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I’m apprecticative of the amount of work and effort you put into the book. Please consider the self-learner and those that don’t have access to solutions, a cla

I’m apprecticative of the amount of work and effort you put into the book. Please consider the self-learner and those that don’t have access to solutions, a classmate, a TA, or a professor. I know you probably don’t want to expose solutions to the exercises so they can be used in a classroom, but for people like me, I don’t want to create an online discussion to every problem I attempt just to check my work. I prefer to read textbooks that have solutions, so I can know for sure my answers are correct. I don’t really buy the “you know when your solutions are correct”. The beginner can easily fool themself into thinking their solutions are correct, when they aren’t. Due to that, I won’t be buying your book.

martyweissman 8y ago
That's cool -- you might like Underwood Dudley's book on Elementary Number Theory. It has a similar set of topics, and I think it has more exercises and contains some solutions. And it's inexpensive!
- thrwthrw93223 8y ago
  Thanks! I’ll check that out.
salimmadjd 8y ago
>Due to that, I won’t be buying your book. I'm on the same boat as you. I might still buy this book, it seems beautiful. In the days of online autodidactic zeitgeists, it's a shame not to include the solutions. I understand the author wants to monetize his hard work and ensure it'll make money as a textbook and I believe textbooks can provide some income as long as they become the mainstay of a particular subjects. That being said, I wonder if there is a future option for creating a problem/solution booklet exclusive for the teachers and opening up the solutions to this book so the entire world could possibly learn from this book.
- martyweissman 8y ago
  Yes -- that is a future option. It's a time commitment, but perhaps next summer I'll post a new section on the book webpage with more exercises and solutions to existing ones. (Those who have taught with the book asked for more problems too.)

martyweissman 8y ago

That's cool -- you might like Underwood Dudley's book on Elementary Number Theory. It has a similar set of topics, and I think it has more exercises and contains some solutions. And it's inexpensive!

thrwthrw93223 8y ago
Thanks! I’ll check that out.

salimmadjd 8y ago

>Due to that, I won’t be buying your book. I'm on the same boat as you. I might still buy this book, it seems beautiful. In the days of online autodidactic zeitgeists, it's a shame not to include the solutions. I understand the author wants to monetize his hard work and ensure it'll make money as a textbook and I believe textbooks can provide some income as long as they become the mainstay of a particular subjects. That being said, I wonder if there is a future option for creating a problem/solution booklet exclusive for the teachers and opening up the solutions to this book so the entire world could possibly learn from this book.

martyweissman 8y ago
Yes -- that is a future option. It's a time commitment, but perhaps next summer I'll post a new section on the book webpage with more exercises and solutions to existing ones. (Those who have taught with the book asked for more problems too.)