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mafribe on Sept 5, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Learn Advanced Mathematics Without Heading ...

   book that's more popular

Yet another benefit of popular books is that they won't be first edition, so a lot of mistakes that make it into the first edition will have been ironed out.

Don't underestimate how much a strategically placed typo can confuse a learner.

Rule of thumb: avoid first edition maths books.

_asummers on Sept 5, 2016 [–]

I once had an analysis book that began the chapter "There exists epsilon < 0", which I found very amusing.

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