On the Euclid point, it depends on where you’re starting from and what you’re trying to do. I’ve seen people who thought they hated math, converted by going through some of Euclid. The geometrical method of exposition is beautiful in itself, and very different from the analytical approach most modern math follows. If you’re already a math enthusiast, it would not benefit you quite as much.
On the Euclid point, it depends on where you’re starting from and what you’re trying to do. I’ve seen people who thought they hated math, converted by going through some of Euclid. The geometrical method of exposition is beautiful in itself, and very different from the analytical approach most modern math follows. If you’re already a math enthusiast, it would not benefit you quite as much.
But there are more readable modern textbooks which use the geometrical method of exposition; I just taught out of one last semester.
I envy your students.