Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 40

[cahn]

I'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)

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Re: Math history (including Euler's "breathtaking dexterity")

[luzula]

Glad you appreciated! : D

I kind of love those counterexamples. Have a function which is continuous only in x=0! Have a function which is continuous at every irrational number and discontinuous at every rational number other than x=0! Etc, it blows your mind. There’s a great book called ‘Counterexamples in Analysis’…

Yes, I do think you would love this book! Yes, my list is long as well...but I regard mine not as a to-read list, but as a list I can look to for inspiration when choosing my next book. So don't feel bad if you don't get around to it. : )