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Why do so many textbooks have so much technical detail and so little enlightenment? [closed]
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Too old for advanced mathematics?
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How do you motivate a precise definition to a student without much proof experience?
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Why is a topology made up of 'open' sets?
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Is it possible to start a PhD in mathematics at the age of 29?
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Haskell type level literal Nat: status?