Re: Slow learner trying to learn math
- From: "David Park" <djmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:54:53 GMT
Doug,
One book that you might like is "Numbers and Geometry" by John Stillwell.
This is mathematical, has proofs, and the blurb on the back says
"presupposes only high school algebra and therefore can be read by any
well-prepared undergraduate student entering a university."
It is basic mathematics with a strong historical flavor. It goes back and
forth between ideas of various types of numbers and ideas of geometry.
David Park
djmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/
"Doug" <DougMathRoberts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi -
I have trouble learning math. I take math courses part time at a
well-known school, but it does not stick. The classes only ask for
problem solving, not to prove theorems. It seems to me that I need to
do proofs in order to learn, but what resources are there for the
relatively beginner type who wants to learn by doing proofs?
Questions welcome.
Doug
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