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What exactly is a "trick" then? I would argue that they're useful bits of functionality that a group of people might not know. For instance, if I post "math tip
by xauronx 12y ago
What exactly is a "trick" then? I would argue that they're useful bits of functionality that a group of people might not know. For instance, if I post "math tips and tricks" to my facebook followers they'd be like "ooh, nice tips" but if I post them on a /r/mathematics I'd be told "they aren't tricks, that's just the way math works". I think you're just basically saying "I know this already so everyone else should too".
- saurik 12y agoMath "tricks" are usually computational in nature (and so not particularly "mathematics") and while it might be obvious how they work to a mathematician, they are unlikely something the mathematician would expect to find in a textbook. (I was a math major for a few years in college, and have a ton of friends who still do research in and around mathematics today.)