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Re: Reply to Pragmatic
Posted by Howard Rosenbaum on 4/24/08

    On 4/21/08, Pragmatic wrote:

    > You got a MASTER'S in math and never had this stuff?

    1. When I studied Linear Algebra, I took what seemed like a very theoretical
    course. There were no pictures in the textbook, and no application to geometry.
    Perhaps this is the kind of course Lawrence also took.

    2. I for one am not qualified to state unequivocally what every Linear Algebra
    course contains. Perhaps Pragmatic feels he is so qualified.

    > Was it a masters in education with a math specialization that didn't require
    you to know any advanced math?

    3. Here it seems Pragmatic is making an assumption about Lawrence's educational
    credentials. Based on Lawrence's reply, it is an incorrect assumption. This
    reminds me of students who assume from the diagram that a particular angle is a
    right angle, without having adequate proof of this.

    I think this is a valuable lesson. One of the things we teach in math is the
    need to clearly state one's assumptions, and to recognize that an argument
    becomes invalid when it rests on an invalid assumption. Thank you, Pragmatic,
    for reminding us this.


 
 
 
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