Re: [math-fun] Passing thought for a textbook

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:

Did you have any particularly (counter-) instructive instances in mind? [Present company excepted, naturally!] WFL

Actually, no. My main reason for such a textbook would be to encourage students to read through all proofs carefully and skeptically, and not just the ones in the textbook. I envision a book that is still focused on one topic (such as Number Theory), not a textbook on reading proofs, per se. David