature. It applies only to the worst among books. There are many excellent books for studying and learning mathematics (at research level), very well written by Fulton, Mumford, Serre , Arnold, Vinberg, Bott, Postnikov,Samuel, Hirsch,Ziegler, etc..., etc ... | |
| Sep 2, 2013 at 3:21 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Ben Webster♦ | ||
| Sep 1, 2013 at 15:57 | vote | accept | Charlie Kilo | ||
| Sep 1, 2013 at 15:57 | comment | added | Charlie Kilo | Thanks! That's a very good answer. As always, examples make our life simplier. | |
| Sep 1, 2013 at 13:38 | comment | added | fedja | Alas, I cannot take the credit for devising the scheme without running the risk of plagiarism lawsuits from many textbook authors and copyright lawsuits from their publishers. So, let's say, I just made "fair use" of it :). | |
| Sep 1, 2013 at 13:13 | comment | added | Jonathan Chiche | +1 for the personal experience as well as for devising such a mischievous scheme of demonstration. | |
| Sep 1, 2013 at 12:56 | history | answered | fedja | CC BY-SA 3.0 |