I took Modern Algebra as my first course in "Higher Math." Big mistake. Learning to do proofs this way is a big headache, especially if you have a curmudgeonly teacher!

~Kyle

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Mathieu Bouchard <matju@artengine.ca> wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Steffen Juul wrote:
Unveiled mysteries are indeed good, yes, we could almost define it as learning. But did you learn Modern Algebra before Linear Algebra?

What I recall is that the first course of Modern Algebra (Group Theory) didn't really use much of anything from Linear Algebra, but the second course did. Your university may vary...

Basically, there's not much in a math degree curriculum that requires Linear Algebra to be taught first. I could very well see one that teaches Modern Algebra first, and it wouldn't be a scandal to me. There are probably universities that do, somewhere -- at least if they are as experimental as they are in compsci... some universities teach computer programming in quite wild ways.

So, what's your point about unveiled mysteries?

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