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When you think about mathematics, what are your markers?\u00a0\u00a0 How do you organize in your mind the development of mathematical reasoning and ideas? \u00a0How do you integrate your historical, social, and personal perspectives?\u00a0\u00a0 Day-to-day, as a teacher or as a researcher, you may have very clear practical and narrow goals: to effectively convey important and useful knowledge and methodology,\u00a0 or to reduce an open-ended problem to a well-defined and solvable setting.\u00a0\u00a0 But all this is informed by a larger view of mathematics and its essential interest and importance.\u00a0 What are the landmarks that guide you, and how did they come to be a part of your landscape?\u00a0\u00a0 What do you try to pass on to your students?\u00a0\u00a0 How do you pass these on?<\/p>\n

I look forward to your comments!<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here is my featured book for this post.<\/p>\n

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Featured Book of the Day
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\"1\"<\/a>Mathematical Omnibus: Thirty Lectures on Classic Mathematics<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

By Dmitry Fuchs<\/b><\/a>: University of California, Davis, CA,
\nSerge Tabachnikov<\/b><\/a>: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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(Paraphrasing the Bookstore<\/a>.<\/em>) The book consists of thirty lectures on diverse topics, covering a broad area of the mathematical landscape. The common thread in the selected subjects is their illustration of the unity and beauty of mathematics. A special feature of the book is an abundance of drawings (more than four hundred), artwork by an award-winning artist, and about a hundred portraits of mathematicians. Almost every lecture contains surprises for even the seasoned researcher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When you think about mathematics, what are your markers?\u00a0\u00a0 How do you organize in your mind the development of mathematical reasoning and ideas? \u00a0How do you integrate your historical, social, and personal perspectives?\u00a0\u00a0 Day-to-day, as a teacher or as a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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