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Interesting article. I think it would be a nice experiment to run an introduction to proof course, including something like Martin Gardner's puzzles, to show ho
by gnramires 4y ago
Interesting article. I think it would be a nice experiment to run an introduction to proof course, including something like Martin Gardner's puzzles, to show how proof works, and the power of thinking carefully and building up arguments (and using some elementary arithmetic to help). I think that'd go a long way towards increasing mathematical thinking with minimal suffering, like memorization of integrals. It should provide a more gentle introduction to the heart of maths.
- Jtsummers 4y ago20 something years ago, GT had constructing proofs as an early CS course. It doesn't seem to be required anymore. Here's a 2005 course page for it: https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~vigoda/1050-Fall05/index.html https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~vigoda/1050-Fall05/index.html I don't recall it being terribly popular, but it was good as I recall (and useful when I later added a math degree, I think I had a leg up on most of my math major peers because of it).