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History and philosophy of mathematics, biographies of mathematicians, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.

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Every mathematician has only a few tricks

(1) Double-counting, which can also be described as counting the same thing in two ways. Very useful, and at least as powerful as interchanging summation order. (2) Induction. When there is a natural …
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Taking a theorem as a definition and proving the original definition as a theorem

Example 1: In some textbooks, the trigonometric functions are defined via geometry. The advantage is that it is simpler to understand, but the disadvantage is that it is difficult to make completely r …