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I don't think that there is a need for the liberal use of swearing in a mathematics book ("shit" appears 5 times in your sample PDF alone, two of which are in t

I don't think that there is a need for the liberal use of swearing in a mathematics book ("shit" appears 5 times in your sample PDF alone, two of which are in the title). In my opinion, it makes it sound very amateur and unprofessional. > "Check this shit out:" Could be "Consider this example:" > Now get ready for some crazy shit. Using your... Now for something even more interesting. Using your...

ivan_ah 14y ago
> that there is a need for the liberal use of swearing in a mathematics book You are right that there is no //need//, but I find that a little swearing goes a long way to make the student who is scared of the subject feel more comfortable. "This is not a math book", they will think -- this is informal narrative like a blog post. A cleaned up version is in the works. ETA March because I have to finish Linear Algebra and E&M first.
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