Tutoring math, you often hear the comment that math involves itself in silly pursuits. The tutor gets the point, and apologizes. Sometimes, non-math people will point out that math harbours absurdities. The infinite string of numbers with a finite sum …
Tutoring math, this idea rarely surfaces. However, it’s essential to number theory, a favourite of math professors. The tutor discusses it for interest’s sake. The square root of n is the number x such that x(x)=n. Perhaps more to the …
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