3 Dec
2009
3 Dec
'09
11:56 p.m.
yes, but be careful, the option is not mathematics or crime, it is mathematics or somenthig else pursue a career in mathematics by (or because) wrong reasons can only lead to a bad mathematician and/or a frustrated man a waste, not a criminal but ... ? jim stasheff wrote:
and if it makes one youngster pursue a career in mathematics instead of crime, that may justify its existence.
Best, jb
at least one or more episodes of Numb3ers made that point
jim
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