Comment by bunderbunder
20 hours ago
As someone who mostly only applies math, that strikes me as a peculiarly academic take. Intuition is more important for me because it’s what enables me to know what methods are most applicable to whatever practical problem I’m trying to solve. The proof’s purpose is to verify my intuition. It’s just a means to an end. I only take the time to do my own when I can’t confirm what I need from a textbook or paper.
> As someone who mostly only applies math, that strikes me as a peculiarly academic take.
Yeah I was talking strictly about preparing students to become pure mathematicians. No opinion here on other goals.
If what you teach is proofs, then wheat you will filter for are students who live proofs.
And if your job is to train people to become mathematicians, that is absolutely what you should be doing.
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or memorize a few
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