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Jean-Pierre Serre turns 100

153 points · 30 comments · jzox

  1. jey · · focus · HN ↗
    > I did not like, and did not understand, epsilons and deltas.

    It's nice to have this perspective validated by someone like Serre! I felt like I was missing something when I first encountered that formalism. In fact, all of my introductory calculus classes sucked and turned me off of math for a few years.

    1. not-so-darkstar · · focus · HN ↗

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