On 30 January 2014 12:34, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:07:08PM +1300, LizR wrote: > > On 30 January 2014 12:11, Russell Standish <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Yes. Pity the poor blighters at high school if someone tried to teach > > > them this stuff. I remember someone once showed me the definition of > > > continuity in year 11 (with all the upside down As and back to frount > > > Es), and it nearly did my head in. Of course, that is part and parcel > > > of the 2nd year introduction to analysis course :). > > > > > > > My son (15) is rather keen on summing infinite series now, after I showed > > him the -1/12 demonstration. I am wondering whether to introduce him to > > modal logic and the other things Bruno is trying to teach me (then he can > > do the exercises :) > > > > Hard to say without knowing your son. If he's into Multiverses, then > Kripke semantics might engage him. Goedel's theorem is nice and simple > from provability theory. I'd probably steer clear of the AUDA, though, > at least at first :). > > He's read quite a few books by Raymond Smullyan... > The main thing is to avoid rigour, IMHO. Go for things that might be > explainable at a cocktail party (using a serviette at most). There's > plenty of time for rigour later, if that's his bent. > Yes, agreed. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
