> got derailed when a teacher, in an early grade, said "let x be the unknown"
I don't have the experience to know myself, but I imagine that there are various triggers of early mathematical derailment. It would be interesting to see a list of common causes.
Personally I find it hard to internalise canonical notation. Like f and F in probability theory, which is which again?
I don't have the experience to know myself, but I imagine that there are various triggers of early mathematical derailment. It would be interesting to see a list of common causes.
Personally I find it hard to internalise canonical notation. Like f and F in probability theory, which is which again?