The Ten Commandments of Mathematics
While I was rearranging my books and papers, I happened to come across this sheet of paper with the Ten Commandments of Mathematics written down. I thought this may interest others too. So here they are:
1. Thou shalt not divide by zero;
2. Thou shalt not multiply any inequality by zero;
3. Thou shalt not mix up different values of a multiple valued function;
4. Thou shalt not invert the order of operations unless inversion is valid;
5. Thou shalt not proceed to determine a quantity unless thou hast established its existence;
6. Thou shalt not generalise from particular cases;
7. Thou shalt not employ divergent series and divergent integrals;
8. Thou shalt not believe by seeing;
9. Thou shalt not depend on intuition alone; and
10. Thou shalt not mix-up the two-way implication and the two one-way implications.
Hope you find these useful!
Friday, May 23, 2008
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1 comment:
It is very useful. I am taking it to distribute among my colleagues
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