26th July 2004, 11:59 AM
And here's a glossery of what this guy has concluded to be very common mistakes, and his reasoning behind why they are in fact mistakes.
http://members.cox.net/mathmistakes/glossary1.htm
I find all the ones I've read so far to be very well thought out and logical.
http://members.cox.net/mathmistakes/glossary1.htm
I find all the ones I've read so far to be very well thought out and logical.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)